The only argument we need to keep changing the clocks

So, did you remember? And, according to medical professionals, you’d be right to – not only because of the inconvenience you’ve suffered, but because turning the clocks backwards and forwards twice a year is apparently bad for our health. On Wednesday, the British Sleep Society, which comprises medical, health and science professionals, issued a statement calling on the government to end the practice of shifting from Greenwich Mean Time to British Summer Time. Inconvenience and health issues aside, I’m sure that for many people, the greatest angst about the to-ing and fro-ing of the clocks results from attempts to get their kids to bed at a sensible time, or to wake them up early so that they have a better chance of getting into the new rhythm. It’s exactly 60 years since Bob Dylan sang “The Times They Are A-Changin’” – and long may they continue to, biannually, even if it does make the kids a bit grumpy.