When the Soviet writer Solzhenitsyn was in the gulag, he used to sew bread rations into his mattress, so that if the guards withheld his food, he wouldn’t die.

Do you struggle to stretch those limbs, are you stressed and lacking energy? Take a deep breath - yoga devotee Josephine Fairley has classic moves to suit you, no matter what your stage in life.

MY FRIEND has an air of innocence, which sits at odds with what happens when she opens her mouth. Double entendres come out of nowhere and I’m never quite sure how artless this double entendre business is, precisely.