diff --git a/src/jakecharman/__init__.py b/src/jakecharman/__init__.py
index 9affc32..bd7c8fa 100644
--- a/src/jakecharman/__init__.py
+++ b/src/jakecharman/__init__.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ projects = ContentArea(
     root_templ='projects.html',
     post_templ='article.html',
     name='projects',
+    title='Projects', 
+    desc='A selection of projects I\'ve been involved in',
     import_name=__name__
     )
 
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ blog = ContentArea(
     root_templ='blog.html',
     post_templ='post.html',
     name='blog',
+    title='Blog',
+    desc='Less formal writing, usually something I\'ve been working on that isn\'t worthy of a project write up',
     import_name=__name__
     )
 
diff --git a/src/jakecharman/content.py b/src/jakecharman/content.py
index 1e6a39e..9dc40a6 100755
--- a/src/jakecharman/content.py
+++ b/src/jakecharman/content.py
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import json
 from datetime import datetime
 import frontmatter
 from markdown import markdown
+import readtime
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from flask import render_template, Response, Blueprint
 from .storage import LocalStorage
 
 class ContentArea(Blueprint):
-    def __init__(self, directory: LocalStorage, root_templ: str, post_templ: str, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, directory: LocalStorage, root_templ: str, post_templ: str, title: str, desc: str, *args, **kwargs):
         self.md_directory = directory
 
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ class ContentArea(Blueprint):
         
         self.root_templ = root_templ
         self.post_templ = post_templ
+        self.title = title
+        self.desc = desc
 
     def processor(self) -> dict:
         ''' Jninja processors '''
@@ -34,7 +37,14 @@ class ContentArea(Blueprint):
             post_soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')
             all_text = ' '.join([x.get_text() for x in post_soup.findAll('p')])
             return ' '.join(all_text.split()[:200])
-        return dict(get_excerpt=get_excerpt)
+
+        def get_readtime(post: str) -> str:
+            return readtime.of_html(post).text
+        
+        def get_readtime_mins(post: str) -> int:
+            return readtime.of_html(post).minutes
+
+        return dict(get_excerpt=get_excerpt, get_readtime=get_readtime, get_readtime_mins=get_readtime_mins)
 
     def human_date(self, iso_date: str) -> str:
         ''' Jninja filter to convert an ISO date to human readable. '''
@@ -87,9 +97,9 @@ class ContentArea(Blueprint):
         return render_template(self.root_templ,
                             articles=articles_to_return,
                             all_categories=categories,
-                            title='Projects',
+                            title=self.title,
                             page_title='Projects - ',
-                            description='A selection of projects I\'ve been involved in')
+                            description=self.desc)
 
