Issue No.

42

The woman at the bakery

New essay · Town notes

A small bakery window glowing on a wet cobbled street at dawn

Dear reader,

On writing where everyone knows which café you mean.

Clara

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Earlier letters

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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.

45

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

No.

44

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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