Digested week: Spa days for nerds and other coping mechanisms

2026-02-20 - 12:23

Discovering Oxford’s Norrington Room, leaning into Pancake Day sainthood and dreaming of a house just for introverts A kabillion-bedroomed 17th-century manor house in Yorkshire – with a connection to Charlotte Brontë, no less! – set in one hectare of grounds has gone on sale for £1.15m, which means that it is time to send out my Utopian Living email again. This goes to a select group of friends with whom I share the same the dream: to live in a house so big that we need never leave. Continue reading...