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The expressions ‘I need space’ or ‘to have space’ are commonplace in our speech. And yet, when we say space, we actually mean ‘time’…a particular type of time – a time without other obligations, pressures, commitments, priorities. And space for yourself is then a time, for someone to be themselves, to be able to choose to be practical or not, to follow an idea without knowing exactly where it will lead, to be introspective without apology, to daydream, without necessarily having anything to show for it at the end, except a smile.

While even in the most ordinary circumstances this kind of time …