OPINION - It's cuffing season! But this is why lots of women aren't bothered any more

The news came suddenly, shattering an otherwise peaceful bank holiday weekend. “Today is London’s last 8pm sunset until 2025”, read a headline in this newspaper. Perhaps because of the awful weather we endured for almost all of July, it felt like a particularly potent punch in the gut. “I actually can’t talk about this,” came the response from one of my friends after I sent her the article. “Why would you send that to me?”