A couple of weekends ago, the Scottish Bridge Union ran the inaugural British Isles Trophy, a mixed team’s event for the Home Counties. It was played on RealBridge, the website that allows players to both see and hear each other.

Bridge, being the last bastion of ‘hilarious’ misogyny, always has an alpha chuckle when somebody says, and somebody always does: ‘There isn’t a good pair in the room!’

I asked  my friend Nick, who ironically always plays with his preferred partner, Nathalie Shashou, if any good hands came up played by a woman.