Rosie did retire at last. Mulligan’s new owner, Tim, hosts a fortnightly pub quiz, and we’ve been kind of killing it lately.

A round wooden pub table crowded with half-full pint glasses of lager and cider, small beer bottles, pens and handwritten answer sheets from a pub quiz. An ashtray sits in the centre alongside a quiz booklet, with people seated closely around the table, their legs and arms visible, suggesting an informal, busy pub setting during a quiz night.