And she said: “The hall is a performance.

If you go down a corridor by yourself in a squeaking chair you’re a thing happening to everybody.

If you go down a corridor next to a person who’s talking to you about something stupid, you’re two people walking.”

She said: “If anyone had asked me in September what I wanted most, I would have said: I want somebody to walk next to me from maths to the cafeteria and not hurry.

“That’s free.