In more emoji news, a grandmother is hoping to make emojis more accessible to the over 50s by creating animations that better reflect the older generation. Diane Hill, from Coventry, enlisted the help of an artist to create her images – nicknamed ‘emoldjis’. They depict false teeth and memory pills and have now been submitted to the Unicode Consortium, the official organisation which sanctions new emoji characters to be included on keyboards each year, in much the same way the Oxford English Dictionary agrees on new words. The 56-year-old said that she hoped the new emojis – if approved – would encourage more older people to converse on social media and in text messaging. Other designs submitted include older person “looking disapproving over glasses” and “spending the kids’ inheritance”.

Waitrose released its annual report on the nation’s eating habits this week and one of the most interesting findings was the huge influence that Instagram has had. Photographing a beautiful restaurant dish, editing and posting it online before devouring it is a given (we all do that, right?) but what struck us was almost half of us admitting to making more effort when cooking for others in preparation for them to post in image of it online. The supermarket also noted that sales of patterned bowls have risen by 12 per cent – we can’t be plating up our masterpieces on just any dull dishes, apparently. On a related note, a recent hashtag survey by Sous Vide Tools gave us the top ten most instagrammed foods, with pizza taking top spot. Sushi, chicken, salad and pasta complete the top five. Shockingly, avocado doesn’t seem to make it into the list…hmm, we’re not so sure about that one, especially with the excitement over the new emoji!