Substacks recommended by Alex Massie

Recommended by Alex Massie

Cricket Et Al

By Cricket et al

Gideon Haigh, Peter Lalor, Sam Perry, cricket and miscellany

Australia's best cricket writer is now on Substack. Unmissable.

- Alex Massie

Notes from the Underground with David Aaronovitch

The best Substack in the Anglosphere by top British journalist, David Aaronovitch

Smart and wide-ranging takes and thinking.

- Alex Massie

The Jaggy Thistle

By Kenny Farquharson

Kenny Farquharson in Scotland: Politics. Culture. Essays. Photography. From an award-winning Times newspaper columnist.

Scottish stories from one of our finest - and loveliest - hacks. A proper pro, taking advantage of the liberties Substack affords.

- Alex Massie

Material World

By Ed Conway

Unexpected stories from the underbelly of the modern world

Why stuff - raw materials, infrastructure, etc - matters.

- Alex Massie

Iain Macwhirter's Substack

Politics and culture free from bigotry of left and right.

Scotland and beyond

- Alex Massie

Science Fictions

By Stuart Ritchie

Good writing about bad science

Mr Ritchie's junk-science busting newsletter

- Alex Massie

Writing from London

By Nick Cohen

Politics and culture from the UK and beyond by Nick Cohen

Nick brings the lumber to left and right alike.

- Alex Massie

Wrong Side of History

By Ed West

It's Ed West's sub stack

History and pessimism from Ed West. More fun than that makes it sound.

- Alex Massie

The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything

By Jonn Elledge

assorted nerdery from a man who should probably be doing something else

Trains and unabashed nerdery, delivered with self-knowing gusto

- Alex Massie

Notes on Nationalism

By Andrew Liddle

Notes on Nationalism is a free newsletter offering analysis and commentary of Scottish and UK politics alongside strategy and arguments for defeating nationalism.

Top notch anti-SNP analysis from Better Together supremo

- Alex Massie

Letters from Suzanne

By Suzanne Moore

The whole shebang. Writings, personal and political .

Brassy and spiky and lots of feminist fun from Suzanne

- Alex Massie

SpyTalk

By Jeff Stein

Intelligence for Thinking People

Smart espionage and assorted takes from folk in the know

- Alex Massie

The Weekly Dish

By Andrew Sullivan

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle," - Orwell

Andrew Sullivan, who more or less invented this as a business proposition, returns to his blogging roots.

- Alex Massie

The Ruffian

By Ian Leslie

Ian Leslie picks out the most important, interesting and beautiful signals from the noise.

Smart thinking and nuance from Mr Leslie

- Alex Massie

Jarrod Kimber's Sports Almanac

By Jarrod Kimber's Grays Sports Almanac

You can now find us at goodareas.co

Smart cricket takes

- Alex Massie

The Bluestocking

By Helen Lewis

I read the internet, so you don’t have to.

Helen Lewis's Most Excellent Miscellany

- Alex Massie

Singal-Minded

By Jesse Singal

A newsletter about science, social-justice-activism, why they sometimes fight, and how to help them get along better -- plus a good deal of other, more random stuff.

Jesse Singal guards the guardians and much else besides

- Alex Massie

The Debatable Land

Recommended by Alex Massie