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News from Sarah Painter

  • The view from here

    When we first moved to this house six years ago, I couldn’t believe my luck; that I got to live somewhere so friendly and peaceful and to wake up to this view every day. It felt like a fairy godmother had waved her magic wand and I swore that I…

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  • Friday Five: The book edition

    This week’s Friday Five is all about books. Yes, I’m just leaning out of bed to mine my ‘to be read’ pile for blogging ‘gold’. I’m lazy. 1. Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch. This was a present from my husband who read the blurb and thought it ‘sounded like…

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  • Glorious mistakes

    It’s the 10th of January and, thanks to a migraine yesterday, I’m only just easing back into work. I still haven’t written that inspiring ‘new year’ post, finished the short story that I began in December, or pitched for any new journalism. I’ve also realised that the book I was…

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