Finally, a silver lining to this pandemic to bring in the New Year: a new bookshop has just opened in Beaminster. Little Toller Books, brainchild of the eponymous publisher, is a brilliant new addition to the local literary scene. This Read more »
Marshwood Vale based author, Sophy Roberts, gives us her slim pickings for November In my work as a travel writer, I’ve always been drawn to remote cultures and places. But sometimes, in searching out the places least familiar to Western Read more »
Marshwood Vale based author, Sophy Roberts, gives us her slim pickings for October 2020. As a travel writer, I describe places through my lived experiences. When I write about Tajikistan or Chad for The Financial Times—my main source of freelance Read more »
Marshwood Vale-based author, Sophy Roberts, gives us her slim pickings for August. Since the last issue, when we were just coming out of lockdown, I haven’t much changed my habit for slim reads. In these distracting times, I’m still attached Read more »
In a new book column, the Marshwood Vale-based author, Sophy Roberts, gives us her slim pickings for July. I picked up a new reading habit during lockdown. Profoundly distracted, I was unable to click away from the ‘always on’ news cycle. Read more »