Juliet Nicolson

Refusing to be silenced

Harry Evans and Truth Telling

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Juliet Nicolson
May 07, 2026
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A writer sitting at the safety and privacy of her desk may license her mind to travel wherever she wishes. But fluency of thought is not always guaranteed. Those who frequently interrupt the solitary desk-routine when faced with the wearying familiarity of a blank screen and a blank mind and attempt to justify the breaks as constructive, are playing a m…

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