The world in your pocket

HER A-Z GIVES FRANCES AMBLER THE FREEDOM TO ROAM, WHETHER DOWN MEMORY LANE OR INTO PASTURES NEW…

My walks around the city have always been powered by my right-hand pocket. These days, predictably, it’s because that’s where I keep my phone, my default means of navigation. Before then, it’s where I’d slip the reassuring bulk of my pocket A-Z. If the phone offers the world at your fingertips, the A-Z makes a metropolis feel possible. A whole city contained within in 50 spreads. I’ve hung onto my A-Z not only out of nostalgia for the analogue. When I first moved to London and was learning to find my way around, I got into the habit of annotating it: in a new neighbourhood, I’d add a Post-it (not coincidentally after I’d started working in an office with access to a range of colourful Post-its) of recommendations I got for…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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