160Taken on a bench that she likes, in a small park she is fond of in Shepherd’s Bush, London, next door to the BBC’s Television Centre where she works.

“It’s something that’s really important to me”, she explained, “although I don’t want it to look like I’m advocating non-consensual sex.”

She planned to take a year out to go travelling across Africa within weeks of this image being taken, and she also possesses a splendid pair of bright red shoes – sadly not worn on this particular day.