At her suggestion, they met on Hampstead Heath on the first sunny day of the year, and the picnic with which she surprised him was marvellous. Then, with the sun still high in the sky and laughter and chatter all around them, he presented a surprise of his own – two ‘tickets’ to go back to his bedsit, close the curtains, dress up in PVC and watch Salò with a big bottle of Teachers.