You have to admire gen­er­a­tion Y. This lot cut their teeth on Oprah and Judge Judy only to grad­u­ate with unfail­ing enthu­si­asm to Twit­ter, Face­book and Big Broth­er. The result? If they’re not let­ting you know every spe­cif­ic detail of their men­stru­al peri­ods, rela­tion­ships and emo­tion­al state, they’re under­tak­ing their morn­ing ablu­tions on the train.