As rain threatens to turn Valentine’s Day 2026 into a wet weekend, it is giving Esme Gordon Craig unsettling flashbacks to her worst date of last year – so much for it being the weather of Hollywood romance I blame the movies for our ill-founded belief that rain is romantic – sexy, even. Every rom-com or tragic love story seems to feature a kiss so passionate that no amount of bad weather can tear the lovers apart. It's Breakfast at Tiffany’s as Audrey Hepburn searches for her cat, it's A