On the day:
24/07/2012
On the way:
His grey T-shirt proclaims him an Independent reader. His reddish-brown leather baseball cap proclaims him a Land Rover driver. The can in the right inside picket of his black and white jacket, worn on a busy bus in 28-degree, mid-morning heat proclaims him a Fosters drinker.
One such claim has a ring of truth about it. The other two? Not so sure.
One such claim will be proved true. The other two? Still not so sure.
Anyhow, when the moment comes to offer one's seat to a the lanky Asian boy with the diffident pose and the winning smile so he can sit next to the girl with whom he boarded the bus, the leathery-faced Caucasian fellow with the beery smile gratefully misunderstands, and drags his big green shopping bag over to sit opposite the embarrassed young lady.
Finally her sweetheart overcomes his diffidence and shifts over to her side. To her relief and her delight.
The old fellow bares his browning teeth, retrieves the already-open can from his pocket, takes a satisfying swig, and carefully replaces it. He's got his beer, he's got the sunshine and he's got a window seat. He's i no hurry.
On the pod:
A New England - Kirsty MacColl
On the front page:
Fury over Syria's threat to use chemical weapons (The Times)
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