Elbow grease — we’ve all got some lurking at the back of a cupboard somewhere. One or two of you may even have sheds full of the stuff. I, however, operate on a short supply. I have a talent for turning small jobs into mammoth tasks. I once called IKEA mid-assembly of a garden table to insist they’d drawn the instructions incorrectly. Naturally, it was my mistake — the piece of wood I was holding just needed to be turned the other way. I promptly hung up the phone.

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