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12
Jun

The Post-Book Blues

Back at the bottom of the mountain again.
4 min read
07
Jun

Caroline's Day Off

In which I take the radical step of "not working all the time".
7 min read
19
May

A Body Made of Glass

A critically acclaimed history of hypochondria.
2 min read
18
May

The Way to the Sea

12
May

Shedunnit

14
Sep

what I know about getting books published

This is a post from my newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox here. I got to feel
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31
Aug

this is me trying

There is a story about Oscar Wilde that I was told in my first week as an undergraduate that I
6 min read
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
4 min read
28
Dec

the process of reading as unconscious as breathing

I have really struggled with reading in the last six months. This week, I finally tidied up the windowsill next
5 min read
28
Dec

to go any distance across rough terrain

I want to talk about these boots. These are the Scarpa Women’s Terra GTX hiking boots. They are what
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