For a few days last week the UK become completely dominated – obsessed even – by the weather. Actually not an unusual phenomenon even if this time all-time records were falling and we were all suffering various forms of misery as well as an odd sense of freedom brought on by infrastructural paralysis.
Carolyn Black has written a lovely piece about the Severn Bore in the snow, published on Medium.
Thursday, the second of March, 2018. The UK was in shut-down due to the Beast from the East and Emma. Both arrived with fanfares a-blowing, the weather channels in their element as they shared endless predictions and warnings. Yellow, amber red — no, it’s ok, the red is only yellow, no need to worry. But wait, the yellow is now amber, we’re in red-alert!…