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A Point of View: The End of Winter

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The End of Winter

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Sara Wheeler reflects on the myriad wintry metaphors in the English language.

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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