Naomi hadn’t dared hope for a chance to shadow a reporter as Matt Kellam so when he asked if he wanted to sit in on an interview with a supervillain, she turned her back on the photocopier without a second thought.

“Not much of an internship if you spend it all faffing about the offices,” Kellam said to her as they walked from the magazine’s offices in Aldgate to Varley & Weston’s in Moorgate.

“Thank you, Mr Kellam,” said Naomi. “But why is he a supervi...