Office life is getting are better... no really

In many offices across the world, the age range of those working in them is very broad - there are young people just starting out and those who are approaching the end of their working lives.

Often, the older generation regal stories of how office life used to be - "back in the day" - a time before emails and the internet, when typewriters had the upper-hand over those new computer things and coffee that was just coffee - there were no double decaff lattes with skimmed milk and a twist.

But was it better or worse - has nostalgia provided a rosy tint on the glasses of those reminiscing?

All this chaos created by computers might make you wonder what technology has actually done for us - and our working life.

Over to Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times: