Approximately 4.5 billion years ago, astrogeologists (that is, people who study planetary geology, not the grifters who ask for your star sign and suggest that while you might feel overwhelmed, now is a good time to address the big picture stuff in your life) hypothesise that a young Earth collided with a Mars-sized planet called Theia.
This gave rise a couple of things. First, the Moon, and second, our planet’s 23.5 degree tilt, thanks to which we experience the four seasons. Or to be precise, other countries do. Britain, despite what the Gregorian calendar alleges, is trapped in an endless November. As if the weather gods decided we would get an autumn election after all — it just so happens to be at the height of summer.
