Issue Nº 24
Lisbon · Autumn 2026
An independent journal of essays, field notes and conversations. One considered issue, every Sunday.
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Fig. 01 — The Sunday desk
02 — This week
Latest dispatches
03 — The reading index
Five rooms in the archive
Every piece we publish lives in one of five rooms. Hover a row to look inside, or tap to step in.
- 01Essays01 · 128 piecesLong, unhurried arguments about attention, craft and the small rituals that hold a life together.128 pieces
- 02Field Notes02 · 74 piecesShort dispatches from streets, studios and kitchens — written on location, edited at home.74 pieces
- 03Conversations03 · 41 piecesUnhurried interviews with writers, editors and makers about how they actually work.41 pieces
- 04Letters04 · 36 piecesPersonal notes from the editors, sent the way letters used to be: slowly and on purpose.36 pieces
- 05Reading Lists05 · 33 piecesHand-picked shelves for long weekends, long flights and long winters.33 pieces
05 — Inside the Sunday letter
One issue, five small rituals
Every Sunday at 7 a.m. Lisbon time, one email. Here is what is folded inside.
01 — The weekly essay
One long essay, edited for a month
A single piece you can finish with one cup of coffee. Drafted in the drawer, read aloud twice, then sent.
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Nº 22
Nº 23
Nº 24
02 — The archive
Eleven years, all searchable
312 essays and counting, sorted by room, mood and season.
03 — Audio edition
Read aloud by the author
Every essay as a quiet recording. Eighteen minutes on average, no music, no ads.
04 — The reading list
Three books, one record, one film
Hand-picked by the editors and never, ever sponsored.
05 — Letters & replies
Reply to any issue. A human reads every letter.
The best replies are printed, with permission, in the next Sunday’s postscript.
Re: Issue Nº 23
“Your piece on the commonplace book made me buy a notebook at the airport. Three weeks in, it’s already half full.”
— Marta, Porto
06 — By the numbers
Small journal, long memory
07 — The notebook
From the desk and the road
Amara’s contact sheet: where we write, what we read and the streets in between. Tap any photo to look closer.
08 — Masthead
The people behind the Sunday letter
Four people, one shared desk in Lisbon and a long list of contributors who write in from everywhere else.
