India Knight

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Articles

I've finally found a foolproof blush

6 days ago | thetimes.com | India Knight
Chat & links

6 days ago | indiaknight.substack.com | India Knight

Good morning! On Thursday night Substack threw a very fun dinner in London, in the extraordinary setting of the Sir John Soane museum. We had a guided tour beforehand. I love a guided tour. John Soane (architect, built the Bank of England) had so many paintings in his Picture Room - including a giant Canaletto, lots of Piranesis, lots of Hogarths - that there is a faux wall that folds out, revealing another wall with more paintings, and another wall behind that, like a layer cake of paintings.
A free extract from a perfect novel

1 week ago | indiaknight.substack.com | India Knight

Please discount the earlier email that went out - this one has the right attachment. AT LAST! This has been my favourite recent novel since I read it (twice) last November and I’ve been itching to tell you about it ever since. I tried in January, under the mistaken assumption that it was out in Feb. But now it really IS out, this Thursday 8 May, and I have an exclusive extract for you. I love this book. It is so rich, like an especially delicious cake.
Weak, thin hair? This volumising spray is your best friend

1 week ago | thetimes.com | India Knight
My desk

1 week ago | indiaknight.substack.com | India Knight

Good morning and thank you SO MUCH for the congrats under Thursday’s post about finishing my book. I rudely haven’t replied to them yet because we started on the edit-edit yesterday morning - it goes to copy edit on Tuesday - meaning it’s not quite Trotters Up yet. (I hate the revolting idea of feet as trotters, but I can’t stop saying Trotters Up. I learned it years ago from Danny Dyer and it’s stuck in my head ever since.
India Knight Found the Perfect Hair Cream

2 weeks ago | airmail.news | India Knight

I can’t stand drying my hair. I really envy middle-aged adult people who wash and go (do these people exist? I don’t know any) but I also envy people who accept that getting their hair to look presentable is going to take awhile. I’ve resented this concept for most of my adult life. I don’t like anything about it. Not the heat protection, not the drying itself, not the styling products, not the additional tools that you might want to use when it’s finally dry. The whole thing is a monumental bore.
I have delivered my book!

2 weeks ago | indiaknight.substack.com | India Knight

Today at 17.24 I delivered my manuscript. I am so happy. I thought Iād let you know! More anon.
Lucinda Chambers's best buys for May

2 weeks ago | indiaknight.substack.com | India Knight

Itâs nearly May, and May makes me feel euphoric. It always feels like the start of an adventure, with months of golden, lazy summer unfurling deliciously before you. Even if you are in fact at your desk for most of it. I am too, but I donât care - everything feels possible in May. It makes me want to frolic. I am made extra euphoric and frolicsome by this new instalment of Lucindaâs exclusive monthly picks.
These glow-giving skincare drops mean I can skip foundation

2 weeks ago | thetimes.com | India Knight
Some weekend reading

2 weeks ago | indiaknight.substack.com | India Knight

Good morning! I am in a state of high alert because I think I’m going to deliver my book on Monday or Tuesday. Famous last words, but it feels probable. And then I will spontaneously combust with joy and lie in the garden in the blissful sun. I posted this amazing tree on Notes yesterday afternoon but am putting it here again because - well, because look at it. It’s in the churchyard of St Mary’s in Bungay, in Suffolk (where the delicious restaurant is).