The North Is by Richard Carl Mather Rain strikes terraces stacked in brown brick   And wind blows through the underpass.     Two...

Lancaster bleached by rain – a wet wind blows through a line of washing. Fog frost, petrol odour, urban towertops vanish in the aerial grey

Image: 'A grey day on the Mersey' by Radarsmum67 (Wikimedia) By Richard Carl Mather Where the river of tranquillity meets the lake of...