To see people sipping, chatting and reading in a café is to see life is all its beautiful abundance. It is to see neighbours catching up on their gossip, business people making deals, youngsters whiling away the hours, and those like you poring over these pages. It is to see people at their kindest and best – for now the emphasis is on generosity, cordiality and hospitality.

To see people sipping, chatting and reading in a café is to see life is all its beautiful abundance. It is to see neighbours catching up on their gossip, business people making deals, youngsters whiling away the hours, and those like you poring over these pages. It is to see people at their kindest and best – for now the emphasis is on generosity, cordiality and hospitality.