‘We have the aforementioned Scotch eggs; Melton Mowbray pork pies; I’ve made my own coronation chicken; there is potato salad; Red Leicester cheese; Jacob’s cream crackers; Marks & Spencer’s cloudy lemonade; I have those dreadful mango chutney poppadoms that you love. And…’ She paused for effect. ‘Ta da!’ She pulled out a family size bar of Cadbury’s Fruit and Nut.

