If nothing else, having insomnia means you've got something in common with Mrs Thatcher

Irritable, tired and moody? Not getting enough sleep? Need some tips to make it through the night? Yes, that's me, I thought, and read on excited at the prospect of a cure. But sadly they were tips for night nurses, not pop-eyed insomniacs like me. The article offered a host of ideas for overcoming the physiological horrors that ensue from the night shift, but little for those of us who pitch restlessly through the witching hours.