There is a world of difference between a bookshop and a bookstore. Here’s why Americans do bookselling better and why I still mourn the long-lost playground of Borders… I’ve always preferred books from the USA. By this, I mean not only American literature but also American book design. Maybe this is down to novelty, or […]
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Ignorance is bliss. So is caffeine. Here’s how my morning coffee was ruined by science… There are some facts that, once learned, you wish you could immediately scrub from your memory. A couple of years ago, I read that it’s best to abstain from coffee in the first hour after waking, because caffeine interferes with
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How a short lifestyle column, about the pleasures of completing early-morning errands, got lodged in my brain for two decades… If actions speak louder than words, then the actions that we take routinely and automatically can seem to speak loudest of all. People’s lives are defined by routines. When they try to change their habits
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