Caroline Crampton

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• While Being A Rather Chaotic Person

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  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2026/9/3 14:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/while-being-a-rather-chaotic-person/

  

• It's Useful To Remember That We Don't Hate Everything

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  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2026/7/16 14:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/its-useful-to-remember-that-we-dont-hate-everything/

  

• The Only Truly Universal Writing Advice

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  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2026/7/2 14:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/the-only-truly-universal-writing-advice/

  

• It Has Indeed Been A While

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  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2026/5/7 14:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/it-has-indeed-been-a-while/

  

• I Guess You Can Also Just Enjoy Them Digitally

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  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2026/3/12 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/i-guess-you-can-also-just-enjoy-them-digitally/

  

• What I Read In February 2026

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  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 longer than usual, it was my time

  2026/3/8 03:56Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/what-i-read-in-february-2026/

  

• The View From RSS

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  What the web looks like when you subscribe to 2,000 RSS feeds.

  2026/3/3 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/the-view-from-rss/

  

• How To Stop Waiting For Life To Start

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  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2026/2/26 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/how-to-stop-waiting-for-life-to-start/

  

• Reading Georgette Heyer: Powder and Patch

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  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 set during the reign of

  2026/2/24 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/reading-georgette-heyer-powder-and-patch/

  

• You Decide To Do The Funniest Thing Possible

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  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2026/2/20 01:11Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/you-decide-to-do-the-funniest-thing-possible/

  

• A Body Made of Glass: Spanish Edition

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  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 as via Casa

  2026/2/19 00:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/a-body-made-of-glass-spanish-edition/

  

• Reading Georgette Heyer: An Infamous Army

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  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, Devil's Cub, Regency Buck and now An

  2026/2/17 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/reading-georgette-heyer-an-infamous-army/

  

• The Late Mrs Willoughby by Claudia Gray

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  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). I asked my podcast

  2026/2/13 21:50Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/the-late-mrs-willoughby-by-claudia-gray/

  

• The Problem With Trying To Make Something New Look "Old"

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  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2026/2/12 15:36Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/the-problem-with-trying-to-make-something-new-look-old/

  

• How Much It Really Costs To Do Nice Things

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  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2026/2/6 02:50Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/how-much-it-really-costs-to-do-nice-things/

  

• Reading Georgette Heyer: Regency Buck

  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, after my introductory sojourn in the 1750s and the 1780s, I thought I had arrived at the main event. And this is, most certainly, a novel set during the Regency. In fact, the historical details of that period came at me so thick and fast that it was easy to forget th

  2026/2/4 01:16Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/reading-georgette-heyer-regency-buck/

  

• What I Read in January 2026

  Crime, fantasy, short fiction, sheep.

  2026/2/3 04:30Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/what-i-read-in-january-2026/

  

• Life Is Full Of Such Disappointments

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2026/1/29 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/life-is-full-of-such-disappointments/

  

• The Invisible Exoskeleton

  In my teens, I spent a lot of time playing an interactive fiction game called Hamlet: The Text Adventure. I enjoyed the snarky little additions the creator, Robin Johnson, made to the Shakespearean story (there's a room where you come across a character from another play, Othello, muttering about a "brazen tart") and the option to try and give Hamlet a happier ending. But what I liked most was having to hold a plan of Elsinore in my head to make any headway with the game. At every juncture, the

  2026/1/27 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/the-invisible-exoskeleton/

  

• It Used To Be A Religious Sacrament!

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2026/1/22 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/it-used-to-be-a-religious-sacrament/

  

• Reading Georgette Heyer: Devil's Cub

  My plan to read my way through Georgette Heyer's historical fiction in chronological order fell apart rather quickly. After my first two titles, The Black Moth and These Old Shades, I was so keen to keep reading about the character of "Devil" that I just skipped to his next book, 1932's Devil's Cub. Simon the Coldheart fans, I promise I will go back and read everything I've missed... Just as soon as I've satiated my desire for the Alastair family's adventures. Devil's Cub picks up approximately

  2026/1/20 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/reading-georgette-heyer-devils-cub/

  

• Maybe I Need To Accept That I Simply Hate The Archers

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2026/1/15 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/maybe-i-need-to-accept-that-i-simply-hate-the-archers/

  

• Review for The Observer: In Love With Love by Ella Risbridger

  I have a new review out in the Observer, of In Love With Love: The Persistence and Joy of Romantic Fiction by Ella Risbridger: A love letter to romance fiction | The ObserverElla Risbridger’s In Love With Love makes an impassioned case for the value of a much-maligned genreThe ObserverCaroline Crampton I liked this book and it would definitely be an excellent reference work if you're newish to reading romance. The tone becomes a bit self-consciously quirky in places, but not so often that it i

