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hapless heroine Bridget Jones might have swapped her famous red diary for an electronic tablet in the latest film, but the author herself is far less willing to embrace technology. ‘Whenever i travel, the one thing i always take with me is a book — but an actual book, not a Kindle or anything like that,’ Fielding tells me. ‘i don’t like electronics on holiday because that’s usually the only chance i get to switch off from all of it. i try to stay as far away as i can. We’re too reliant on phones and tablets.’