A year or so ago, when I was going through a stressful time, a friend sent me a card in the post. Bright pink, with the words ‘wonder woman’ on the front - you’ve probably seen it or something similar. Inside she wrote beautiful words that were intended to buoy me up and it worked: they have stayed with me ever since, as has the generous act of her sending it in the first place.
I thought of that gesture this week, when I heard the footballer Lucy Bronze, 31, give an interview from the Women’s World Cup. The England defender, who is one of the most recognisable Lionesses, not to mention one of the highest paid female footballers in the world, has every reason to big herself up. Instead, with a huge smile on her face, she sang the the praises of her team-mate.
