‘This book is jam-packed with grand themes … first-rate and really well-researched ... a fascinating book, based on a very clever idea and very intelligently done' Daily Mail

Welcome to the site of The Wrong Kind of Snow, How the Weather Made Britain. Here you can see what the book's about, read sample pages, check out reviews and media comment, find out what's interesting about the weather this month, or learn more about the authors.

Check out the kind of stories the book is packed with:

Why our dreams of white Christmases are Charles Dickens's fault
The gale that saved Scotland
Storms that changed the British Isles
Why Brits complain about the weather
The up and down story of the umbrella
Kendal Mint Cake and Mountain Rescue - the story of weather and hill-walking
How weather has inspired British artists, musicians and writers
Bring me sunshine: Why you should look at local weather before moving home
Top 20 freak British weather moments

Links, mentions and blogs:

Pick of the paperbacks: Sunday Times
'By far the most fun of the recent weather books' Financial Times
In the country should you, or should you not, roll your umbrella?
Why was the serial killer John George Haigh so obsessed with the weather? Guardian
The true importance of the British weather: Sunday Telegraph
Why rain is our national emblem: Daily Telegraph
Why weather as a conversation topic never fails to enthrall

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