Smart working, free water and a barrage of thumping warnings: London passes the heat test

LONDON – “When two Englishmen meet, the first thing they talk about is time”. The commandment of Samuel Johnson it is even more valid in these days of red alert for heat across the Channel. Yesterday 38.1 degrees in Suffolk, almost the all-time record, of July 2019 in Cambridge (38.7), most likely beaten today, when 42 degrees are expected.