Issue No.

47

October, and the light goes

New essay · Three books · A walk · A recipe

Speckled pears and a sliced pear cake on an oak board by a stone window sill

Dear reader,

The clocks haven't changed yet, but the valley has. This fortnight: the new notebook, a walk to Gibson Mill in the rain, three books, and my mother's pear cake, which is the only recipe I know by heart. Write back if you like. I read everything.

Clara

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A sharpened pencil, shavings and an eraser on a sheet of cream lined paper

No.

46

Pencil forgives

On first drafts, sharp knives and the HB.

A green portable typewriter on an oak desk by a rainy window, with a cup of tea

No.

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A fortnight without the laptop

What happened when I wrote only by hand for two weeks.

A moorland footpath beside a drystone wall leading to a wooden stile in the mist

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The aimless walk

Turning left or right depending on the wind.

As read in

  • The Guardian Country Diary

  • BBC Radio 4

  • Slightly Foxed

  • The Northern Review

  • Granta

  • Caught by the River

  • Countryfile

  • The Bookseller

  • The Guardian Country Diary

  • BBC Radio 4

  • Slightly Foxed

  • The Northern Review

  • Granta

  • Caught by the River

  • Countryfile

  • The Bookseller

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