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The Reader’s Edge | Charlie Samways | May 17, 2026 | Ten months ago, I was lacking motivation and feeling constantly fatigued. Searching for solutions, I revisited Rest by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. The idea of walking as a means of deliberate rest stood out to me. I wondered whether this could be
The Reader’s Edge | Charlie Samways | May 10, 2026 | My grandparents would always comment on the speed of technological advances from when they were young. They passed nearly three years ago, and I’ve been asking myself what they would be saying now. In this time, we have seen a
The Reader’s Edge | Charlie Samways | May 3, 2026 | Every new device arrives with a promise that it will change how you read, write or think. The first few days deliver on this. Then life takes over, and most of what the device can do goes quietly unused. This hit
The Reader’s Edge | Charlie Samways | April 26, 2026 | Amongst tech lovers, there is genuine excitement whenever new devices are unveiled. This happened for Kindle users in December 2025, when the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft launched. But to Kindle followers outside of the US, temptation grew as Amazon kept quiet about
The Reader’s Edge | Charlie Samways | April 19, 2026 | In 2009, Amazon remotely deleted copies of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from customers' Kindles without warning, after a rights dispute. The books had been purchased. They were simply gone. That story is circulating again this week,
