diff --git a/src/components/BodyText/BodyText.svelte b/src/components/BodyText/BodyText.svelte
index daee64b2..d46d40ab 100644
--- a/src/components/BodyText/BodyText.svelte
+++ b/src/components/BodyText/BodyText.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <!-- @component `BodyText` [Read the docs.](https://reuters-graphics.github.io/graphics-components/?path=/docs/components-bodytext--default) -->
 <script lang="ts">
+  import Markdown from '../Markdown/Markdown.svelte';
   /**
    * A markdown text string.
    * @type {string}
@@ -14,12 +15,9 @@
   /** Add an id to the block tag to target it with custom CSS. */
   export let id: string = '';
 
-  import { marked } from 'marked';
   import Block from '../Block/Block.svelte';
 </script>
 
 <Block id="{id}" class="fmy-6 {cls}">
-  {#if text}
-    {@html marked.parse(text)}
-  {/if}
+  <Markdown source="{text}" />
 </Block>
diff --git a/src/components/EndNotes/EndNotes.svelte b/src/components/EndNotes/EndNotes.svelte
index 8a2dd765..71b2b162 100644
--- a/src/components/EndNotes/EndNotes.svelte
+++ b/src/components/EndNotes/EndNotes.svelte
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
     /**
      * Title of the note item
      */
-    title: String;
+    title: string;
     /**
      * Contents of the note as a markdown string
      * @required
      */
-    text: String;
+    text: string;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -18,15 +18,19 @@
    */
   export let notes: EndNote[] = [];
 
-  import { marked } from 'marked';
   import Block from '../Block/Block.svelte';
+  import Markdown from '../Markdown/Markdown.svelte';
 </script>
 
 <Block class="notes fmt-6 fmb-8">
   {#if notes}
     {#each notes as note}
-      <div class="note-title">{@html marked.parse(note.title)}</div>
-      <div class="note-content">{@html marked.parse(note.text)}</div>
+      <div class="note-title">
+        <Markdown source="{note.title}" />
+      </div>
+      <div class="note-content">
+        <Markdown source="{note.text}" />
+      </div>
     {/each}
   {/if}
 </Block>
diff --git a/src/components/GraphicBlock/GraphicBlock.svelte b/src/components/GraphicBlock/GraphicBlock.svelte
index 785b6be0..77b8ab4e 100644
--- a/src/components/GraphicBlock/GraphicBlock.svelte
+++ b/src/components/GraphicBlock/GraphicBlock.svelte
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   import TextBlock from './TextBlock.svelte';
   import Block from '../Block/Block.svelte';
   import PaddingReset from '../PaddingReset/PaddingReset.svelte';
-  import { marked } from 'marked';
+  import Markdown from '../Markdown/Markdown.svelte';
 </script>
 
 <Block
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
       <TextBlock width="{textWidth}">
         <h3>{title}</h3>
         {#if description}
-          {@html marked(description)}
+          <Markdown source="{description}" />
         {/if}
       </TextBlock>
     </PaddingReset>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         <!-- Custom ARIA markup -->
         <slot name="aria" />
       {:else}
-        {@html marked(ariaDescription)}
+        <Markdown source="{ariaDescription}" />
       {/if}
     </div>
   {/if}
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     <PaddingReset containerIsFluid="{width === 'fluid'}">
       <TextBlock width="{textWidth}">
         <aside>
-          {@html marked(notes)}
+          <Markdown source="{notes}" />
         </aside>
       </TextBlock>
     </PaddingReset>
diff --git a/src/components/Headline/Headline.svelte b/src/components/Headline/Headline.svelte
index 194ffa94..73c36705 100644
--- a/src/components/Headline/Headline.svelte
+++ b/src/components/Headline/Headline.svelte
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
   import Block from '../Block/Block.svelte';
   import Byline from '../Byline/Byline.svelte';
-  import { marked } from 'marked';
+  import Markdown from '../Markdown/Markdown.svelte';
 
