Cooled down to ~36° today, didn't need the AC on overnight. More heat forecast though.

AC isn't common over here in private homes (see comment about 40c not being normal in UK). Then again, when I was a kid most British people believed that sub zero winters could be mastered with one open fire, one single bar electric fire (for emergencies) and a hot water bottle.

Just found out that the Mail's headline wasn't written by a journalist, or even a Mail staff member, but by some bloke called Stephen Robinson who is a "speech writer and consultant for companies operating in the energy sector”. He also wrote the accompanying front page article where he said “Why can’t the Met Office just tell us the weather, instead of spreading alarm and scolding us with doom-laden lectures?” He also accused them of being "woke" and "alarmist"

 

Money well spent!