Simple pleasures

If you’ve become a hardened old cynic, invest in a copy of That Sense of Wonder by Francesco Dimitri. It’s described as a “storytelling-driven self-help book about how to reclaim wonder in our lives”. His easy exercises include trying to use as little electric light as possible of an evening, to see how the candles make you feel and creating your own small rituals.

£18.99 hardback, Head of Zeus, out 22 November