For years, journalist Simon Parkin had suffered sleepless nights in his running battle with insomnia. Tiny noises or distractions would rouse him and then sleep would be impossible. It was taking a toll on his health and his waking life and so he resolved to do something about it.
He tells Anushka Asthana that he tried every technique he could find. From eating bananas to taking hot showers or reading, but nothing worked. That was until he went to a London clinic and met Hugh Selsick, a South African psychiatrist whose treatment proved a revelation.
Also today: Sally Hayden on a locust swarm in east Africa.
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