The writings on the wall

All of us have things about our home that reveal something about us

The British newspaper The Guardian used to run a column called Writers’ Rooms. This series, now discontinued, featured a photograph of the space writers worked in. Accompanying the photograph was the description by the writer of what was on display, and what the writer saw (for example out of a window) as they worked at their desk or sofa. The things that were cluttered around that space were also described. Things like artefacts and other objects that we keep around the house for no utilitarian purpose. 

I have long pushed with editors I know the idea that they should begin