Under the Weather: Us and the elements - Hardcover

Fort, Tom

3.5

6 ratings by Goodreads

9781844133697: Under the Weather: Us and the elements

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844133699 ISBN 13: 9781844133697

Publisher: Century, 2006

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Hardcover. Pub: 2006 Pages: 320 Publisher: Random House UK Tom Fort whose writing has been variously described as 'Jocund'. 'Slightly loopy'. 'The unbelievably poignant' and 'deeply Peculiar'. Travels to around itain Experiencing some of its extremer climates and some of its more typical with a view to explaining what we make and have made of the itish weather and what it has made of us. There are two interlocking strands: the story of those who - moved to an exceptional . sometimes obsessive degree by the fascination felt by so many of us - sought to know and understand our weather; and the story of its impact on us - our history. our culture. the way we think and behave. He focuses on the people - the clergymen. the gentlemen of leisure. the crackpots. visionaries. charlatans and shysters. all now largely or utterly forgotten - who volunteered and toiled for the cause. tel...

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Review:

"Tom Fort has put together a delightfully discursive book: a gentle rambling through the printed sources interlaced with meetings and outings to give it topicality." (Daily Mail)

"... an entertaining survey of the history of man's ceaseless struggle to answer the big question: do I need to take my Mac?" (The Independent)

"... Good humoured and quietly ... The exchange between Johnson's Englishmen may not, in the end, arrive anywhere in particular, but it goes on to this day.Under the Weather is a worthy addition to that long-lived conversation, and a reminder of how compelling it remains." (Guardian)

"A great little book about the British obsession with the climate, it's full of fruitful parcels of meteorological lore." (Conde Nast Traveller)

"... The writing possesses an affable charm and Fort has an appealing layman's enthusiasm for the subject." (Financial Times Magazine)

From the Publisher:

A humorous journey around Britain discovering the history of the eccentrics, crackpots and visionaries who have tried to measure and predict the weather, meeting people obsessed with the weather today and trying to define the effect of the weather on our national character.

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