   let hedClass;
   $: {
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@
           <!-- Headline named slot -->
           <slot name="hed" />
         {:else}
-          <h1 class="{hedClass}">{@html marked.parseInline(hed)}</h1>
+          <h1 class="{hedClass}">
+            <Markdown source="{hed}" parseInline />
+          </h1>
         {/if}
         {#if $$slots.dek}
           <!-- Dek named slot-->
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@
           </div>
         {:else if dek}
           <div class="dek fmx-auto fmb-6">
-            {@html marked(dek)}
+            <Markdown source="{dek}" />
           </div>
         {/if}
       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/InfoBox/InfoBox.svelte b/src/components/InfoBox/InfoBox.svelte
index d99ac074..c78ab3c1 100644
--- a/src/components/InfoBox/InfoBox.svelte
+++ b/src/components/InfoBox/InfoBox.svelte
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   export let theme: Theme = 'light';
 
   import Block from '../Block/Block.svelte';
-  import { marked } from 'marked';
+  import Markdown from '../Markdown/Markdown.svelte';
 </script>
 
 <aside class="infobox {theme}">
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@
         <slot name="header" />
       </div>
     {:else if title}
-      <div class="header fmb-2">{@html marked(title)}</div>
+      <div class="header fmb-2">
+        <Markdown source="{title}" />
+      </div>
     {/if}
 
     {#if $$slots.body}
@@ -67,7 +69,9 @@
         <slot name="body" />
       </div>
     {:else}
-      <div class="body">{@html marked(text)}</div>
+      <div class="body">
+        <Markdown source="{text}" />
+      </div>
     {/if}
 
