Culture, technology, and other macromutations

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

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

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

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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

A place to explore the way the short story works.

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

Natural philosophy, belles-lettres, polemics.

You can't have a Baba who got called a witch and not write about women's issues

Dispatches from the second half of a kaleidoscopic life

Publishing independent research and curating the best science writing from across the blogosphere.

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

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.