The Pest I'll Never Forget: Cockroaches Were Everywhere – Even on Our Wine Glasses The notion that cockroaches can survive anything, including a nuclear apocalypse, has long been a trope in popular culture.
But for one couple, their London flat became a real life laboratory for this dubious claim.
In 2003, they moved into a £140 a week studio apartment with no heating, only to find themselves infested with dozens of the creatures. The relationship between poverty and pest control is complex.