And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

But we are prisoners in a Pickwickian sense; if we try we can break out of our frameworks at any time.

I think about biblical names, Tamara, Michaela, Mira, Shoshana, and Celtic names I can barely pronounce, Siobhan tangling between teeth and tongue.

These days, raunch is everywhere—not only on the internet and television, but on advertising hoardings and the sides of buses. Another online campaign is aimed at sanitising the covers of sub-pornographic “lads’ mags”.