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Citronella Formula, £9 for 100ml (nealsyardremedies.com)

Idon’t wish to be a killjoy, but someone has to keep an eye on things. Hot weather equals mozzies, equals sleepless, scratchy nights… and thanks to neuroscientist Professor Matthew Walker’s brilliantly learned (and horrifying) book Why We

Sleep, we know what that means. Sleep is the new superfood – we ALL need a minimum seven hours – and the vast majority of us aren’t getting enough.

We need to take baby steps here – 10pm lights off is a start. So is securing ideal sleep conditions – ventilation, dark etc. The bites are not ideal. And since prevention is better than cure, but the chemicals usually found in anti-mozzi sprays are not pleasant, I’m going the natural route this summer. Plenty swear by it and it certainly smells much better than the rest.