Is wintry weather a blessing? Snow has fallen across the UK, for many the first of winter. For our ancestors, snow was at once a terrible curse and a source of sublime beauty.
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Big chill: UK weather warnings this morning follow the first snowfall of winter. Over 200 schools closed yesterday. Parts of Scotland with fall to -12 tonight, three degrees colder than Omsk, the third-largest city in Siberia.