After a Christmas in lockdown, I was happy to be back at work rather than face one more game of charades or Monopoly. But one thing that did seem to stick into the New Year was word association. Maybe not words specifically, but the idea that we associate, whether it’s consciously done or not. Naturally …

Thanks for reading, Jack! If you’re a Jack, that could seem pretty smooth. But if you’re a Jess, or anyone else for that matter, missing the mark would perhaps be an understatement. With personalised phrases like this becoming what seems a compulsory feature, it’s almost normal these days to feel as though you’ve become friends …