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Anna van Praagh

It’s Tropic-hell Tuesday! But come on, London, can’t we enjoy the sun?

Anna van Praagh

(Picture: Matt Writtle)

Welcome to Tropic-hell Tuesday. London is sizzling in the big 4-oh, the Met Office has issued its first-ever red weather warning for extreme heat and, what do you know, Londoners from Hackney to Hounslow are acting like the world is going to end. Again.

Our homes will melt into lava, our pets are going to spontaneously combust, and our brains will fry like eggs on a scorching car bonnet if we so much as leave the house — and, of course, as with anything else that ever happens, the only sensible option is to WFH. Obvs!

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