Some swear by hypnotherapy; others prefer a shrink. You’re still searching for a magic cure, one which assures you life’s going to be swell.

Try a more refreshing alternative: Anne Brady, expert tea leaf reader. She can’t guarantee eternal happiness or a jammy lottery win, but she’ll give you a few hints as to what’s around the corner.

Pop round for a session at her house in Barbican and choose your tea (options including Earl Grey, orange pekoe and vanilla) and teacup. She’ll even give you a fresh cupcake to go with it.

Once you’ve downed your cuppa, Brady tips the remaining leaves into a saucer and ‘reads’ the leftovers. She looks at their shapes and formations and translates them into themes of love, health, travel and family. What she says may well be spot on, and you might feel clearer about where you are and where you’re going. (If you believe in this sort of thing, that is.)

If you’re so engrossed you forget it all; everything is recorded on a tape that you can take home. 

Should you think the whole thing sounds like a load of gobbledygook, that’s your prerogative.

Like everything else in life, you can take it or leaf it.

Anne Brady (07765 690 700).