  2026/1/14 22:18Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/review-for-the-observer-in-love-with-love-by-ella-risbridger/

  

• Reading Georgette Heyer: These Old Shades

  I finished Georgette Heyer's debut novel, The Black Moth, wishing that I could read more about the intriguing, unusual character at its centre — Tracy Belmanoir, Duke of Andover, better known as "Devil". A small amount of research revealed that I could do just that by jumping forward in her bibliography to her sixth published novel, These Old Shades from 1926. I couldn't resist. Heyer began writing this book in 1922 and intended it to be a more action-packed continuation of the 1750s world she

  2026/1/13 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/reading-georgette-heyer-these-old-shades/

  

• A Gentleman's Offer by Emma Orchard

  A 2025 romance novel that pays homage to Georgette Heyer.

  2026/1/9 17:51Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/a-gentlemans-offer-by-emma-orchard/

  

• Then I Stopped Being Able To Close The Wardrobe Door

  Thirteen small suggestions for a slightly better life.

  2026/1/8 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/then-i-stopped-being-able-to-close-the-wardrobe-door/

  

• Reading Georgette Heyer: The Black Moth

  I began The Black Moth with very little information beyond its biographical context. Heyer first invented the story to amuse her younger brother Boris during an illness; her father, overhearing its telling, encouraged her to write it properly for publication. She was nineteen when the first editor she approached accepted it, launching a prolific career she pursued with startling confidence — no plans for further education or a day job. That confidence paid off: when her father died a few years l

  2026/1/6 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/reading-georgette-heyer-the-black-moth/

  

• Reading Without Limits Or Expectations

  What I read in 2025 and what I'm changing for 2026.

  2026/1/5 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/reading-without-limits-or-expectations/

  

• The Wonder of Wool by Justine Lee and Jess Morency

  This was a brilliant Christmas present from my husband. It's partly a non-fiction exploration of the history of British sheep and wool, partly a directory of all the different breeds with notes on their suitability for knitting/spinning, and partly a book of knitting patterns that suit certain heritage wools. I've been interested in rare breed wool for a few years, having made a few small things with the Ronaldsay wool produced in Orkney and been gifted some hanks of Manx Loaghtan wool from the

  2026/1/1 23:09Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/the-wonder-of-wool-by-justine-lee-and-jess-morency/

  

• Jandy Mac Comes Back by Elsie J. Oxenham

  A somewhat bewildering plunge into the later stretch of the Abbey Series.

  2026/1/1 00:47Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/jandy-mac-comes-back-by-elsie-j-oxenham/

  

• Wickham, Wimsey, Westmacott: What I Read in October, November and December 2025

  October: Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie I re-read this for the Halloween episode of Shedunnit, and was pleased to find it better than I remembered. There's a folk horror, pagan element to it that I rather enjoyed. Third Girl by Agatha Christie A less successful Christie, mostly because of her attempts to be up to date. She tried to fold details about youth culture and drug taking into the story when she clearly didn't know very much about them. I did, however, enjoy Mrs Oliver's antic

  2025/12/29 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/wickham-wimsey-westmacott-what-i-read-in-october-november-and-december-2025/

  

• Someone Who Has Become Very Curmudgeonly In Recent Years

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2025/12/18 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/someone-who-has-become-very-curmudgeonly-in-recent-years/

  

• If You Are Also Fed Up Of Reading Protein Propaganda

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2025/12/11 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/if-you-are-also-fed-up-of-reading-protein-propaganda/

  

• Summer, Station, Scene: What I Read in September 2025

  Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie I was a reader of Christie long before I saw any of the film or TV adaptations, so I formed my own imaginary versions of her characters long before I saw any actors interpreting them. But for some reason, with this book only, the 2013 ITV version with David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker as Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver dominates my mental image of it. Perhaps it's because it was filmed at Greenway, the very house that Christie had in mind when she was writing

  2025/12/9 02:55Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/summer-station-scene-what-i-read-in-september-2025/

  

• When The Writing Is Very Good That Doesn't Matter

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2025/12/4 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/when-the-writing-is-very-good-that-doesnt-matter/

  

• Win The Right To Supply The President With Baguettes

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2025/11/27 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/win-the-right-to-supply-the-president-with-baguettes/

  

• Santa, Sorcery, Skara: What I Read in August 2025

  Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer This 1941 detective novel has been republished recently under the title A Christmas Party, part of what I think is an attempt to capitalise on the popularity of classic crime novels for the festive season. As Heyer expert Jennifer Kloester explains here, this was a phrase that Heyer herself used to refer to the book during the writing process, so it's not an unjustified rebranding. (Heyer also considered several other titles, including Death Before Dinner and Wi

  2025/11/24 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/santa-sorcery-skara-what-i-read-in-august-2025/

  

• Optimising Yourself Should Not Be A Leisure Activity!

