Like most Brits, I’ve developed a bit of an obsession about the weather and the changing of the seasons.  We love nothing more than to talk about it because it’s a topic we can always depend on to avoid those awkward silences when we get into the lift in the morning and your boss is there.  Conversation starters about the weather can be like a good game of Blankety Blank and will usually go something like this ‘oh isn’t it  …..  outside’  and we can fill the blank with either the word  hot/cold/wet/miserable depending...