If I had to sum up the prevailing mood in the UK right now, I’d resort to one word: frazzled. The late June heatwave seems to have left everyone feeling depleted – tired, irritable and utterly over it.
The mental strain of trying to cool down a British home designed to insulate us from harsh winters, rather than protect us from record-breaking high temperatures, has taken its toll. It feels like no one’s had a decent night’s sleep since Andy Burnham won his by-election (pure coincidence). And even when the heat (temporarily) dropped off this week, it has been hard to bounce back. The after-effects are persistent, like a heatwave hangover that won’t lift.
