Work. How’s that working out for you right now? After the bank holiday weekend, many of us inevitably find ourselves critically assessing our work-life balance.

What if every weekend could be a similar triple-pronged attack on job-related stress and exhaustion? Or imagine a three-day working week; time to reconnect with family and ourselves.

John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that technological progress would lead us to shorter weeks and abundant leisure time; by 2030, he insisted, 15 hour workweeks would be the norm.

This was then echoed by Herman Kahn in the 1960s, who confidently assured Americans they’d soon be enjoying 13 weeks of vacation and a civilised four-day work week.