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Ruby Wright's Sketchbook

Ruby Wright — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Ciao, Italia! Thwarted by railway-engineering works which scuppered my trip to Bologna, I sought a local gelato in Borough Market instead.

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Ruby Wright — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Contemplating a fish-and-chips supper in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire.

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Ruby Wright — Sat, 8 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

My preferred après-ski activity is to sketch other skiers who have also forgone the slopes in favor of a sit-down. And I’m impressed by anyone who is confident enough to down half a bottle of champagne before attempting the final descent of the day.

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Ruby Wright — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Sketching my kids as they carve pumpkins. This is my favorite bit of Halloween, before the sugar-fueled lawlessness begins.

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Ruby Wright — Sat, 7 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Late afternoon in Locquirec, France. The boats rest on the sand while holiday-makers warm their backs on the harbor wall, basking in the last of the summer sun.

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Ruby Wright — Sat, 11 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Introducing my son to Pellicci’s, the East London café that has been in the same family for more than a century. It’s where Maria, who has cooked here since 1966, sends chocolate roly-polies and affogatos through a serving hatch to her son, Nev, who dashes around the café chatting to the customers as if we were all regulars. We are supposedly sitting in the seats of former gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray, but it doesn’t feel polite to ask about them. For more stories about this historic spot, we’ll have to listen to Down the Caff, the podcast the Pellicci family is launching on May 19.

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Ruby Wright — Sat, 6 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In silence, I draw the violence of the sculptures in the V&A’s Medieval & Renaissance Galleries.

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Ruby Wright — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Sitting in the barbershop in London Bridge while my son has his back-to-school haircut, I marvel at the barbers’ silent artistry. This hushed, all-male space is such a contrast to the garrulous salon where I have just been for my own back-to-work hairdo.

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Ruby Wright — Sat, 13 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

At London’s Natural History Museum, a cathedral of exotic carcasses enthralls tourists, toddlers, and illustrators alike. If you stay until closing time, the crowds disperse and you can enjoy these dangling, dusty hulks in all their silent majesty. (Ruby Wright’s first picture book, Animal Crackers, is out now.)

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Ruby Wright — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

On a hot summer day in London, a school group headed off on a trip from Waterloo Station, and the race for Tory leader was whittled down to two.

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