     def category(self, category_id: str) -> str:
         ''' Load the page for a given category '''
diff --git a/src/jakecharman/templates/article.html b/src/jakecharman/templates/article.html
index 27d8877..3475519 100755
--- a/src/jakecharman/templates/article.html
+++ b/src/jakecharman/templates/article.html
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   "headline": {{ metadata.title | tojson }},
   "datePublished": "{{ metadata.date }}",
   "image": "https://{{ url }}/image/{{ metadata.image }}",
+  "timeRequired": "PT{{ get_readtime_mins(post) }}M",
   "author": {
     "@type": "Person",
     "name": "Jake Charman",
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
 <main>
     <section id="article">
         <h1>{{ metadata.title}} </h1>
+        <p>{{ get_readtime(post) }} read</p>
         <p>{{ metadata.date | human_date }}</p>
         <hr />
         {{post|safe}}
diff --git a/src/jakecharman/templates/blog.html b/src/jakecharman/templates/blog.html
index 1d40b13..1ce55b9 100755
--- a/src/jakecharman/templates/blog.html
+++ b/src/jakecharman/templates/blog.html
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
     </nav>
     <h2>{{ title }}</h2>
     <p>{{ description }}</p>
-    <p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">This page is relatively new. I'm adding projects as fast as I can but feel free to <a href="/contact">contact me</a> if you want to know about something in particular.</p>
-    <section id="blog">
         {% for row in articles %}
         <div class="blog-post">
             {% if row.get('link') is not none %}
@@ -44,10 +42,13 @@
                 {% endif %}
                     <h3>{{ row.title }}</h3>
                 </a>
-                <p class="blogpost-description">{{ row.description }}</p>
                 <p class="blogpost-date">{{ row.date | human_date }}</p>
+                <p>{{ get_readtime(row.content) }} read</p>
+                <hr />
+                <p class="blogpost-description">{{ get_excerpt(row) }}... <a href="/blog/{{ row.id }}">Read more</a></p>
+                <hr />
                 {% for category in row.categories %}
-                <a class="blogpost-category" href="/projects/category/{{ category }}"> {{ all_categories.get(category, {}).get('title', '') }}{{ ", " if not loop.last }}</loop></a>
+                <a class="blogpost-category" href="/blog/category/{{ category }}"> {{ all_categories.get(category, {}).get('title', '') }}{{ ", " if not loop.last }}</loop></a>
                 {% endfor %}
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/jakecharman/templates/post.html b/src/jakecharman/templates/post.html
index 6e8b627..c5b973f 100755
--- a/src/jakecharman/templates/post.html
+++ b/src/jakecharman/templates/post.html
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   "@type": "BlogPosting",
   "headline": {{ metadata.title | tojson }},
   "description": {{ metadata.description | tojson }},
+  "timeRequired": "PT{{ get_readtime_mins(post) }}M",
   "datePublished": "{{ metadata.date }}",
   {% if metadata.updated %}
   "dateModified": "{{ metadata.updated }}",
@@ -34,9 +35,9 @@
   },
   "mainEntityOfPage": {
     "@type": "WebPage",
-    "@id": "https://{{ url }}/writing/{{ metadata.id }}"
+    "@id": "https://{{ url }}/blog/{{ metadata.id }}"
   },
-  "url": "https://{{ url }}/writing/{{ metadata.id }}",
+  "url": "https://{{ url }}/blog/{{ metadata.id }}",
   "inLanguage": "en-GB"
 }
 </script>
@@ -56,7 +57,11 @@
 <main>
     <section id="article">
         <h1>{{ metadata.title}} </h1>
+        <p>{{ get_readtime(post) }} read</p>
         <p>{{ metadata.date | human_date }}</p>
+        {% if metadata.updated %}
+        <p>Updated: {{ metadata.updated | human_date }}</p>
+        {% endif %}
         <hr />
         {{post|safe}}
     </section>
diff --git a/src/jakecharman/templates/projects.html b/src/jakecharman/templates/projects.html
index 3744c47..a9fcfe9 100755
--- a/src/jakecharman/templates/projects.html
+++ b/src/jakecharman/templates/projects.html
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
                 <p class="article-description">{{ row.description }}</p>
                 <p class="article-date">{{ row.date | human_date }}</p>
                 {% for category in row.categories %}
-                <a class="article-category" href="/projects/category/{{ category }}"> {{ all_categories.get(category, {}).get('title', '') }}{{ ", " if not loop.last }}</loop></a>
+                <a class="article-category" href="/projects/category/{{ category }}"> {{ all_categories.get(category, {}).get('title', '') }}{{ ", " if not loop.last }}</a>
                 {% endfor %}
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/requirements.txt b/src/requirements.txt
index d3b3521..9ce025c 100755
--- a/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ python-frontmatter>=1.1.0
 requests>=2.32.3
 pillow>=11.0.0
 mod_wsgi>=5.0.2
+readtime>=3.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/static/style/mobile.css b/src/static/style/mobile.css
index 7e52a2b..9c6b0e8 100755
--- a/src/static/style/mobile.css
+++ b/src/static/style/mobile.css
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ pre{
     object-fit: cover;
 }
 
+#blog-main {
+    padding: 0 10px 0 10px;
+}
+
 .blog-post {
     border: 5px solid #e5e5e5;
     padding: 10px;