The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “kinky” as “relating to, having, or appealing to unconventional tastes especially in sex”.

“Churchgoing dominatrix” Melissa Todd, recently profiled by The Telegraph, claims that “Christianity is closely aligned with kink culture”, and ought to be more so.

Todd, who attends the “liberal and progressive Union Church in Margate”, has urged the Church of England – with which she is not affiliated – to “get with it” as regards matters of the flesh. But in attempting to market herself as a trendy subversive, Todd has revealed herself as perhaps the ultimate conformist.