It's Saturday, 31st January 2015. We're outside Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, UK. Doug is having a leisurely liquid breakfast with the job section of his local newspaper. Let us pray the sun is shining on his prospects.
Our good friend Emil is contemplating a visit to Argentina. Some of his old regimental pals are having a celebration there. He hasn't seen them since 1945 and there wasn't much time to say goodbye.
In a world of supermarket blandness there are still some independent survivors in the war against the humble greengrocer. This is one such hero. And he has been battling on for over 60 years.