The clue is in the name: there's a big LED clock on the side. But if you set a timer, you get a glowing countdown on the side, which means you no longer have to keep pestering the gizmo

They're less bulky than over-ear headphones, and offer noise-cancelling and Bluetooth without making you look like one of Doctor Who's cyborg foes

There's really not much lower you can sink as a human being once you've found yourself excited by a wi-fi router. But that's the tragic situation I find myself in

The Ruark 5 is a wireless streamer, but it also packs a CD player and FM radio. That it looks absolutely gorgeous doesn't hurt, with a wooden surround and a strokeable cloth face plate

Occasionally tech firms come up with a buzzword so surreal that you surreptitiously Google it just to make sure they're not taking the mickey

Event's tech expert Rob Waugh rounds up the best new gadgets on the market. Looking for that last minute gift? Our man has you covered

The Roborock is simple to set up, unlike a lot of rivals, and trundles off to clean any flat space, without fear of it plunging to its doom down the stairs

There's a rash of these things about, but BlueAir's gizmos have won awards, removing airborne bacteria, chemicals and pollution from the air

Echo Studio is Amazon's latest attempt at a 'hi-fi' Echo device, and it's certainly a burly piece of kit

I'm mature enough to admit that, sometimes, the whole point of a gadget is the attention you get from using it in public.

If you're wearing headphones, what do you do when you have to politely inform someone at the checkout that no, you don't have a reward card, and nor are you interested in acquiring one?

The hip-dac is far cheaper than many Dacs (you can pay up to £8,000 if you're completely bonkers), and it sounds belting

If you are thinking of subjecting the world to half an hour of your opinions on, say, Mongolian throat singing, the Rodecaster Pro does a fairly passable impression of an actual radio studio

Google's Pixelbook Go is a Chromebook (basically running a browser, but with a few additional apps). I realised that it can actually do pretty much anything from word processing to website editing

So I regard the Philips OLED+984 Ambilight with wistful longing. There's little point in bringing such a majestic device into a home where the biggest workout it's going to get is Paw Patrol binges

'You look like a Teletubby!' These are words no man wants to hear. I suppose at least they didn't say I looked like the one with the handbag. I'll admit that Grado's headphones are on the large side

Like many people, I'm now facing the possibility of several weeks confined with my four-year-old, a prospect only marginally less alarming than being cooped up with Frankenstein's monster

The Hayward Gallery has reopened after two years’ renovation with an exhibition of the great German photographer Andreas Gursky

Is ‘painting life’ really a subject? Or does this exhibition just amount to an agreeable collection of pretty well-known figurative painting?

In its 250th year, the Royal Academy has undergone a very substantial redevelopment at the hand of David Chipperfield, who designed the lauded Neues Museum in Berlin.

After the death of a great artist, their professional life continues for some time. So, a year after the great English painter Sir Howard Hodgkin died in March 2017, new work continues to emerge.

A show that explored the style’s roots in caricature, including greats such as Lyonel Feininger, would have been more illuminating.

From the first moment Western explorers encountered the people of the Pacific islands in the late 18th century, they recognised they were dealing with something special.

Ten years ago the Swiss-American artist Christian Marclay assembled a vast anthology of extracts from film and TV, mostly a few seconds long. The resulting film runs for 24 hours.

Although Lorenzo Lotto lived in Italy in the 16th century, and was surrounded by a culture of many great painters, his work stands out for its thought, originality and intelligent observation.

In a way, the work of the American artist Jeff Koons is the most terrific dare. Of course, if you saw a porcelain model of a ballerina in your great-aunt’s cabinet, you might call it kitsch, or bad taste.

Our ideas about what the naked human body means probably amount to two – sex and suffering. Either the concentration-camp victim or the centrefold.

You’ve certainly seen Martin Parr’s work many times, even if you weren’t aware of it.

It’s quite hard to say just what manga is. The attempt to define it has defeated many observers.

It’s 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci’s death.

One of the most positive developments in recent culture is the rediscovery of artists who didn't necessarily look like their contemporaries' idea of an artist.

Danish artist Olafur Eliasson's work is grand, often spectacular, and richly humane.

Antony Gormley has the honour of having created a work of art much more famous than he is.

The Turner Prize has been a little bit grim in recent years, often showcasing artists with a particular political agenda. I'm not very convinced by some of the art promoted in this way.

It's 350 years since Rembrandt died, and museums around the world have been marking it with general or specific exhibitions of his work.

Though the group of 19th-century British painters known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were all men, women occupied unusually prominent positions in their world.

Amazingly, this is the first exhibition of Aubrey Beardsley's work at the Tate since 1923.

I don't receive many awards, so I was genuinely thrilled tonight to be honoured by The Irish Post for 'Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting and Journalism.'

By the time this column appears, the result of the General Election will be known. But whoever won, the biggest loser of the campaign is undoubtedly demented Brexit-hater Hugh Grant

I've known Boris a long time and like Trump, his inflammatory bark is a lot worse than his bite

It's been another insane year, as Britain's prolonged collective Brexit dementia reduced us all to a quarrelling, squabbling, sneering rabble of self-righteous lunatics

New year, new decade, new start… or perhaps not. My only plan for 2020 is to sit back and laugh as friends make an attention-seeking, virtue-signalling fool of themselves doing #DryJanuary

Gavin & Stacey made a stunning TV comeback after ten years, with 17m viewers tuning in on to watch my old mate James Corden team up again with writing and on-screen partner Ruth Jones.

Frankly, I can think of few more pleasing things to do than batter Alastair Campbell to a pulp for the delectation of the British public. But my sons weren't so keen

After Laurence Fox's hilariously anti-woke performance on Question Time, Lily Allen said: 'Sick to death of luvvies like Fox going on TV and forcing their opinions on everybody else'

NTA gong perennials, Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, beat Good Morning Britain to the daytime TV award, their tenth consecutive triumph. I'm not bitter...

LA's a fantastic place to be when the Oscars are on, the whole town buzzing with movie stars and endless glamorous parties

Caroline was a mate of mine. We weren't close friends, but we got on well, frequently met up at showbiz bashes, and exchanged irregular text messages about life and the universe

Huge news: I've won Heat magazine's Secret Crush award for the second year running. Heat revealed I scooped a staggering two-thirds of all votes cast

Back to the Good Morning Britain studios after three weeks in America, to find Susanna Reid in full-blown coronavirus alert mode. She has declared herself strictly non-contact