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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. Let’s get something straight: bookish shops are not bookshops. A bookshop is where you go to buy books. A bookish shop is where you go at 11pm when you should absolutely be asleep, fall into a rabbit hole, and emerge…
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. Let’s get something straight: bookish shops are not bookshops. A bookshop is where you go to buy books. A bookish shop is where you go at 11pm when you should absolutely be asleep, fall into a rabbit hole, and emerge…
The London Bookshop Edit
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. They’re not wrong, exactly — but they’re also not telling you much you can actually use. So…

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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.






