5 – 9 July 2026

“Yeah he was big on conspiracy theories. Like, instead of just teaching us carpentry he made us watch these videos about how NASA used a green screen an’ all that. So, do you believe in climate change then?” “What? You… Wait, he said what?” Telling your teenaged students that NASA faked the moon landings and that climate change isn’t real surely cannot be the best use of their time in a carpentry workshop. London has been boiling again this week. You don’t need to believe in climate change to watch a thermometer as it rises. Other countries are hotter, but in the UK we’re so often slap bang in the middle of weather conditions that we find it impossible to know which extreme to prepare for. If it snows too much the transport networks shut down. If it rains too much then towns and villages flood and water companies pump sewage into rivers. If it’s too hot we have water shortages. We’re here for the quiet grey days, not yet ready for the rest. It’s hard to sleep. Wearable tech records…