François-Xavier Lalanne, Hippopotame I, 1968

Taking a hot bath is one of life’s most comforting activities, and if our baths looked like this exquisite, hippo-shaped creation by French sculptor François-Xavier Lalanne, we’d be working from the tub every day. But bath or no bath, pampering is a wonderful way to relax so, if you can, try to take a little time for yourself this Sunday (and if you have children, perhaps distract them with the task of creating a giant cardboard hippo while you do so).