Pokerography: Distraction is the enemy of insight

In this week’s Pokerography series, Lee Davy takes a look at Bernadette Jiwa’s new book Hunch: Turn Your Everyday Insights Into The Next Big Thing and reminds us of the importance of switching that mobile phone off at the poker table.

You know that kid Haley Joel Osment who can see dead people? Well, I’m like that, only the people I see lying in my bed in the early hours of the morning – usually an old lady with rotting teeth – are not dead – they are hallucinations.

And, no, I don’t take drugs.

After one hallucination too many, I decided it was time to find out what the hell was wrong with me. I sent a blood sample to the very reputable Raymond Hilu in Barcelona and a hair sample to Nova Detox.