The baiter stands amidships, with the bait-box outside the rail: with a tin pint nailed to a long handle he begins throwing out bait, while every man stands to his berth.

Most newspapers we saw swallowed whole an S.R. estimate that it would cost £20m to equip the Region with point heaters.

The shabeens on a Sunday afternoon were filled with families including young children running around, D.J.’s spinning amazing music and down-home people willing to discuss, in English, anything from Obama to Beyoncé.

Some people are only famous within their city.