As Britain swelters through its third heatwave of the year, with temperatures forecast to exceed 30C again, Independent readers have been sharing the ingenious – and sometimes questionable – lengths they’re going to in order to survive the heat.
Lydia Spencer-Elliott’s report on the nationwide sleep crisis, which found nearly half of adults losing at least three hours’ rest a night, prompted a wave of comments from readers keen to share their own coping strategies, from bedroom fixes to full lifestyle overhauls.