Ms Hepburn

It's funny, when I talk to one of my mother's friends on the phone, I could be talking to Katherine Hepburn.

Now blind Joan – macular degeneration, who still manages to live at home, on her own – talking about Lottie going into care.

"She's better off, Christian," she boomed down the phone. "Better off. You have done all you can do."

I don't get the association in person, but on the phone, it is uncanny.

I feel like I want to call her up some days and ask her to talk about Spencer for a bit.