Britons are obsessed with the weather, so why doesn't it play more of a part in our view of history?
As far as British history is concerned, that might be because extremes of weather have been quite rare. By the standards of the tropics, or the unforgiving polarities other countries have to put up with, we are, or at least have been, pretty lucky.
That is not to say that weather hasn't played a part in our history – or been – set me thinldng.
