Blogs in April 2026

Dwell 28th April 2026

…they are within a painting, both openly staring, with the only movement the glittering of dust motes. Light halos the marble-white figure on the floor, burnishing his hair, sharpening his features… January 1919. A new gardener at a snowbound...

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The First Act of Summer 17th April 2026

As children, Hester and Elias were inseparable. Every year, their families would spend the summer together at their beach huts on a wild and windswept sandbank, where the two of them never left each other’s side. But childhood friendships...

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Dance Along a Deserted Road 4th December 2025

IF YOU WERE DESPERATE TO KNOW THE TRUTH, HOW FAR WOULD YOU BE PREPARED TO GO? Amid the excitement of London in the ‘swinging- sixties’, Fiona’s teenage years are upended by dramatic events that traumatise her and those around...

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Bad Habit 4th November 2025

Beautifully written and told in an irresistible voice, Bad Habit is a powerfully moving coming-of-age novel following a young trans woman in 1980s Madrid. An unnamed young trans woman grows up in a working-class suburb that has no place...

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The Year That Changed Us 25th October 2025

As young women, Lise and Emma had the kind of friendship people dream about. While Lise’s own family was distant and disengaged, Emma’s was welcoming and warm, and for the first twenty-six years of their life, growing up together...

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