Back in Engerland, where the national air-conditioning industry is on strike. The country is baking in 100 degree Fuhrerheit temperatures and the railways, roads and buildings are melting like cheese under a grill. Several parts of downtown London town have dripped as far south as Brighton. Meanwhile forest fires rage at the site of the UK's first Krispy Kreme outlet, at the famous Horrid's store.

It's way too hot to write any new tunes, so I've been sorting out my photographs. But now my airbrush has packed up. I ought to get Marlon to clean the nozzle.