The truth about cool

You're not. But it's fine.

‘Skins’, the mid-noughties Channel 4 show that reminded me, when I watched one episode the week it launched, that I had never been anything approaching a cool teenager (but also neither had 95% of other teenagers). [Pic: Channel 4]

I have never been cool. I’ve long made my peace with it, but I am still vaguely conscious of it, and try not to wander too f…