Laura Mvula: ‘My body spasms. I think I’m going to collapse’

For the award-winning singer-songwriter Laura Mvula, simply getting through a day can be an achievement. She speaks openly to Tom Lamont about how panic attacks destroyed her marriage – and almost wrecked her careerLaura Mvula doesn’t sleep so well. The night before we meet, the 29-year-old musician wakes at 3am. She tosses, turns and finally drags a laptop on to her duvet to watch Friends. (“It’s comfort. It’s my youth.”) After that she dozes for a while and