Mary Wollstonecraft would not have liked me. For one thing, she didn’t care much for Catholics. As I describe in my new book, she made a distinction between ‘natural’ and ‘unnatural religion’ and disapproved of Catholicism as a form of organised religion – a view confirmed by her visit to Portugal in 1785, undertaken to assist her dearest friend, Fanny Blood, in childbirth. A very sad sojourn – her friend died giving birth – which also confirmed her view of Catholicism leading to superstition and irrationality.