Laura Thompson’s Substack

A glimpse of distant horizons via "beautifully crafted essays and observations" covering literature, memoir, and faraway cities from a recovering cultural bureaucrat joining up the dots of an international life.

Come and join me at the table for chat about cooking, recipes, books and more. (Roasting Tins may feature.)

Reading on Trains is a substack loosely about trains, transport and travel. The emphasis is on the social, historical or artistic aspects of those subjects, rather than the technological ones.

Still sketching: art, reading, and the hidden stories of women artists from my Norfolk studio

regular updates and written thoughts from Arthur Parkinson, writer, illustrator and gardener from garden advice, visits to wonderful places, thoughts on his idols and favourite things to world wide news concerning nature and animal welfare.

books and the pleasures of reading, with the occasional foray into frocks and interiors

History, books & wonder

This newsletter is about our podcast on “lost” classics by women writers.

My journal x my Notes app - mostly books, food, interiors, shopping, home life, plus observations and enthusiasms.

On poetry, translation and related matters.

Essays on the lives and literature of women.

Novelist Jessica Fellowes writes about whatever she wants to write about, mostly nice things that make her feel happy.

Nerdy literature newsletter. Helping you make the most of your reading.

A newsletter from Alexander Larman about culture, history and literature

Food and everything connected, by James Beard shortlisted and multi award-winning author and photographer Mark Diacono, of Otter Farm, once of River Cottage.

I’m a RHS Chelsea gold medallist and author sharing the simplest ways to garden. Join the community for weekly posts and chats, design guidance and gardening tips led by one of the UK's top garden designers.

Stories and observations on appearances, events, and culture by a former fashion model and art dealer. Vulnerability is my strong suit. Truth is my language.

Exploring books, literary lives and Cambridge women’s history

Become an insider for the most absorbing crime stories from the UK and beyond. Award-winning TV correspondent and crime-writer Robert Murphy writes about cases and interviews authors about the space where true crime and culture meet.