Substacks recommended by Mark Urban

Recommended by Mark Urban

Comment is Freed

By Sam Freedman

Politics, policy analysis, and foreign affairs from Sam and Lawrence Freedman

Citizen of Everywhere

By John Kampfner

Politics and perspectives of Germany, Europe and the world

Frontelligence Insight

By Tatarigami

Frontelligence Insight: Revolutionizing Public Access to Conflict Intelligence

Iranshahr with Ali Ansari

Write mainly about the history and politics of Iran and occasionally about other things as they come to mind. (https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/people/aa51/)

Lionel Barber

Informed commentary on media and politics in an upside-down age, from the former editor of the Financial Times (2005–2020).

Lionel was always one of the smartest people in Fleet Street when he edited the FT, and maintains those contacts to inform his current commentary

- Mark Urban

Writing from London

By Nick Cohen

Politics and culture from the UK and beyond by Nick Cohen

Goodall and Good Luck

By Lewis Goodall

Politics.