Weatherday: Behold the Lord High Executioner

Mainly dry at first, mostly cloudy, with rain extending from the west during the morning and early afternoon. Heavy showers over lunchtime. Fresh to strong south to southwest winds.

Maximum temperatures 7deg. Clearer conditions, with isolated showers, during the evening and early night.

On this day in 1885, Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera 'Mikado' premiered in London at the Savoy Theatre. Though set in Japan, it was really a satire on British politics.

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