We don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it’s very hot outside at the moment. This is the time of year that we express our eternal gratitude to the person who invented aircon. It’s also the time of year that manufacturers of fans experience massive upticks in revenue. Somewhat perversely, it’s also the time of year that the prices of some basic goods increase compared to winter. Nobody’s ever really been sure why that happens, but it’s a known phenomenon and one of the great anomalies of the sales
