The Bedside Assistant. $34.95. No really, I so get it, don’t you? The 3am startled twitch in bed as you remember that you forgot to buy the crucial bag of cat litter and treats, the fumble around in the dark for pen in drawer, the dropping, the swearing, the slow build up of tension which stops you falling back to sleep once you’ve made the note. It’s a slice of true life.

‘Just pull out Bedside Assistant�s pen and a small-focused beam illuminates the writing pad. So you can write without waking your spouse. And because the Fisher Space Pen writes upside down (due to its pressurized cartridge), you don�t even have to sit up. Jot down your dreams or an elusive thought without moving your head from the pillow, then go right back to sleep.’