Caroline Crampton
Caroline Crampton
Caroline Crampton
Caroline Crampton is a writer and a podcaster. She writes non-fiction books about the world and how we live in it — The Way to the Sea (2019) and A Body Made of Glass (2024).
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The most popular link last time (quite a while ago now!) was this piece about how Facebook is absolutely cooked, with this one about the life-changing value of having a good coat second.Was 30 Rock actually a prophecy predicting what...
The most popular link last time was this colour-matching game, with Roxane Gay's essay about the menopause second. I definitely have iPod brain and I'm not ashamed of it. In fact, I recently bought a sort of iPod-dupe mp3 player and am...
February is the cruelest month, I've decided. It's too short, the weather is foul, and this time around, it brought me some additional health challenges that interfered with day-to-day existence. With everything else taking me a bit...
I read a lot on the web. I almost never look at websites, though. I consume almost everything through an RSS reader. As AI reshapes the way online information is organised and consumed, it increasingly feels like I'm behind the scenes,...
The most popular link last time was the Amazon van on the Broomway, with this Ask Polly column second. One of the best things I've read about AI in a long while: A.I. Isn't People. Related: a while ago a frustrated friend venting to me...
This is the 1959 Pan paperback edition of Powder and Patch. The novel was originally published by Mills & Boon in 1923 and then re-released by Heinemann in 1930.I've gone back in time: both fictionally, because this novel is once more...
The most popular link last time was the Wallace & Gromit font, with these twelve reasons February is awesome coming in second. Mona Eltahawy on being childfree by choice: "By refusing to give birth, I have birthed the version of myself...
The Spanish edition of my book A Body Made of Glass is published today by Barlin Libros, in a translation by Helena Vivancos Peñas. It has a new cover, designed by Isabel Mora:It's available to order directly from the publisher as well...
This is the 1961 Pan paperback edition of An Infamous Army. The novel was originally published by Heinemann in 1937.I've had a marvellous time over the past couple of months reading the Alastair-Audley tetralogy: These Old Shades,...
After several months of good progress, I've experienced a bit of a health setback in the past couple of weeks and found it difficult to focus on physical books. (I've written a little more about my experiences of long-term illness here)....
The most popular link last time was this one to Sabrina Bockler's paintings, with the minute cryptic game second. The "looking back on myself in 2016" trend of recent weeks has convinced me that the confessional online personal essay is...
The most popular link last time was this piece on computer literacy, with this piece about managing anxiety second. An appreciation of graphic designer Margaret Calvert (yes, my fellow font people, she is that Calvert) who created the...
I really wanted to like Regency Buck. Although I've enjoyed all of my Georgette Heyer reading so far, I was particularly excited to arrive at one with "Regency" in the title. She's most famous for fiction set in this period and now,...
I thought I would end up reading less. When I abolished my annual reading target — in response to the fact that in 2025 I read 121 books but felt frustrated about it — I did so in the expectation that I would not read as many books....
The most popular link last time was this commentary on liking January, with Gerald's parsnips second. Are you in a computer literacy bubble? Probably.My obsession with Susan Orlean's fashion has only been enhanced by this closet tour....