Alexandra Harris tells the story of how the weather has written and painted itself into the cultural life of Britain. With music by Jon Nicholls.
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Watch a series of charming films about our historical relationship with the weather.
The story of our weather animations collaboration.
See if you agree with our signs of the British summer.
The Little Ice Age of the 17th and 18th centuries saw fairs held on the frozen Thames.
The Anglo-Saxon Wanderer is a lonely, melancholy figure facing winter sorrow on his own.
The Greek gods of the four cardinal wind directions; Boreas, Zephyrus, Notos and Eurus.
How a changing climate had a devastating effect on Europe in the 14th Century.