Please be patient with the nice assistants in the cathedral shop. You will encounter them, pecking at the till as though playing some terrifying retail version of Russian roulette that might trigger an explosion at any moment. These good folk are volunteers of retirement age, gamely battling with modern technology. Bite your tongue as they scan the bar codes with in-fin-ite care. ‘Oh dear, oh dear, what am I doing wrong? It doesn’t seem to be working!’ They will proceed to check the scanner by turning it towards their face, momentarily blinding themselves with a scribble of red light. Don’t
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