On Sunday 26 October, daylight saving time comes to an end, and winter truly begins: as the clocks go back, the sun sets even earlier, we're all feeling a bit burnt out , and it's pitch black by the time you leave the office in the evening. Until Sunday 29 March next year, when we go back to British Summer Time, we'll simply have to do what we can to get through the shorter days . To this day, a lot of myths still fly around about why daylight savings even happens in the first place – but why do we really change the clocks?

Why we actually change the clocks

The idea of moving the clocks forward has been thrown around since the 18th century, but it really took off when a builder called William Willett campaigned for the idea in the early 1910s; it is believed that he was annoyed his g

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