     {#if $$slots.footer}
@@ -76,7 +80,9 @@
         <slot name="footer" />
       </div>
     {:else if notes}
-      <div class="footer fmt-2">{@html marked(notes)}</div>
+      <div class="footer fmt-2">
+        <Markdown source="{notes}" />
+      </div>
     {/if}
   </Block>
 </aside>
diff --git a/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.stories.svelte b/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.stories.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c96e298f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.stories.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<script>
+  import { Meta, Template, Story } from '@storybook/addon-svelte-csf';
+
+  // @ts-ignore
+  import componentDocs from './stories/docs/component.md?raw';
+
+  import Markdown from './Markdown.svelte';
+
+  import { withComponentDocs } from '$docs/utils/withParams.js';
+
+  import Block from '../Block/Block.svelte';
+
+  const metaProps = {
+    ...withComponentDocs(componentDocs),
+  };
+</script>
+
+<Meta title="Components/Markdown" component="{Markdown}" {...metaProps} />
+
+<Template let:args>
+  <Block>
+    <Markdown {...args} />
+  </Block>
+</Template>
+
+<Story
+  name="Default"
+  args="{{
+    source: 'This is *some* text in **markdown**.',
+  }}"
+/>
diff --git a/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.svelte b/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ea369be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Markdown/Markdown.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!-- @component `Markdown` [Read the docs.](https://reuters-graphics.github.io/graphics-components/?path=/docs/components-Markdown--default) -->
+<script lang="ts">
+  import type { Action } from 'svelte/action';
+  import { marked } from 'marked';
+  import { staticMarkdown } from './stores';
+
+  /** A Markdown formatted string */
+  export let source = '';
+
+  /** Parse markdown inline, i.e., without wrapping it in paragraph tags */
+  export let parseInline = false;
+
+  $: markdown = parseInline ? marked.parseInline(source) : marked.parse(source);
+
+  const setInnerHTML: Action<HTMLElement, string> = (node, html) => {
+    node.innerHTML = html;
+    return {
+      update(html) {
+        node.innerHTML = html;
+      },
+      destroy() {
+        node.innerHTML = '';
+      },
+    };
+  };
+</script>
+
+{#if source}
+  {#if $staticMarkdown}
+    <div>
+      {@html markdown}
+    </div>
+  {:else}
+    <div use:setInnerHTML="{markdown}"></div>
+  {/if}
+{/if}
+
+<style>
+  div {
+    display: contents;
+  }
+</style>
diff --git a/src/components/Markdown/stores.ts b/src/components/Markdown/stores.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5705ac9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Markdown/stores.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { writable } from 'svelte/store';
+
+/**
+ * Set to `false` in the browser to ensure Markdown content correctly updates
+ * when a SvelteKit app hyrates.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```javascript
+ * // +layout.js
+ * import { staticMarkdown } from '@reuters-graphics/graphics-components';
+ * import { building } from '$app/environment';
+ *
+ * export const load = async() => {
+ *   // Set the store with the value of building.
+ *   staticMarkdown.set(building);
+ *
+ *   // Markdown using this content will correctly refresh when
+ *   // a reader loads your page.
+ *   const content = await fetchPageContent();
+ *
+ *   return { content };
+ * }
+ * ```
+ */
+export const staticMarkdown = writable(true);
diff --git a/src/components/Markdown/stories/docs/component.md b/src/components/Markdown/stories/docs/component.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ba4ae0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Markdown/stories/docs/component.md
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+The Markdown component renders markdown into HTML. That's it!
+
+---
+
+```svelte
+<script>
+  import { Markdown } from '@reuters-graphics/graphics-components';
+</script>
+
+<Markdown source="{'My markdown **string**!'}" />
+```
+
+... well, almost.
+
+Owing to a weird quirk of Svelte's [`@html`](https://svelte.dev/docs/special-tags#html) directive (see [this issue](https://github.com/reuters-graphics/graphics-components/issues/148)), if you want your resulting HTML to be dynamic — e.g., update after a SvelteKit app [hydrates](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/glossary#hydration) — then you may need to set the included `$staticMarkdown` store to `false` in the browser.
+
+For example, if you're refreshing some data with markdown strings in a SvelteKit project using a [load function](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/load), set the store to reflect the [`building`](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/modules#$app-environment-building) variable, which will correctly [prerender](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/glossary#prerendering) your markdown content AND update it after fresh data is fetched in the browser.
+
+```javascript
+// +layout.js
+import { staticMarkdown } from '@reuters-graphics/graphics-components';
+import { building } from '$app/environment';
+
+/** @type {import('./$types').LayoutLoad} */
+export const load = async () => {
+  // Set the staticMarkdown store with the value of building.
+  staticMarkdown.set(building);
+
+  // Now this content will correctly refresh when a reader loads your page.
+  const resp = await fetch(
+    'https://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/data/my-page-content.json'
+  );
+  const content = await resp.json();
+
+  return { content };
+};
+```
+
+If you're not updating your markdown content as above, you can safely leave the `$staticMarkdown` store alone and your page will do the right thing.
diff --git a/src/components/PhotoPack/PhotoPack.svelte b/src/components/PhotoPack/PhotoPack.svelte
index 88eee261..2a425f66 100644
--- a/src/components/PhotoPack/PhotoPack.svelte
+++ b/src/components/PhotoPack/PhotoPack.svelte
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
   import Block from '../Block/Block.svelte';
   import PaddingReset from '../PaddingReset/PaddingReset.svelte';
-  import { marked } from 'marked';
+  import Markdown from '../Markdown/Markdown.svelte';
 
   let containerWidth;
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
           {#each row as img, i}
             {#if img.caption}
               <div id="{id}-figure-{ri}-{i}" class="caption">
-                {@html marked(img.caption)}
+                <Markdown source="{img.caption}" />
               </div>
             {/if}
           {/each}
diff --git a/src/components/Scroller/Embedded/Foreground.svelte b/src/components/Scroller/Embedded/Foreground.svelte
index a13bdaf8..c3247be1 100644
--- a/src/components/Scroller/Embedded/Foreground.svelte
+++ b/src/components/Scroller/Embedded/Foreground.svelte
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
   export let step: ScrollerStep;
   export let index: number;
 
-  import { marked } from 'marked';
   import Block from '../../Block/Block.svelte';
+  import Markdown from '../../Markdown/Markdown.svelte';
 </script>
 
 {#if step.foreground === '' || !step.foreground}
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@
 
