Sir, – Last night I filled a hotwater bottle with ice cubes and water. It worked very well.
Gladstone famously filled his stone bedwarmer with tea which he would drink if he woke in the night.
In view of this heatwave, I’m now thinking gin and tonic! – Yours, etc,
GEMMA McCROHAN,
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