Thanks to you, my glasses no longer slip down my nose. If only it didn’t hurt too much to wear them | Adrian Chiles

You solve one problem, only for a worse one to pop up. Shall I tell you all about my flesh-coloured papule?

Unaccountably, I woke up early the other morning with the song China in Your Hand by T'Pau ringing in my ears. Odd that. Not heard or thought about it for years. I put it on.

Don't push too far, your dreams are china in your hand," Carol Decker advises, adding, Don't wish too hard because they may come true." She sings the truth.

Adrian Chiles is a writer, broadcaster and a Guardian columnist