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Recommended by Emma Clarke

Goodall and Good Luck

By Lewis Goodall

Politics.

How to Survive the Broligarchy

By Carole Cadwalladr

Girl power vs Tech bros

Striking 13

By Ian Dunt

A newsletter about British politics. Written from the bad place.

weird medieval guys

the only substack that is about weird medieval guys :)

Fascinating insights into the medieval mind, coupled with some really weird historical illustrations.

- Emma Clarke

Hurt Your Brain

By Erik

An internet playlist for people fascinated by the world. Get recommendations on podcasts and other links that will make you think.

A brilliantly curated list of fascinating high quality podcasts.

- Emma Clarke

The Villager

By Tom Cox

New writing on landscape, music, books, folklore, psychedelia, the natural world and other misty magical things outside the mainstream.

Beautiful writing about music, cats, otherwordly portals, haunted places, psychedlia, mid-century style (and loads more) All told in a truly authentic voice, evoking a strong sense of place and time. Wonderful.

- Emma Clarke

Count Binface Lifts The Lid

The greatest satirical substack in the omniverse.

Count Binface is a hero. Genuinely. Fighting for democracy, inspiring hearts and minds, all while advocating for re-runs of Lovejoy with a bin on his head.

- Emma Clarke

Writing from London

By Nick Cohen

Politics and culture from the UK and beyond by Nick Cohen

Politics and culture in the UK and beyond. Written by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Nick Cohen, this is current affairs writing of the highest quality.

- Emma Clarke

The Empty City - a law and polity blog

By d. a. t. green

Commentary on law and policy from D A Green. Formerly the law and lore blog.

An excellent blog offering insight into complex law and policy issues. Essential reading for this rollercoaster era.

- Emma Clarke

Science of Creativity

By Annie Murphy Paul

Scientific research on creativity, delivered twice a week

Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives

By Ron Hogan

Notes on starting (and sticking to) a successful writing practice, from the author of Our Endless and Proper Work.