It used to be much tougher starting a piece about the weather. Even though many of us can’t help talking about it, the fact it’s still derided as boring filler for awkward chats at the school gates or family birthdays meant finding a snappy intro could often be a tricky task.

Well, not any more. With ongoing heatwaves offering a visceral glimpse of the world’s rapid deterioration, weather can quite rightly now be framed as a genuine and imminent existential threat to human civilisation. That’s much more exciting.