Jun 14, 2013

Susie Boyt: The sweet scent of being adored

The delicate fragrance of adoration may be cloying to others, but on ourselves it smells gorgeous

Jun 7, 2013

Susie Boyt: A volcanic enlightenment

All around me were so many metaphors for extreme human behaviour: things to do with utter destruction and powerlessness, but also beauty and survival

Front cover of 'Meeting the English', a novel by Kate Clanchy From BOOKS Jun 7, 2013

The blasted Heath

An exploration of north London family politics. A review of ‘Meeting the English’, by Kate Clanchy

May 31, 2013

My castle of anxiety

It is probable that worry paves the way for sensitive decision-making and high-calibre relationships

May 24, 2013

Soup and free-range suits

The whole idea of being radically inclusive is a little troubling, for it implies your world view began in a place of extreme segregation

May 17, 2013

Susie Boyt: Why I’m wild about the city

I am completely urban: I like traffic, litter, cafés, bus lanes, protest marches, caffeine and alcohol

Book cover of David Sedaris' 'Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls' From BOOKS May 10, 2013

Reasons to sweat the small stuff

Absorbing recollections of childhood reignite the FT columnist’s own memories. She reviews ‘Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls’, by David Sedaris

May 10, 2013

Susie Boyt: William Brown, my hero

More and more, it seems pointless to try to persuade people to believe what you believe

May 3, 2013

Susie Boyt: A show fit for a good long run

My running friend tells me that the watch words these days are ‘interval training’

Apr 26, 2013

Susie Boyt: Sowing the sewing seeds

Home-made clothes used to be your choice if there was no choice. These days some 12-year-olds construct their own jeans and boast about it

Apr 19, 2013

Susie Boyt: a buffet breakfast challenge

It is impossible not to approach the HBB as a metaphor, for surely the way we eat is the way we live

Apr 12, 2013

Susie Boyt: The right impression

It’s horrible to be summed up. It never feels good when someone says, ‘This is SO you’

Apr 5, 2013

Grown up too fast

You can’t just heap praise on people’s heads – there are rules about that sort of thing

Mar 29, 2013

Never a bridesmaid

I wasn’t approached until my 30s and then, on the day, suffered from horrible flu and had to miss the whole thing

Mar 22, 2013

First aid for my spirits

I was stumped. How do you walk tall when you feel squished?

Mar 15, 2013

My interference gene awakes ...

Sometimes it is necessary to wade into muddied moral waters to ensure the greater good

Mar 8, 2013

Groping for standards

Eccentrics are like that, we tried to tell ourselves. Important men will always bend the rules. Maybe we’ve just no sense of humour

Mar 1, 2013

Rose-pink and Manet’s Morisot

To children, a person without favourites is a person without qualities

Feb 22, 2013

How not to make a mark

I have given up ! for Lent, so please insert if required

Feb 15, 2013

The bittersweet taste of cabaret

Good actors turn songs into episodes in the history of romance, deepening our understanding of human nature

ABOUT SUSIE

Susie BoytSusie Boyt writes a column on shopping for the FT Weekend supplement. She is a novelist and lives in London.

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