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Having checked in with my sister first, who assures me our mother is ‘getting used to the idea’, I phone Yorkshire again, hoping that the excitement of a first grandchild will have dimmed her moral disquiet.

‘How are you? Oh, and the baby of course?’ she asks, in tones which clearly suggest she’s been got at by both my father and sister.

‘We’re fine,’ I say, giving Peter a thumbs up.

‘Well, I’ve stopped knitting blankets for Bosnian babies,’ she says, sounding almost cheerful. ‘Do you have any thoughts on what colours you’d like?’