Notes in the Margin

Notes in the Margin

Snowbound

A chilly Britain on the cusp of change

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CJ Schuler
Feb 12, 2026
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There is a strong tradition of fiction set amid extreme weather events in the UK. Graham Swift’s Waterland draws on the floods that devastated eastern England in 1947 and again in 1953. Ian McEwan’s …

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