Heatwave Human biology Author(s): Jarvis

Author(s): Jarvis

he dives back into his former role as a detective

It is no surprise that London's oldest surviving shop

So he's invited them all on a family holiday - their first in years

Heatwave Human biology Author(s): JarvisWith scorching temperatures soaring to 35 degrees, severe water shortages and a sunburned population queuing at the street standpipes, the summer of 1976 will always be remembered as Britain's hottest on record. But the wave that hit the UK that year was also cultural and political, with upheaval on the streets, in parliament, on the cricket pitch and on the radios and TV sets of a nation at a crossroads.