Substacks recommended by John Davies

Recommended by John Davies

The Ruffian

By Ian Leslie

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

The Etymology Nerd

By Adam Aleksic

ruminations on modern language and communication

Some Flowers Soon

By Jeremy Noel-Tod

Writing about poetry differently, every week

The Bluestocking

By Helen Lewis

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

English Republic of Letters

By Jeffrey Streeter

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.

Harry's Meanderings

By Harry Watson

An eclectic mix of offerings that reflect my life in northeast England (and sometimes beyond)

Nobody Wanted This

By Lauren Bravo

I pitched it, they rejected it, I wrote it anyway.

John’s Substack

By John O'Donoghue

My personal Substack

Amy Wack

Amy takes us on an exciting and erudite deep dive into the works of Diego Velazquez, with occasional personal reflections on her travels. Seville brought to life in paintings and prose, and prose about paintings. Far from woebegone, the bodegones (sorry I couldn’t resist that) capture everyday life over 400 years ago.

- John Davies

The Prism

By Gurwinder

A guide to navigating the digital age

Samuel Adamson: The Essence of the Thing

I'm a playwright who writes about twentieth-century novels. They are usually British, Australian, lesser-known, by women, LGBT, and so on. I also ramble into other literary and theatrical areas.

The Library of Babel

By Chen Malul

Welcome to the Library, a newsletter and podcast guiding you through the wonders and terrors of literature, history and magic