It is 2011 and there are riots outside the house, but Cyrus confuses this uprising with previous ones where black youths have protested against government and the police.Dementia forces his memories to fragment, bringing back painful incidents from his early life in England, as well as reinforcing his feelings for his family and his love for Eunice; his relations with his son Kev still seem problematic. There is one shocking revelation that is too much for him however - and that he will do anything to avoid.As we come full circle from Cyrus's arrival in London decades earlier, he balances sober reflection with his trademark humour as, in the midst of his confusion, he contemplates whether life in England has been worth everything.