   {#if typeof step.altText === 'string'}
     <div class="background-alt-text visually-hidden">
-      {@html marked.parse(step.altText)}
+      <Markdown source="{step.altText}" />
     </div>
   {/if}
 {:else if typeof step.foreground === 'string'}
   <Block class="body-text step-{index + 1}">
     <div class="embedded-foreground step-{index + 1}">
-      {@html marked.parse(step.foreground)}
+      <Markdown source="{step.foreground}" />
     </div>
 
     {#if typeof step.altText === 'string'}
       <div class="background-alt-text visually-hidden">
-        {@html marked.parse(step.altText)}
+        <Markdown source="{step.altText}" />
       </div>
     {/if}
   </Block>
diff --git a/src/components/Scroller/Foreground.svelte b/src/components/Scroller/Foreground.svelte
index fbaf5f41..bdae6c74 100644
--- a/src/components/Scroller/Foreground.svelte
+++ b/src/components/Scroller/Foreground.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   export let steps: ScrollerStep[] = [];
 
-  import { marked } from 'marked';
+  import Markdown from '../Markdown/Markdown.svelte';
 </script>
 
 {#each steps as step, i}
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
       <div class="empty-step-foreground"></div>
       {#if typeof step.altText === 'string'}
         <div class="background-alt-text visually-hidden">
-          {@html marked.parse(step.altText)}
+          <Markdown source="{step.altText}" />
         </div>
       {/if}
     {:else}
       <div class="step-foreground w-full">
         {#if typeof step.foreground === 'string'}
-          {@html marked.parse(step.foreground)}
+          <Markdown source="{step.foreground}" />
         {:else}
           <svelte:component
             this="{step.foreground}"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
       </div>
       {#if typeof step.altText === 'string'}
         <div class="background-alt-text visually-hidden">
-          {@html marked.parse(step.altText)}
+          <Markdown source="{step.altText}" />
         </div>
       {/if}
     {/if}
diff --git a/src/components/SimpleTimeline/SimpleTimeline.svelte b/src/components/SimpleTimeline/SimpleTimeline.svelte
index 4ecacefd..3c913044 100644
--- a/src/components/SimpleTimeline/SimpleTimeline.svelte
+++ b/src/components/SimpleTimeline/SimpleTimeline.svelte
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   import Block from '../Block/Block.svelte';
   import Fa from 'svelte-fa/src/fa.svelte';
   import { faLink } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
-  import { marked } from 'marked';
+  import Markdown from '../Markdown/Markdown.svelte';
 </script>
 
 <Block width="normal" id="{id}" class="simple-timeline-container fmy-6 {cls}">
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
               </div>
             {/if}
             {#if event.context}
-              {@html marked(event.context)}
+              <Markdown source="{event.context}" />
             {/if}
           </div>
         {/each}
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 88c7d5e1..9a4d8135 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ export { default as HeroHeadline } from './components/HeroHeadline/Hero.svelte';
 export { default as EndNotes } from './components/EndNotes/EndNotes.svelte';
 export { default as InfoBox } from './components/InfoBox/InfoBox.svelte';
 export { default as InlineAd } from './components/AdSlot/InlineAd.svelte';
+export { default as Markdown } from './components/Markdown/Markdown.svelte';
 export { default as PaddingReset } from './components/PaddingReset/PaddingReset.svelte';
 export { default as PhotoCarousel } from './components/PhotoCarousel/PhotoCarousel.svelte';
 export { default as PhotoPack } from './components/PhotoPack/PhotoPack.svelte';
 export { default as PymChild } from './components/PymChild/PymChild.svelte';
 export { pymChildStore } from './components/PymChild/stores.js';
+export { staticMarkdown } from './components/Markdown/stores.js';
 export { default as ReferralBlock } from './components/ReferralBlock/ReferralBlock.svelte';
 export { default as ReutersGraphicsLogo } from './components/ReutersGraphicsLogo/ReutersGraphicsLogo.svelte';
 export { default as ReutersLogo } from './components/ReutersLogo/ReutersLogo.svelte';