The inkling full#

I love how disparate the article topics are, so I never know whether I’m going to be reading about science, politics or literature – I just start an article and see where it takes me. I read an LRB article almost every morning. Which magazine matters to you the most this morning? I used to cut out the animal pictures and blue-tac them to my bedroom wall, so it was like I was living in an imaginary zoo!

The inkling full#

I’m embarrassed to admit it, but it’s a child’s magazine called Animals and You! I wanted to be a vet when I was younger and this magazine was full of animal pictures and stories. So being at the kitchen table, listening to music and in amongst the buzz of the living room, is a way to keep journal work feeling light and easy-it is my ‘playtime’, after all! It’s always been important to me that An Inkling stays fun-it’s my creative outlet. I do most of my thinking and planning on paper first as I think differently-more freely, I think-when I write, rather than when I type. I need just as much space for my laptop as I do for pen and paper so I like spreading out. This room is at the top of the house with large windows, so I can see some pretty incredible sunrises and sunsets, especially at this time of the year. My Inkling work desk is a large kitchen table in a room that is very light and spacious, with lots of plants. This is going to be a busy week-somehow the week before Christmas always is!-but I just have to remind myself that there’s no need to work twice as hard just because you have a holiday coming up! I find that I am most productive when I have already decided in advance what I am going to tackle each day, so I make lists when I finish each workday of what I’m going to start tomorrow. I already know what my priorities are for the day. I work from home and An Inkling isn’t my ‘day job’, so I tend to do my Inkling work sitting at the kitchen table upstairs, separate from my charity work downstairs in the office. I’ve started my day with coffee and by reading an article in the London Review of Books by Tom McCarthy about the history and cultural significance of black boxes (the flight recorders in airplanes). I am sitting at my desk in my office at home, easing myself into the week. Ellie tells us about her magazine’s origins as she shares her working week. She is also the founder and editor of An Inkling, the annual magazine that bridges art and science, combining texts with hand-drawn images by Katie Pitt.įounded in 2018 and available in print only, An Inkling publishes curated collections of essays and short stories on both disciplines-a rare combination. Ellie Parkes has a degree in music and works in the arts.