Bars of soap have melted and pressure in wine bottles has started pushing out the corks in Ulysse Zachary’s attic flat beneath the zinc rooftops of Paris, where the 21-year-old sleeps under wet towels to cope with a record-breaking heatwave. The 9-square-metre (97-square-foot) apartment becomes “an oven” after a few hours of sunshine, he said, … Continue reading Hot and stuck in Paris and London: homes not built for heat