As it happens, those suspicions are well-founded. Despite the assumption of what shuffling is supposed to do to mix things up, Spotify's shuffle feature does not truly randomize the order of songs ...

Star news editor Abigail Hunt arranged a work night out for her colleagues under the guise of wanting to get to know them ...

Rather better for shuffling is the “riffle” – where you cut the deck roughly in half, then let the two piles drop almost card ...