Dame Deborah James burst into the garden, unaware her husband Sebastien was on a work Zoom call. He turned to look at his wife; the inspirational cancer campaigner wearing a long sequin coat and feather headdress.
In one hand she held aloft a large sex toy, in the other a kitchen sieve.
This is the memory that Lauren Mahon says most encapsulates the essence of her best friend, who died last week aged just 40.
