Anna tries to steal a Kyffin Williams painting from her old school. She is caught by the caretaker, who recognises her immediately - not as a former pupil, but as 'Nurse Smith'.
On a grey day in the Welsh capital, a young barman sits dreaming of a brighter and more vibrant life. His world seems drab and uninteresting, without the glamour that he sees in his imagination. When his dreams are interrupted by a new customer, the barman begins a journey of discovery, one that allows him to discover a new world and a new outlook.
Trace the self-destructive fall of Della Howells, Museum Director in her 40s who begins a dangerous relationship with a young man, and descends from a respectable middle-class woman into the criminal underworld of the art world.