/* =========================================================================
   About page - the book's front matter, set as long-form reading
   ========================================================================= */

.about {
  padding: 40px 0 8px;
  /* One fixed reading column shared by every text block. Deliberately NOT in
     `ch`: that unit is font-relative, so a 1.7rem heading and 1.12rem body text
     would resolve the same `68ch` to different widths and fail to line up. */
  --measure: 40rem;   /* ~72 characters at the body size */
}

/* The reading column shouldn't grow past --measure, so the page narrows its
   container to sit near it rather than stretching text to the 1120px site
   width - otherwise the section rules overhang the prose on the right and the
   page reads as broken. */
.about .wrap { max-width: 880px; }

/* ---- opening: cover + title -------------------------------------------- */
.about-open {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1.05fr);
  gap: 40px;
  align-items: center;
  padding-bottom: 38px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
}
.book-cover { margin: 0; }
.book-cover img {
  width: 100%;
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  border-radius: 3px;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-lift);
}
.book-cover figcaption,
.programme-grid figcaption {
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: .78rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin-top: 10px;
  line-height: 1.5;
}
.eyebrow {
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: .72rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--blue-ink);
  margin: 0 0 10px;
}
.about-open h1 {
  font-family: var(--font-serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 4.4vw, 3rem);
  line-height: 1.05;
  margin: 0 0 16px;
  color: var(--ink);
}
.standfirst {
  font-family: var(--font-serif);
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 46ch;
}

/* ---- shared long-form prose -------------------------------------------- */
.prose { max-width: var(--measure); }
.prose p {
  font-family: var(--font-serif);
  font-size: 1.12rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0 0 1.05em;
}
.prose a { color: var(--blue-ink); text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 2px; }

.about h2 {
  font-family: var(--font-serif);
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: 1.7rem;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0 0 6px;
}

.forward, .programmes, .paver, .site-note { padding: 38px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border); }
.site-note { border-bottom: 0; }

.forward__note {
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: .8rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0 0 22px;
}
.forward__list {
  max-width: var(--measure);
  font-family: var(--font-serif);
  font-size: 1.12rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0 0 1.05em;
  padding-left: 1.4em;
}
.forward__list li { margin-bottom: .35em; }

.signature {
  font-family: var(--font-serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-size: 1.2rem !important;
  color: var(--claret) !important;
  margin-top: 1.6em !important;
}
.copyright-line {
  font-family: var(--font-sans) !important;
  font-size: .82rem !important;
  color: var(--muted) !important;
  border-left: 3px solid var(--sky);
  padding-left: 14px;
  line-height: 1.6 !important;
}

/* ---- the two programme covers ------------------------------------------ */
.programme-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(240px, 1fr));
  gap: 32px;
  margin-top: 24px;
}
.programme-grid figure { margin: 0; }
.programme-grid img {
  width: 100%;
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  border-radius: 3px;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-soft);
  background: var(--parchment-2);
}
.programme-grid figcaption strong { color: var(--claret); }

/* ---- paver ------------------------------------------------------------- */
.paver__figure { margin: 24px auto 26px; }
.paver__figure img {
  width: 100%;
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  border-radius: 3px;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-soft);
}
.paver__link {
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  font-size: .88rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 4px 0 0;
}
.paver__link a { color: var(--blue-ink); }

/* ---- site note --------------------------------------------------------- */
.site-note__stats {
  font-family: var(--font-sans) !important;
  font-size: .95rem !important;
  background: var(--parchment-2);
  border: 1px solid var(--border);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  padding: 14px 16px;
  line-height: 1.6 !important;
}
.site-note__stats:empty { display: none; }

/* ---- shared reading column --------------------------------------------- */
/* Last in the file on purpose: several blocks above set `margin: 0 0 Npx`,
   and a shorthand resets the inline margins. Declaring the auto margins after
   them re-centres every text block on the same column, so headings, notes,
   prose and figures share one left edge. */
/* Scoped with `.about` so this outranks `.about h2` (class+element), which sets
   a `margin: 0 0 6px` shorthand and would otherwise pin headings to the left. */
.about .forward > *,
.about .paver > *,
.about .site-note > *,
/* the programme grid is media, not prose - only its heading joins the column */
.about .programmes > h2 {
  max-width: var(--measure);
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .about { padding-top: 26px; }
  .about-open {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 24px;
  }
  /* lead with the words on a small screen, cover underneath */
  .about-open__text { order: -1; }
  .prose p, .forward__list { font-size: 1.05rem; }
}
