Snow Joke
Headlines for the past week have been dominated by the impact of the snow that has struck Britain - the cost implications for business, which runs into millions of pounds, the dangers on the road and the collapse of the public transport system.
What has been less widely reported, apart from a comment piece in Sunday's Observer, is the sense of community spirit that has emerged across the country. This is despite us being told repeatedly that our society has collapsed, that we live in a "broken Britain."
So instead of charging down the road in our own little worlds, texting our friends and listening to our iPods, we have been helping people struggling on the pavements, pointing out the safer bits.
We are helping get neighbours' cars started, giving them a push if needs be, going to the shops for elderly neighbours, and thanking the bus driver with a little more sincerity than usual.
And if the cynics among you think I am sat here in rose-tinted specs, I have seen all of this for myself.
Having said that, I am still looking forward to temperatures
breaking double figures again all the same.
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