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The rise of the Twittering classes

Every day, thousands of �twitterers� choose to give the world a quick update on what they�re doing. Marisa Duffy finds out why the seemingly mundane has become an internet phenomenon.

Yesterday, at 10.15am, Stephen Fry was boarding a plane. At 12.15pm, Jonathan Ross was heading off to a studio to meet Benicio del Toro. Britney Spears, meanwhile, was getting excited about moving into her new home.