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But civil discourse has been ground down to a useless nub at this point, and a presidential candidate can share crude jokes about his opponent with barely a blip in the news cycle.

The nub of it is - the new UK government now knows it will be dealing with a new administration in Washington within six months, whatever happens.

“It’s got the delicate bits that could be broken,” she says as she rubs her fingers on one of the two narrow nubs framing the chair.

The worn nubs of the first wharf can still be seen at times in low tide, and other parts of the structure have managed to survive the test of time.

But the nub of the issue for him is “how” they produce this art, the range of artists they’re inviting in, the openness to new forms and collaborative modalities.