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False springs

20 March 2026|

A few sunny days in March are enough to do strange things to people. Coats come off, garden chairs reappear, convertible roofs go down, and someone, somewhere, confidently declares that winter is over. In Britain this is normally followed, within days, by a sharp reminder that it is not. The temperature drops, the heating goes back

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