This vogue is in part due to the real benefits of mindfulness, a form of attention and awareness often (but not always) achieved through meditation or yoga. It’s a trend for a reason. But its increasing application to every situation under the sun has some people concerned.

Please can I have a look, if I promise not to touch?

When a Mercurian is connected with the arts, it is often possible to discern a lack of the heavy, thoroughgoing seriousness which some artists seem to feel is the least that life deserves.

So you're Spleen. I heard all about the antisplenetic antics of your brother. I lost a brother once — that's what got me my lifetime's worth of probation.