The UK may be about to set a new temperature record, but as always the City does it better.
Back in September 2013 the newly unveiled Walkie Talkie building’s unfortunate design flaw was blindingly obvious to all walking along Eastcheap just south of the building as the curved wall focussed the sunshine into a fiery death ray.
An enterprising journalist even managed to fry an egg there, and several cars were damaged as the heat was measured at 92 Celsius, which is a whopping 197 degrees Fahrenheit.
