Linking in with colour, Feng Shui is another powerful influence in our lives. Richard Ashworth decided to put the theories to the test.The Feng Shui Diaries (O Books,£9.99) is not a self-help book.

It is a record of one man trying to live with and understand the principles of Chinese philosophy In that it is fascinating, instructive and\r\nbaffling in equal amounts. Read it like a novel and you begin to absorb\r\nRichard’s love and dedication to this most complex of arts