It’s that time of the year when the days are getting imperceptibly longer and the sun sets towards the end of the working day, instead of the middle of the afternoon. For these few weeks the sun is in the right place at the right time for me to watch it set from my desk and it really is beautiful.

That golden yellow disk, gradually sinking to the horizon, surrounded by a deep orange sky with scattered darkening clouds. It’s still freezing outside, but there’s a promise of warmer days and balmy evenings to come.