For nearly half a year, I chose to share my bed with a male ... little romance going on. When we did get a chance to talk, we established that we were both ready to get back together.

But, in reality, the likes of Netflix are sending us to bed 20 minutes earlier compared with 20 years ago. The lights now go off at 10.14pm on average, a study of adults' behaviour has revealed.

The soundbite consists of Welch saying: “Anyhoo, I’m going to go to bed, and I’ll see you guys tomorrow.” It’s a pretty innocuous comment, but the way it was said, upbeat and full of ...