Thaw

This time last week, this scene would have been a snowy one; but now there's hardly a sign of the stuff save high up. Here in Leckhampton, we are just left with massive puddles.

There has been a thaw too in Burma these last years: it would have seemed impossible for Aung San Suu Kyi to feature on Desert Island Discs even a year ago, I guess! (How many BBC people did Kirsty Young need to take with her to Naypyitaw last month for the recording I wonder?)