In an arena obsessed with times and speed, the slow walk to the seat involved the greatest strides of all.

Then a slow walk (on crutches, carrying a knapsack) to the ticket counter, through security, to the gate.

In fact, researchers found that a typical class used 144 calories - the same amount burned during a slow walk.

And once the broadsheets started writing seriously about pop in the late 1980s, the slow walk in from the wastelands of 'lowbrow' culture began in earnest.

It wasn't the fatigue of easing her from her bed, nor the slow walk to the bathroom, nor the awkwardness of positioning her, nor guiding her back to her bed.