It' s mid-summer now. What do we need them for?

The expedition has been timed to coincide with the Antarctic midsummer, giving them 24-hour sunlight that will enable them to travel for up to 18 hours a day.

But now back in mid-summer London, I can see that people have regained confidence.

In one tradition, the future husband will come from the direction in which the girl notices the first bonfire on Midsummer Night.

It was the midsummer season of white nights, when the sun never fully sets, and we stayed at the wedding party till morning, wandering along the Moika embankment for breakfast at the Hotel Angleterre.