article_snippet: Twenty-four degree heat?
article_snippet: Outside, it’s a typical day — cold and damp, with a sky as grey and heavy as old army boots.
article_snippet: Welcome to the cheapest winter sunspot in Britain.
article_snippet: In the past, if you were down in the dumps during winter, advice on how to tackle it — which includes artificial sun would be to buck up or buy a ticket somewhere hot.
article_snippet: What if you’re trapped on this cold, damp isle until the spring, whenever that may be?
article_snippet: When I was 13, I was sent from Tanzania to boarding school here, and I still can’t get over how long British winters are.
article_snippet: In seconds, the sun room is toasty warm, and I’m breaking into a sweat.