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The Reader’s Edge | Charlie Samways | August 2, 2026 | A very different newsletter this week, because I want to ask you something instead. Most weeks I write about technology and how to make it earn its place in your life. But there's a question underneath all of that
The Reader’s Edge | Charlie Samways | July 26, 2026 | This week has felt like a big moment for me, and this week’s newsletter might feel a little different because of it. It all began at the start of the year, with a family holiday where we decided to limit
The Reader’s Edge | Charlie Samways | July 19, 2026 | Have you ever thought of your brain as being split into more than one part? My content this week reminded me that there is more than one system within our brains. The reason I needed this reminder was to ask whether
The Reader’s Edge | Charlie Samways | July 12, 2026 | For the last ten years, I have been honing my ability to speed read. This started when I first arrived at university to study history, and the reading list went further than anything I’d experienced before. My first year of
The Reader’s Edge | Charlie Samways | July 5, 2026 | On my recent trip to Rome, the heat drained my phone’s battery. I needed my phone to make payments and navigate through the city, so I had no choice but to put it away. This wasn’t the only change
