Chew Stoke in the 1950s, close to a dam, pumping station, sailing club, and fishing lodge. A tributary of the River Chew, which rises in Strode, runs through the village. The population of 991 is served by one shop, one working public house, a primary school and a bowling club. Together with Chew Magna, it forms the ward of Chew Valley North in the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset. Chew Valley School and its associated leisure centre are less than a mile (1.6 km) from Chew Stoke. The village has some areas of light industry but is largely agricultural;
Durga Chew-Bose "n+1", "Interview", "Paper", "Hazlitt", and "This Recording". In "Nylon", Kristen Iverson described Chew-Bose as "one of our most gifted, insightful essayists and critics"; in "The Guardian", Sarah Galo said, "If millennials have an intelligentsia, Brooklyn-based writer Durga Chew-Bose is a member of it[, writing] thoughtful long reads on identity and culture that command readers’ attention." Chew-Bose has also taught writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She has listed Agnès Varda and Wong Kar-wai among her important influences. Taking its title from one of Virginia Woolf's diary entries from 1931, Chew-Bose's "Too Much and Not the Mood" is an essay collection describing