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If you're anywhere near Birmingham, or if you're at all connected to the city, you *need* to subscribe to Birmingham Dispatch! Read it a couple of times, and you'll see exactly why.

- Jim Hawkins

Thoroughly Good Substack

Classical. Coaching. Digital.

It'll Be Fun, They Said

By Jess Pan

Writer in London working at a tiny indie London bookshop + latest news from my book - Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes

As I Was Saying with Poorna Bell

Social commentary and essays from career to mental wellbeing, capturing the general WTF of life and topical news, by award-winning author, former HuffPost Exec editor and lifter of heavy weights, Poorna Bell.

No F*cks Given® with Sarah Knight

Permission to live your best life and advice on how to do it, from a New York Times bestselling author of sweary self-help. (Me!)

The Breakdown

By MuellerSheWrote

A breakdown of legal proceedings by Mueller, She Wrote

Cities and Memory - remixing the world, one sound at a time

By Stuart Fowkes

Cities and Memory is one of the world’s biggest sound projects, a global, collaborative sound art and field recording programme with the aim of remixing the world, one sound at a time. It covers more than 120 countries and territories with 6,000+ sounds.

Auraist: picking the best-written books of the month

By Sean

21k readers. Followers, please note that only free or paid subscribers receive our picks of the best-written books from US & UK prize shortlists & major reviews, & masterclasses by their (sometimes world-renowned) authors on prose style.

A Day Well Spent with Leyla Kazim

Seeking pathways to more purposeful living. Words about self-empowerment, slow and sustainable living and personal fulfilment and growth. By BBC presenter and writer Leyla Kazim.

Call & Response

By Michelle Mercer

Slow writing on culture and music from an NPR veteran and bestselling author

Minor Fossil

A twice monthly newsletter bringing you original ambient music and a look at the world through the histories of instruments.

Letters From Love with Elizabeth Gilbert

This is heart work

Coffee with Coops

By Ruth Cooper-Dickson

Welcome to Coffee with Coops. I'm your positive psychology best friend, helping you navigate life's ups and downs and supporting you to boost your Mental Wealth. Pull up a chair, bring your cake and cup, and let’s get stuck in.

Sianushka Writes

By Sian Norris

Journalism, political chat, reproductive rights, book recommendations, and more

Receipt from the Bookshop

By Katie Clapham is Terrible

My weekly post - Receipt from the Bookshop - is written in real time from my award-winning independent bookshop in St. Annes-on-Sea, UK. Paid subscribers also get an additional weekly essay/book review and access to my book club.

American Crisis

By Margaret Sullivan

A podcast that explores whether journalism can help save democracy, seen through the lens of Watergate and Jan. 6, 2021.

In the Flash

By Dina Litovsky

Adventures in the unseen world of photography.

Cafe Hysteria

By Madison Huizinga

Stories and thoughts on media, art, growing up, and being a woman online

Kate Spicer says Sort Yourself Out

eu·pho·ri·a (yū-fōr'ē-ă), 1. A feeling of well-being. 2. The pleasure state induced by a drug or substance of abuse.

with EASE

By Tanya Lynch

Join me on my journey to cultivate a life 'with ease' through journaling, as I share intimate reflections, top tips, and behind-the-scenes to my retreats. My mission is to help you channel your emotions into something more joyful and creative.