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2025/11/20 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/optimising-yourself-should-not-be-a-leisure-activity/

  

• I'm Having A Really Nice Time Reading All The Footnotes

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2025/11/13 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/im-having-a-really-nice-time-reading-all-the-footnotes/

  

• Lady C: The Long Sensational Life of Lady Chatterley’s Lover

  My husband Guy Cuthbertson has a new book coming out in May 2026: It tells the story of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence over the last century, which I have very much enjoyed learning about over the past few years as he has been working on it. Here's the full blurb from Yale University Press: D. H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover is one of the best-known and most resonant works of the twentieth century. Originally considered obscene and unpublishable in numerous countries, its scand

  2025/11/12 19:48Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/lady-c-the-long-sensational-life-of-lady-chatterleys-lover/

  

• There's Never Been A Better Time To Become An Etsy Witch

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2025/11/6 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/theres-never-been-a-better-time-to-become-an-etsy-witch/

  

• About This Blog

  My name is Caroline Crampton. I'm the author of two non-fiction books — The Way to the Sea (2019) and A Body Made of Glass (2024) — and the writer/host of the Shedunnit podcast (BBC Sounds, all other podcast places). I've contributed to publications including Time, the Guardian, Granta and Literary Hub. For most of the 2010s, I worked as an editor at the New Statesman, where I hosted a podcast called SRSLY. In July 2025 I quit posting on social media and moved all of my personal updates/writing

  2025/11/5 21:33Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/about-this-blog/

  

• Beat, Bomb, Bookshop: What I Read in July 2025

  July is always a busy month for me, as I try to get ahead with work so I can take time off in August. I seem to have still done a lot of reading, though! One note of warning: I don't include plot spoilers in these reviews, but I do occasionally discuss the structure of the books I read. If knowing that sort of detail before you read something bothers you, this might not be for you. Support my writing! All's Fair in Love and Pickleball by Kate Spencer This is a grumpy-sunshine, enemies-to-lov

  2025/11/3 15:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/beat-bomb-bookshop-what-i-read-in-july-2025/

  

• Bonedust, Botanist, Bookshop: What I Read in June 2025

  I'm another step closer to being back up to doing real-time monthly reading updates. In June, I managed a lot more reading driven by pleasure and curiosity than last time, and I also varied my formats and genres a bit more, which is one of my overall reading goals for this year. Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood I consumed this as an audiobook, which I had decided by about a third of the way in was a mistake. I read Hazelwood's formulaic romances because I find them restful for an o

  2025/9/30 00:28Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/bonedust-botanist-bookshop-what-i-read-in-june-2025/

  

• Wallace, Wychford, Wimsey: What I Read in May 2025

  I'm still playing catch-up with the monthly reading updates. Thus, it is September and I'm still on May. Fingers crossed I meet myself in the present before the end of this year... This wasn't a month that particularly reflected my reading goals for 2025 — Reading A Lot, But Differently — but I hope you will find something interesting below nonetheless. The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace I read this in advance of a podcast episode about the book and enjoyed myself more than I expected. I thin

  2025/9/15 14:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/wallace-wychford-wimsey-what-i-read-in-may-2025/

  

• Let's Read About The Lutanist

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2025/9/11 14:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/lets-read-about-the-lutanist/

  

• To Orkney and Back Again

  A few photos from August 2025.

  2025/9/8 23:56Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/to-orkney-and-back-again/

  

• "What You Might Need To Be Relentless"

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2025/9/4 19:37Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/what-you-might-need-to-be-relentless/

  

• I Would Like Everyone To Applaud My Restraint

  Thirteen things this Thursday that I have read, watched, listened to or otherwise found noteworthy.

  2025/8/28 14:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/i-would-like-everyone-to-applaud-my-restraint/

  

• A Body Made of Glass: Polish Edition

  The Polish edition of my book A Body Made of Glass is published today by Wydawnictwo Czarne, in a translation by Martyna Tomczak. It has a new cover, designed by Liza Korolova: This is my first time seeing one of my books published in translation and I'm completely thrilled by the experience. I think everyone in this line of work has different things that make them feel like a "proper author", and I didn't know until it happened that this was one of mine. Many thanks to everyone at Wydawnictwo

  2025/8/27 20:00Caroline Cramptonhttps://www.carolinecrampton.com/a-body-made-of-glass-polish-edition/