I was working as an au pair for a vile vain woman who treated me as her inferior in status and intelligence. She also employed three young foreign woman in her kitchen at night.

When I learnt that the others were students at Sunderland University, I wondered if I should reveal my true identity. When I did so, one of the students begged to know more about my domain of expertise.

I didn’t get the chance to respond. This was because our employer immediately butted in to boast that she was heavily involved in the aftermath of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie on 21st December 1988.