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The London of Sherlock Holmes
Being a Sherlock Holmes fan is unlike belonging to any other fandom. Because Holmes didn’t just exist in stories. He, to this day, exists in this city, on streets that are still here, in buildings that are still standing, in a London that you can still, if you look at…
Bookish Shops Worth Bookmarking
For the late-night Etsy browsers. You know who you are. There’s a whole economy out here for people who love reading as an entire personality — the bags, the wall art, the advent calendars, the vases shaped like classic novels. And honestly? It’s brilliant. This is my curation of the…
The London of Sherlock Holmes
Being a Sherlock Holmes fan is unlike belonging to any other fandom. Because Holmes didn’t just exist in stories. He, to this day, exists in this city, on streets that are still here, in buildings that are still standing, in a London that you can still, if you look at…
Bookish Shops Worth Bookmarking
For the late-night Etsy browsers. You know who you are. There’s a whole economy out here for people who love reading as an entire personality — the bags, the wall art, the advent calendars, the vases shaped like classic novels. And honestly? It’s brilliant. This is my curation of the…
The London Bookshop list
There are a lot of “best bookshops in London” lists out there. Most of them cover the same five shops in the same order with the same photograph of Daunt Books’ reading room. So here’s a slightly different take: not just which bookshops are worth your time, but why, and…

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I write about books, literary London, street photography, and the fibre arts, and whatever else catches my eye when I stop long enough to look.






