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Slow notes from a slow house.
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Rituals
April 2026The first burn, properly.
Two hours, no less. The wax should reach the edge of the glass before you put it out.
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April 2026What we don't pour, and why.
On paraffin, fragrance load, the meaning of 'natural', and the words we refuse to use.
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March 2026The glassmaker outside Manchester.
We spent a Tuesday with the studio that blows our vessels. Notes from the furnace.
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March 2026A short defence of the unscented room.
Sometimes the best moment for a candle is just before you light one.
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February 2026How to extinguish.
Never with breath. A wick dipper, or the lid. Always the lid if you have one.
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February 2026Why six.
On the temptation to make a seventh, an eighth, a thirtieth, and why we keep saying no.
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