During the bitter winter of 1962-63, the sea turned to ice, milkmen froze in their floats
BOOK OF THE WEEK FROSTQUAKE: THE FROZEN WINTER OF 1962 AND HOW BRITAIN EMERGED A DIFFERENT COUNTRY by Juliet Nicolson (Chatto £18.99, 368 pp) Perhaps every half-century we need an intervention outside our control, an uninvited pause, in order for resurrection to take place.’ Thus writes Juliet Nicolson in her fascinating, quirky and evocative book … Read more