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There’s something magical about bookshops. It’s easy to let the rest of the world fall away as you browse gateways to hundreds of different stories, surrounded by friendly people and the soothing smell of books. Some bookshops are so enchanting that they’ve become destinations themselves. We’ve hunted down ten of these unique book

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Each week, we pick a short fiction piece from our Fairlight Shorts archives to feature as our story of the week. This week, we’ve chosen a story about young love by Matthew Twigg. Matthew Twigg lives with his wife and two children near Oxford, where he works as an editor for an academic publisher. He completed a PhD in 2015 on the to

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We are happy to announce that we will be publishing a third ekphrastic work by Douglas Bruton in 2025 entitled Woman in Blue after Johannes Vermeer's painting Woman in Blue Reading a Letter. [caption id="attachment_505043" align="alignnone" width="252"] Woman in Blue Reading a Letter by Johannes Vermeer. (1663-1664)[/caption] Fairli

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Each week, we pick a short fiction piece from our Fairlight Shorts archives to feature as our story of the week. This week, we’ve chosen a story about family by Erika Banerji. Erika Banerji was born in Assam and grew up in New Delhi. As a child Erika learnt to read and write Bengali and Hindi. At school she won prizes for her shor

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For English Wine Week 2024, we are spotlighting a few of the great vineyards featured in The Vineyards of Britain by Ed Dallimore, to celebrate some of the best vineyards in England! Located in Buckinghamshire, the Daws Hill Vineyard offers tours, events, and cellar door sales specialising in sparkling whites and rosés. The vineyard w

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For English Wine Week 2024, we are spotlighting a few of the great vineyards featured in The Vineyards of Britain by Ed Dallimore! Today, we're showcasing the All Angels Vineyard. All Angels Vineyard is located in West Berkshire and offers cellar door sales, tours and tastings, invitation lunches and dinners. They have been growing

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Pete Sherlock is a Birmingham based investigative journalist at the BBC. His debut novel, The Mask of Merryvale Manor published 20th June 2024 and follows the wonderfully flawed Drummond family. Read our interview with Pete about authorship and his novel The Mask of Merryvale Manor below!     What’s a piece of advice you

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For English Wine Week 2024, we are spotlighting a few of the great vineyards featured in The Vineyards of Britain by Ed Dallimore, to celebrate some of the best vineyards in England! Today we’re sharing our Q&A with Jan from the Fairmile Vineyard located in Henley-on-Thames! This vineyard was first planted in 2013 and is now home

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For English Wine Week 2024, we are spotlighting a few of the great vineyards featured in The Vineyards of Britain by Ed Dallimore, to celebrate some of the best vineyards in England! Today’s featured vineyard is the gorgeous Brightwell vineyard, located just south of Oxford. Brightwell is one of the top five English red wine producer

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