Handsome Steve on Handsome Steve’s House of Refreshment: ‘The key is minimalism: stripping stuff away rather than adding. The essence of a wog bar is that there is no need for a menu, as you know it will have croissants, some cheese, some ham, and good bread perhaps and of course great coffee.’

Handsome Steve on the Convent location: ‘I expected to be either rejected outright or nibbled to death on the details. To my surprise and delight, the far-sighted people at the Convent gave the go-ahead: yes, you can put terrazzo on the floor; yes, by all means paint a giant mural on the corridor wall.’

Handsome Steve on growing up: ‘I asked my Dad, well into his eighties, if this growing up business gets any easier as the years tick by. He said no, it didn’t. That’s when I decided we all needed a place where we could leave the everyday world behind for a spell: the House of Refreshment.’

What more can we say?