Reading time: three minutes, just long enough to scan a bookshelf and size up your prize.

Reading time: three minutes, just long enough to shed your clothes and meet the morning tide.

Reading time: three minutes, the time it takes to fold up an Ordnance Survey map.

Reading time: three minutes, the time it takes to top up a travel card.

Reading time: three minutes, the time it takes to apologise profusely.