Archive - Sophie’s Substack

48 hours in Sorolla's city of light

How Spain's impressionist master painted Valencia into existence

Apr 5 • Sophie Magalhães

March 2026

Hell is ... texting other people

Why the mobile phone is a vicious tool in contemporary communication

Mar 29 • Sophie Magalhães

The house that built Byron

Dervla's dog food and Byron's erotic ashes: a visit to London's most storied publishers

Mar 22 • Sophie Magalhães

La literature est comme les chaussures, on doit essayer

Part 2 of Parisian forays

Mar 16 • Sophie Magalhães

To live in the present, watching the Northern lights

The sky dances, the mind rests

Mar 8 • Sophie Magalhães

My Little London no. 3

Literary lore and drunken debauchery on one of London's busiest streets

Mar 4 • Sophie Magalhães

'I am Yours with all my love for ever and always'

A review of the National Archive's 'Love Letters' exhibition

Mar 1 • Sophie Magalhães

February 2026

Intermittent Catholicism

This morning's dalliance with Latin Mass at The London Oratory

Feb 22 • Sophie Magalhães

My Little London no.2

Isabella Vrana and Vival Studios: gracing Hackney's vintage shopping gems

Feb 18 • Sophie Magalhães

Where there is sun, there is life

Where there is rain, there is ... death?

Feb 15 • Sophie Magalhães

Inscribe your books

Little messages that go a long way

Feb 8 • Sophie Magalhães

My Little London no.1

Every other Wednesday I take you to explore a hidden corner of London. For the grand opening, I present SW10's Redcliffe Square.

Feb 4 • Sophie Magalhães

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