Let’s end our long, dark, winter evenings in February | Patrick Barkham
by Patrick Barkham from on (#RP1X)
Starting British summer time a month earlier will make us happier, healthier and more sociable - and possibly better at golf
"Eggy go! Eggy go!" My two-year-old's special rendition of that Frozen song rang out in the pitch-black at 5am on Sunday. I didn't grumble because we are parents of toddlers for but a few seasons. When I realised it was actually 4am, I confess to a silent groan. The clocks' autumnal falling-back meant a luxurious extra hour in bed. Now they entail a week of cajoling young body-clocks into rising an hour later each morning. But it's not this mild inconvenience that makes me wonder why we cling to such an archaic system of time.
Related: Iain Hollingshead: Whatever happened to Double Summer Time?
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