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The Sunday Letter · Vol. XI

A letter worth opening on a slow Sunday morning.

Every week our editor writes to you, one subscriber at a time. A short essay, a small wardrobe edit, a hotel we just stayed at, a recipe we made twice. Hand-written in tone, edited in Brooklyn, sent before the kettle boils.

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Vol. XI · Winter 2025 · Read time, 6 minutes

Anatomy of an issue

Here is what lands in your inbox.

Six recurring sections, written each Thursday and mailed at sunrise on Sunday. The whole letter is roughly 1,400 words — long enough for one cup of coffee, short enough to finish before the first load of laundry.

  1. 01

    The Editor's Note

    A short essay from Maren on something she has been thinking about that week — a trip, a piece of clothing she cannot stop wearing, a question a reader sent in. Personal, unhurried, and editor-written, never generated.

  2. 02

    A Slow Fashion Edit

    One garment we wore for a full season and still reach for — described with the kind of specificity a print magazine would give it: the weight of the cotton, the cut of the cuff, the maker behind the label.

  3. 03

    A Quiet Wellness Note

    Editorial, never prescriptive — a walk we loved, a book we underlined, a single ingredient we added to a morning routine. No cleanses, no seven-day plans, no medical claims.

  4. 04

    A Travel Dispatch

    A short letter from one of our contributing writers, stationed across nine cities — Kyoto in rain, a converted convent in Puglia, the corner bakery in Lisbon we walked to twice.

  5. 05

    A Hosting Ritual

    A small piece of table craft — a playlist, a napkin fold, the chocolate we set out on a Tuesday when three friends were meant to come at seven. Always reproducible; never fussy.

  6. 06

    A Question, Sent Back

    Each issue closes with a reader's question answered by the editor in the next week's letter. The Sunday Letter is, in the end, a correspondence — not a broadcast.

I read The Sunday Letter with the same attention I used to give a favourite magazine — and the same care I now give a friend's note. It has quietly reorganised how I plan a week.
— A reader in Dorset, subscriber since 2021

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