Letters from my island home in Shetland: creativity, photography, and slow-ish living with a punk rock heart. Forever obsessed with storytelling and capturing the life's littlest joys in words, photos & art. And dogs. There are also dogs.

Publishing independent research, curating the best writing from across the scientific blogosphere. Specializing in speculation and exploration ("seeds of science")

New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Powers offers fresh thinking about how we can make big changes in our lives, communities and country.

Dispatches from the second half of a kaleidoscopic life

If history was a Hollywood movie, the editing room floor would be littered with the stories of women clipped to make room for men's stories

✨ a cosy online space for curious readers ✨ from Sunday Times Bestselling author Emma Gannon. On books, work, wellbeing & creativity. 5th literature Substack globally. "One of Britain’s most prominent Substack writers" —The Times

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Memoirs about pain, grief, and self-transformation. Fantasy stories drawing themes from my life, reimagined in an escapist narrative.

News and analysis about the book publishing industry that you won't read anywhere else.

Understand the world of today to prepare for the world of tomorrow: AI, tech; the future of democracy, energy, education, and more

Bridging the two cultures of science and the humanities

Writing about the future of nation-states, economies, and humanity. Researching a book about the future of capitalism. Building a writer’s collective.

Culture, technology, and other macromutations

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.