PracticeSix o'clock in the morning, Sunday, at the worn out end of January. In a small room in an Oxford college, cold and dim and full of quiet, an undergraduate student works on an essay about Shakespeare's sonnets. Annabel has a meticulously planned routine for her day work, yoga, meditation, long walks; no apples after meals, no coffee on an empty stomach but finds it repeatedly thrown off course. Despite her efforts, she cannot stop her thoughts slipping