TV for insomniacs: Netflix s Headspace Guide To Sleep
Nodding off in front of the telly is a time-honoured ritual which has over time evolved from waking up to the crackle of end of hours broadcast, to Netflix beadily asking, “Are you still watching?” (an irritating feature that is mercifully in the trial stages of being switched off).
Given the soporific nature of TV it was perhaps inevitable that streaming platforms would branch out into programmes intentionally designed to help the viewer sleep – and, more importantly, to get their slice of the growing meditation pie. Netflix has three series this year in collaboration with the popular Headspace app – the second, Headspace Guide to Sleep, landed this week.
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During the six long days in which the Ever Given clogged the Suez canal, it is worth noting the sphinx-like calm that Britain retained over potential global backlogs of grocery supplies. “Coffee shortages ahead!” the experts warned. But we did not flinch. “Expect supply chain issues with toilet paper!” forecasters said. “Pffft … again?” we sighed while glancing wistfully at the Hadrian’s wall of Cushelle ultra-quilted three-ply we’d amassed in the last crisis.
On CNN, one analyst said, “Seven billion pounds of goods and food packaging are being ensnared in the tailback each day”, and it seemed as if there was no limit to the potential scarcity that shoppers might feel. I looked out of the window, craning my ear for the rumble of footsteps. In normal, pre-pandemic times, one might have expected panic to set in, for stampedes to head towards the pasta and rice aisles, or at the very least one public order offence in a Co