Coronation Street fans have been distracted by a photo of Jack P Shepherd which they branded 'gold' as he enjoys his ...

Today there are north of 3,500 accepted emoji characters. They appear in politics, movies, texts, our sex lives, and more. But emoji’s impact has never been explored in full. Keith Houston follows ...

Once the gold standard of friendly replies, the crying-laughing emoji has quietly been replaced by sarcasm-laced lowercase text or the skull emoji (yes, “I’m dead” is a good thing now).