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‘There’s something inspiring about the way he comes to write Tarka by a kind of deep immersion – plunging himself into the creature’s habits and habitats, crawling through spinneys and splashing through rivers to get an otter’s-eye view of the world . . .’

84, Charing Cross Road: The Fulfillment of a Literary Dream . . .

‘If you’ve read 84, Charing Cross Road, you’ll appreciate that Helene Hanff’s trip to London, the city of her literary dreams is the realization of a life-long ambition . . .

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Rare set of 30 Second-hand Slightly Foxed Editions

Rare set of 30 Second-hand Slightly Foxed Editions

‘Slightly Foxed Editions are perfectly designed to curl up with – neat, sturdy little hardbacks, just the right size to hold in the hand and with a ribbon marker to keep your place. More important still, they’re wonderful reads –…

‘I would like to be in Grinzing again . . .’

‘I would like to be in Grinzing again . . .’

Our travelling bookworm Katy Macmillan-Scott left Vienna this weekend and, having picked up the necessary pastries to keep her going, set out on a two day trek onward to Bratislava . . .

‘Foxed is an essential part of my life!’

‘I recently received a mailing from you that led to the inference that my subscription has lapsed. This was never my intention. Foxed is an essential part of my life . . .’

- M. Thomas, New York

‘Thank you so much for the review of the Cazalet Chronicles . . .’

‘Thank you so much for the review of the Cazalet Chronicles last year. On the basis of that I have now read all five, my mother is enjoying them also, and my eldest sister is next in line. None of us can understand how this lovely writer appears so little acknowledged in literature . . . ’

- K. Baumaris, Chester

May News: A character in ink-and-paper

May News: A character in ink-and-paper

Early copies of the Summer issue of Slightly Foxed have arrived in Hoxton Square, ready to be sent out to subscribers and bookshops all around the world in time for its release on 1 June. We don’t want to spoil…

Peacock Garden

‘Swift knows about containment and spillage. It’s the basic dynamic of her garden. In summer the plants billow out over the clipped box hedges that mark the borders, and roses ramble profusely away from their arbours. In winter, with the disappearance of summer’s temporary improvisations, the straight lines of the garden are revealed, dark evergreen and brown.' Alexandra Harris wrote of the joy of reading Katherine Swift’s The Morville Hours in Issue 50, accompanied by Geri Waddington’s wonderful woodcut.

Robert Macfarlane: ‘When I first read A Time of Gifts I felt it in my feet. It spoke to my soles . . .’

Robert Macfarlane: ‘When I first read A Time of Gifts I felt it in my feet. It spoke to my soles . . .’

Listen to Robert Macfarlane reading from The Gifts of Reading. Recorded especially for Adventures for Harriet: a 600-mile literary pilgrimage across Europe by foot.

I knew I was inside the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe . . .

I knew I was inside the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe . . .

After a first faraway glimpse, the two famous steeples grew taller and taller as the miles that separated us fell away. At last they commanded the cloudy plain as the spires of a cathedral should, vanishing when the outskirts of the city interposed themselves, and then, as I gazed at the crowding saints of the three Gothic doorways, sailing up into the evening again at close range. Beyond them indoors, although it was already too dark to see the colours of the glass, I knew I was inside the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe.

Next stop, Tiel

Next stop, Tiel

After a chilly night in a converted barn on a small organic farm near Ophemert, our literary adventurer hit the road again this morning, to continue her journey in the footprints of Patrick Leigh Fermor. This tantalizing scene of blue…

The Art of Walking

The Art of Walking

The woman who walks properly embodies the poetry of motion, harmony of poise, and that scientific adjustment of the whole frame which bespeaks physical health and grace. In walking, the upper part of the body should be held erect, and…

The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

Our lady adventurer Katy MacMillan-Scott is back on the road after a night in the beautiful home of a friend’s mother’s piano teacher...

Farringdon Station

Farringdon Station

Before moving to Hoxton Square, the Foxed den was in Clerkenwell, and Farringdon was our local tube stop. This woodcut of the station by Sasa Marinkov was featured in Slightly Foxed Issue 13, in Spring 2007.

‘During these first three days I was never far from a towpath . . .

‘During these first three days I was never far from a towpath . . .

So wrote Patrick Leigh Fermor about walking the riverways from Gorinchem to Zaltbommel in 1933. Despite the flat skies and relentless drizzle, our foxy foreign correspondent at large has had a couple of high peaks on today’s route.

Readers’ Day 2017

This year’s Slightly Foxed Reader’s Day will be on Saturday, 4 November at our usual London haunt, the Artworkers’ Guild in Queen’s Square, a short walk from Russell Square tube station.

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