with over 40 per cent talking in their sleep, and more surprisingly almost 10 per cent getting creative by drawing, painting or writing while in the land of nod. In a survey of 2,000 UK adults ...

These days, the allure of sleep has overpowered the merits of a hard-day’s work. Ironically, wiling away hours in a state of blissful unconsciousness has become, of all things, a status symbol.

At first glance, Nikhil Chopra’s itinerary at the Metropolitan Museum of Art may seem like an endurance test: nine consecutive days of drawing, singing, eating, changing costumes and sleeping in ...