Warmth

    It takes a night without heating in England’s frosty mid-winter to be reminded why fire remains one of humanity’s greatest discoveries. After a month in Thailand, where the climate felt over-heated and the shopping malls over-cooled, we returned to a malfunctioning central heating and no hot water at our home in Norfolk. It was soon fixed and meanwhile we had a fireplace to keep off the chill. But it makes me aware of the millions of poor who still rely on fire for heating and the thousands of exposed homeless people this winter. Warmth is a human right.

    — Wayne Visser

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