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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We Are Green And Trembling 24th February 2026

A sumptuous and surreal historical reimagining of one of South America’s best-known trans men, Antonio de Erauso The new novel from the International Booker-shortlisted author of The Adventures of China Iron From deep in the wilds of the New...

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Pit Stop 8th January 2026

“We’re just pit stops in each other’s lives.” When Isamu Miura returns home on medical discharge from the military, he finds his childhood best friend busy with a new relationship, and his father packing up to return to Japan....

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The Nancys and the Case of the Missing Necklace 29th November 2025

Eleven-year-old Tippy’s uncle and his boyfriend turn up in her small New Zealand town to look after her when his mother is away over Christmas, but when her schoolteacher is found dead and her best friend has a near-fatal...

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The Silver Book 12th September 2025

It is September 1974. Two men meet by chance in Venice. One is a young English artist, in panicked flight from London. The other is Danilo Donati, the magician of Italian cinema, the designer responsible for realising the spectacular...

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