Culture
Why Everyone Is Suddenly Reading Yesteryear?
It’s been a while since I last had a book that made me leave a party early.
Books
Culture
The Gastronomical Me: How M.F.K. Fisher Turns Eating into Experience
I have a particular respect for authors who write about food not as a list of ingredients but as a cultural state of being.
Culture
Tart: a book about culinary through the female gaze
I’ve never in my life pre-ordered a book, but this time my hand instinctively reached for Tart.
Culture
Olivia Laing wrote the book I wish I had written
I’m done reading Funny Weather by Olivia Laing — and I’m loving it. It’s a collection of mini-stories, essays, columns, and letters. A reflection on culture in all its shapes. The kind of book I wish I’d written myself.
Culture
Finding My City in a Hampstead Charity Shop
The best charity shop finds are when you walk out with a book that fits so perfectly into your current life context that it feels like someone planted it there on purpose.
Culture
Trust by Hernan Diaz: Who Owns the Story?
Swallowed (there’s no other way to put it) Trust by Hernan Diaz – his second novel, now Pulitzer-winning.
Culture
In Writing by Hattie Crisell
In Writing by Hattie Crisell is a thoughtful dive into the routines, challenges, and insights of writers at work.