diff --git a/src/lib/components/cards/BlogHeader.svelte b/src/lib/components/cards/BlogHeader.svelte
index 80de2e7..a7f23e6 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/cards/BlogHeader.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/cards/BlogHeader.svelte
@@ -87,60 +87,103 @@
 </script>
 
 {#if title != null}
-  <Card
-    class="ArticleBox card-leather w-full grid max-w-xl {active
-      ? 'active'
-      : ''}"
-  >
-    <div class="space-y-4 relative">
-      <div class="flex flex-row justify-between my-2">
-        <div class="flex flex-col">
-          {@render userBadge(authorPubkey, author, ndk)}
-          <span class="text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300">{publishedAt()}</span>
+  {#if active}
+    <!-- Full card view when active -->
+    <div
+      class="ArticleBox card-leather w-full grid active cursor-pointer min-w-0"
+      role="button"
+      tabindex={0}
+      onclick={(e: MouseEvent) => {
+        // Don't trigger if clicking on CardActions or its children
+        const target = e.target as HTMLElement;
+        if (target.closest('.card-actions') || target.closest('button[type="button"]')) {
+          return;
+        }
+        showBlog();
+      }}
+      onkeydown={(e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+        if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') {
+          const target = e.target as HTMLElement;
+          if (!target.closest('.card-actions') && !target.closest('button[type="button"]')) {
+            showBlog();
+          }
+        }
+      }}
+    >
+      <Card class="w-full h-full min-w-0 !max-w-none">
+      <div class="space-y-4 relative pl-4 min-w-0 w-full">
+        <div class="flex flex-row justify-between my-2">
+          <div class="flex flex-col">
+            {@render userBadge(authorPubkey, author, ndk)}
+            <span class="text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300">{publishedAt()}</span>
+          </div>
         </div>
-      </div>
 
-      <div
-        class="ArticleBoxImage flex justify-center items-center p-2 h-40 -mt-2"
-        in:scale={{ start: 0.8, duration: 500, delay: 100, easing: quintOut }}
-      >
-        {#if image}
-          <LazyImage 
-            src={image} 
-            alt={title || "Publication image"}
-            eventId={event.id}
-            className="rounded w-full h-full object-cover"
-          />
-        {:else}
-          <div 
-            class="rounded w-full h-full"
-            style="background-color: {generateDarkPastelColor(event.id)};"
-          >
-          </div>
-        {/if}
-      </div>
-      
-      <div class="flex flex-col space-y-4">
-        <button onclick={() => showBlog()} class="text-left">
+        <div
+          class="ArticleBoxImage flex justify-center items-center p-2 h-40 -mt-2"
+          in:scale={{ start: 0.8, duration: 500, delay: 100, easing: quintOut }}
+        >
+          {#if image}
+            <LazyImage 
+              src={image} 
+              alt={title || "Publication image"}
+              eventId={event.id}
+              className="rounded w-full h-full object-cover"
+            />
+          {:else}
+            <div 
+              class="rounded w-full h-full"
+              style="background-color: {generateDarkPastelColor(event.id)};"
+            >
+            </div>
+          {/if}
+        </div>
+        
+        <div class="flex flex-col space-y-4">
           <h2 class="text-lg font-bold line-clamp-2" {title}>{title}</h2>
-        </button>
-        {#if hashtags}
-          <div class="tags">
-            {#each hashtags as tag}
-              <span class="mr-2">#{tag}</span>
-            {/each}
-          </div>
-        {/if}
-      </div>
-      
-      {#if active}
+          {#if hashtags}
+            <div class="tags">
+              {#each hashtags as tag}
+                <span class="mr-2">#{tag}</span>
+              {/each}
+            </div>
+          {/if}
+        </div>
+        
         <Interactions {rootId} {event} />
-      {/if}
-      
-      <!-- Position CardActions at bottom-right -->
-      <div class="absolute bottom-2 right-2">
-        <CardActions {event} onDelete={handleDelete} />
+        
+        <!-- Position CardActions at bottom-right -->
+        <div 
+          class="absolute bottom-2 right-2 card-actions"
+          role="button"
+          tabindex={0}
+          onclick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+          onkeydown={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+        >
+          <CardActions {event} onDelete={handleDelete} />
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      </Card>
+    </div>
+  {:else}
+    <!-- Simple list view when collapsed -->
+    <div
+      class="py-2 pl-4 border-b border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-700 cursor-pointer hover:bg-gray-50 dark:hover:bg-gray-800 transition-colors"
+      role="button"
+      tabindex="0"
+      onclick={() => showBlog()}
+      onkeydown={(e) => {
+        if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') {
+          showBlog();
+        }
+      }}
+    >
+      <h3 class="text-base font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-white">{title}</h3>
+      <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mt-1">
+        <p class="text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">{publishedAt()}</p>
+        <span class="text-sm text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-500">•</span>
+        <p class="text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">{author}</p>
       </div>
     </div>
-  </Card>
+  {/if}
 {/if}
diff --git a/src/lib/components/publications/Publication.svelte b/src/lib/components/publications/Publication.svelte
index 0f0257f..22068d0 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/publications/Publication.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/publications/Publication.svelte
@@ -240,11 +240,12 @@
   }
 
   function loadBlog(rootId: string) {
-    // depending on the size of the screen, also toggle blog list & discussion visibility
+    // depending on the size of the screen, also toggle discussion visibility
     publicationColumnVisibility.update((current) => {
       const updated = current;
       if (window.innerWidth < 1024) {
-        updated.blog = false;
+        // Don't set blog = false on mobile - we need it to show the article
+        // The blog list is already hidden via CSS (hidden md:flex)
         updated.discussion = false;
       }
       updated.inner = true;
@@ -659,38 +660,58 @@
         </div>
       {/if}
 
