EMMA SAID

She'd been eaten by lions in a previous life in some provincial Roman amphitheatre and while it wasn't exactly pleasant, she'd been through worse in her many reincarnations. In her current existence, she was married to a taxi driver who fitted all the stereotypes: loud. opinionated, bigoted and oblivious to other traffic. Were it not for Alf's extraordinary talent as a karaoke singer, Emma would have been happy to go another few rounds with Panthera Leo rather than listen to Alf shouting at Jeremy Paxman every night.