Streetwalking with Howard Jacobson

Exploring books, literary lives and Cambridge women’s history

Writer, editor, journalist, poet. Pieces about life, Australia and the world, on daily walks with my dog Rocky, along the inner city beach, which is my favourite spot in the world.

My eclectic obsessions and musings. Gender identity, identity politics, politics, public education, class, old-school feminism.

"Just to spite the world, don’t cry! Just to spite the world, only laugh, only laugh!" - Sholom Aleichem. Amen, Brother.

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

Stuff to make you think

Dispatches from my hospital bed. Writing on writing; sex and drugs and music, TV shows and writers I admire, my memories, among other matters.

Oscar nominated writer is going to make ALL your dreams come true.

Essays, stories and advice from the frontlines of life

Conversation/Culture/Current Affairs

Politics and culture from the UK and beyond by Nick Cohen

The dangerous things I think out loud

Notes from outside the consternation machine

A smart new corner of the internet to talk fashion, feelings and creativity with the former editor-in-chief of ELLE & Cosmopolitan. Plus join my invite-only community. We're nice...I promise.

How do we find fulfilment as we pay the bills? Inspiration and straight-talking on building a work life that brings some meaning, fun and joy.

What to watch in the arts online

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

The whole shebang. Writings, personal and political .