"I thought you didn't read newspapers," says Ailz. "I don't," I say, "But this is important- not like the minutiae of Brexit or the empty speeches of Tory leadership contestants. It could be the most important thing to happen this year. A game-changer. A harbinger of cultural shift. A declaration and a sign that there are certain bloody awful things that have been going on for ever in our world which we will no longer tolerate." Or, if I don't actually say it as neatly as that it's what I'm thinking. "Well, don't gloat over it so..." Am I gloating? Is the Magnificat a gloat? Perhaps... What we were discussing was the up-coming trial of Jeffrey Epstein. Want to see the mighty put down from their seats and the humble and meek exalted? Well, pull up a pew.