Hey, I have a question for fellow UK writers (especially if you've got a bad back, but I'm interested regardless): do you have a favorite supportive chair? The setup at our new house means that I need a new chair for my writing desk, and my bad back needs it to be genuinely comfortable.
(Honestly, I'd be interested in hearing from writers in other countries, too, it would just be less relevant to my own personal shopping options!)
@stephanieburgis A UK chair experience I treasure is that the British Library building in London is the only major historic research library I’ve been to that recognizes that no one chair is best for everyone, and has a wide variety of chair shapes in its reading rooms & working areas. All bodies are different, but few spaces plan for that inescapable truth.
@stephanieburgis Herman Miller Aeron. Alas, not cheap, but the 12 year warranty helps (and you can try them out in John Lewis).
@cstross Seconded: Herman Miller Aeron. Expensive but solidly engineered. I bought it in 2019 to be stable, reliable, and last a while, and because I'd heard that it had genuinely good back support. It might not work for everyone, so I'd second the advice to give one a try before you buy.
@cstross A 12-year warranty would definitely help sweeten the blow a bit...
@stephanieburgis Remember it's also a business expense. (But like I said, test one in John Lewis or an office furniture shop. They're *very* not cheap but I've been relying on them for 25 years—originally second-hand ones bought off eBay when a lot of dot-coms went to the wall in the early 00s, more recently bought new.)
