It's a pity we have arrived at this point - but it seems that neither party can take that step back to Peace. O, the troublesome human condition!

Clutching your hand - and with some understandable urgency - Solntse will show you just how difficult it can be to find that oh-so-elusive global serenity and bonhomie.

Together let's see why and how world-weary Vincent decides that enough is enough, and ponders calling time on the decadent populace around him.

Then we can try and sympathise with a feckless young fellow, who at least acknowledges the ruinous situation he's placed his town in ... and tries to make some belated amends concerning his 'girlfriend'.

And next we can spend a little time with a confused chap in a rapidly changing society ... and how worried he's becoming about the state of his girlfriend, who is due home soon. But will their concept of love survive the long-term?

Then, to conclude, we can drop in on Howard - who's in a very low state indeed. Recently jilted, he stumbles across Workin' Gal - the deadliest androphobe of them all. Such luck! Could it be the final curtain for him? Or might Howard and ... She ... somehow forge a temporary coalition in a world of intensifying situations?

Unpredictability is the new predictable. Welcome to it, one and all!

The final ... terminal ... disquietudes from that Solntse