I’m fast becoming a fan of Costa Coffee shops. I don’t just mean because of their coffee, although I am partial to a large cuppaccino, but mostly due to a combination of their free WiFi and ubiquity. I don’t have a SIM card in my iPad so I have to rely on WiFi when I’m out and about. Like most people these days, I don’t like being out of touch with the online world for too long, so sooner or later I start to look for a WiFi network to connect to. I get nervous about whether guys like Serkan, John or my parents have messaged me.

Luckily, you can now find costa coffee shops in almost every cluster of shops across London; they also have the advantage that, once you have connected to one of their WiFi networks, you can quickly and easily hook up to them all. That means that I don’t even have to go into the shop if I don’t have to, but often just park outside the front window to get the few minutes of web access I sometimes need. Slightly cheeky perhaps, but I promise I buy plenty of coffee in their shops when I need to.