Like Taylor Swift, millions of us dream of packing in the day job. But where do we find our Plan B?

Everyone wants to turn their passion into their profession - or at least a profitable side-hustle. I certainly did. But what if AI can do it better or more cheaply?

A comment from Zadie Smith caught my attention this week. Asked whether she had ever considered recording an album (she is known among her friends to be a talented singer), the novelist responded: I have a dream of having a Cafe Carlyle residency in New York in my 80s. Just me, in a muumuu, singing jazz standards interspersed with literary anecdotes."

Here she is at the height of her success dreaming of a career Plan B just like the rest of us! When famous people are asked about their possible alternative professions, their answers are sometimes borderline bonkers. Justin Bieber has said he'd like to be an astronaut, Taylor Swift either an interior designer or a detective" and Barbie star Margot Robbie a trapeze artist (though in fairness she did attend circus school as a child).

Anita Chaudhuri is a freelance journalist and photographer