London turns up the heat

Charlie Duckworth, co-founder of the Hackney Wick Community Sauna Baths, posing in front of the sauna in London. — AP

IT may be winter and there may be a biting chill in the air, but the dozen men and women who have packed this small sauna room in east London are happily sweating away in their swimwear.

It’s more than 90°C in here – and it’s about to get even hotter.