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The End of Winter

Sara Wheeler remembers sledding on a tea-tray, and wonders how much longer we'll experience snowy winters, and what that means for a season so ingrained in our lives and culture.

As meteorologists tell us that the chance of snow is decreasing year on year, Sara Wheeler reflects on a future where younger generations may never get to experience snow - and what that means for a season so ingrained in our lives and culture.

'Winter is deeply embedded in the English language - the white stuff of metaphor', she writes.

'But if climate change blanches the seasons, one wonders what the as yet unborn writers will reach for when they try to put the unsayable into words.'

Producer: Adele Armstrong
Sound: Peter Bosher
Production coordinator: Iona Hammond
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

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9 minutes

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Sun 18 Dec 2022 08:48

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  • Fri 16 Dec 2022 20:50
  • Sun 18 Dec 2022 08:48

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