-      <!-- Blog list -->
+      <!-- Blog view: two-column layout on desktop, single column on mobile -->
       {#if $publicationColumnVisibility.blog}
-        <!-- Remove overflow-auto -->
-        <div
-          class={`flex flex-col p-4 space-y-4 max-w-xl flex-grow-1 ${isInnerActive() ? "discreet" : ""}`}
-        >
+        <div class="flex flex-col md:flex-row gap-4 w-full">
+          <!-- Blog list: centered when no article, left when article is open -->
           <div
-            class="card-leather bg-highlight dark:bg-primary-800 p-4 mb-4 rounded-lg border"
+            class={`flex flex-col p-4 space-y-4 ${isInnerActive()
+              ? 'md:flex-shrink-0 md:w-[500px]'
+              : 'mx-auto md:mx-auto max-w-3xl'} ${isInnerActive() ? 'hidden md:flex' : ''}`}
           >
-            <Details event={indexEvent} onDelete={handleDeletePublication} />
+            <div
+              class="card-leather bg-highlight dark:bg-primary-800 p-4 mb-4 rounded-lg border"
+            >
+              <Details event={indexEvent} onDelete={handleDeletePublication} />
+            </div>
+            <!-- List blog excerpts -->
+            {#each leaves as leaf, i}
+              {#if leaf}
+                <BlogHeader
+                  rootId={leaf.tagAddress()}
+                  event={leaf}
+                  onBlogUpdate={loadBlog}
+                  active={!isInnerActive()}
+                />
+              {/if}
+            {/each}
           </div>
-          <!-- List blog excerpts -->
-          {#each leaves as leaf, i}
-            {#if leaf}
-              <BlogHeader
-                rootId={leaf.tagAddress()}
-                event={leaf}
-                onBlogUpdate={loadBlog}
-                active={!isInnerActive()}
-              />
-            {/if}
-          {/each}
-        </div>
-      {/if}
 
-      {#if isInnerActive()}
-        {#key currentBlog}
-          <!-- Remove overflow-auto & sticky; allow page scroll -->
-          <div class="flex flex-col p-4 max-w-3xl flex-grow-2">
-            <!-- ...existing code... -->
-          </div>
-        {/key}
+          <!-- Selected article: right column on desktop, replaces TOC on mobile -->
+          {#if isInnerActive()}
+            {#key currentBlog}
+              <div class="flex flex-col p-4 max-w-3xl md:flex-grow min-w-0 mx-auto md:mx-0">
+                {#if currentBlogEvent && currentBlog}
+                  {@const address = currentBlog}
+                  <PublicationSection
+                    {rootAddress}
+                    {leaves}
+                    {address}
+                    {publicationTree}
+                    {toc}
+                    allComments={comments}
+                    {commentsVisible}
+                    ref={(el) => onPublicationSectionMounted(el, address)}
+                  />
+                {:else}
+                  <div class="text-center py-8">
+                    <p class="text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">Loading article...</p>
+                  </div>
+                {/if}
+              </div>
+            {/key}
+          {/if}
+        </div>
       {/if}
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/lib/components/util/ArticleNav.svelte b/src/lib/components/util/ArticleNav.svelte
index 795f3cc..2d8183e 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/util/ArticleNav.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/util/ArticleNav.svelte
@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@
     });
   }
 
+  function handleBlogTocClick() {
+    if ($publicationColumnVisibility.inner) {
+      // Viewing article: go back to TOC
+      backToBlog();
+    } else if ($publicationColumnVisibility.blog) {
+      // Showing TOC: toggle it (though it should stay visible)
+      toggleColumn("blog");
+    }
+  }
+
   function handleScroll() {
     if (window.innerWidth < 768) {
       const currentScrollY = window.scrollY;
@@ -160,11 +170,13 @@
     <div class="flex items-center space-x-2 md:min-w-52 min-w-8">
       {#if isIndexEvent}
         {#if publicationType === "blog"}
+          <!-- Blog view: disabled when showing blog list, active when viewing article -->
           <Button
-            class={`btn-leather !w-auto ${$publicationColumnVisibility.blog ? "active" : ""}`}
+            class={`btn-leather !w-auto ${$publicationColumnVisibility.inner ? "active" : ""}`}
             outline={true}
-            onclick={() => toggleColumn("blog")}
-            title="Table of Contents"
+            disabled={$publicationColumnVisibility.blog && !$publicationColumnVisibility.inner}
+            onclick={handleBlogTocClick}
+            title={$publicationColumnVisibility.inner ? "Back to Table of Contents" : "Table of Contents"}
           >
             <BookOutline class="!fill-none" />
           </Button>