Caroline Crampton

Caroline Crampton

Caroline Crampton is the author of books including The Way to the Sea and A Body Made of Glass and the creator of the Shedunnit podcast.
28
Dec

I feel a warm little glow of satisfaction

I read that piece in the Observer last weekend about how fear of a miserable, long, dark winter is mostly
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28
Dec

because of all the words I deleted

This is how many words I wrote last week: During the working week 24 — 28 August, I wrote 13,671
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28
Dec

how do you have a minor illness during a pandemic?

I didn’t write to you last Friday as I had planned. I was busy reenacting this scene: I had
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28
Dec

rummaging through all the paper

I feel like I have been taking notes on what I read since I was about 14, and that for
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28
Dec

working from home is great until it isn’t

When I first moved out of London — and don’t worry, this isn’t one of those “why I left
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28
Dec

a brain fizzing combination of accomplishment and virtue

In the twelve days between 26 December 2019 and 6 January 2020, I went to the tip four times. The
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28
Dec

a thimbleful of cherry brandy for three shillings

I was recording a podcast interview for a corporate client a while ago — we all have to pay the bills,
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06
Oct

this will take a minute

I was browsing the selection of books in my local charity shop recently when I encountered something wonderful: a microwave
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22
Sep

having a summer; I recommend it

It wasn’t until midway through August that I realised what was happening: unlike the past fifteen years, I was
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11
May

call the coastguard, I suppose

Recently, I made a trip back in time. I returned to a place that I have some very  mixed feelings
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