They have treasured memories of other times - firm views about present times.
In the race for today few of us spare enough time to listen - even to learn - from people who also know about yesterday, as they talk to the Man Alive reporters.

Margaret Morris is 79. Her name, like Isadora Duncan's, is synonymous with dance innovation. A life-long vegetarian, she behaves, in her own words, as if she were 25. She talks of her youth but also of the here and now.