St. James Park

Return to Smoldering London

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July 20th 2022
If I'd never heard anything about London's weather, I would say it’s broiling hot based on my experiences there. It reached 100F for the first time ever during my stay in 2003 and passed 40C (104F) for the first time in history yesterday. Of course, these temperatures at only 20% humidity wouldn’t be anything special in New Delhi or Dubai or Houston, but London isn’t at all built for it. Ev ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more