When I was little, no one had air conditioning. And we survived. I can remember my mum telling us to run our wrists under cold cold water to cool ourselves down. Yesterday I told my daughter to do the same. Here are more advice on how to cool yourself without air conditioning - check out the #1 tip! Turns out mum was onto something.

Also useful on hot days and nights like we are having now - How to sleep comfortably on a hot night. I like the idea of a frozen sock filled with rice!