One in three adults in the UK struggles to sleep through the night; among them is writer Nick Pope. Could embracing the multibillion-pound sleep economy fix his night-time woes or would obsessively attempting to crack bedtime cause another problem altogether?

Reading Laura Mauro’s “Japanese Toilet Ghosts” [FT459:30-35], reminded me of a less well known fear in the Western world, which –according to the modern rabbinical Internet resource site TheTorah.com

Dreams defy exact scientific analysis

When I woke up, I’d missed Christmas. But why?

All because hubby thought he saw a twinkle in Santa’s eye

A vision turned my grief into something paw-sitive.