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“If you’re going to show us two freaks in love, show us two freaks in love”
A Wuthering Heights roundtable
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“There must be something like the opposite of suicide, whereby a person radically and abruptly decides to start living”
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“There’s no replacement for text, and there never will be”
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“January is not a time for beginnings”
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“I emerge from bed with actual hatred in my heart. I am not a morning person.”
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“It was always the same story: eternal adolescence, sexual perversion, rampant classism”
In this edition of the Weekender: the history of looksmaxxing, a defense of love, and the myth of timelessness
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“There must be something like the opposite of suicide, whereby a person radically and abruptly decides to start living”
In this edition of the Weekender: the selfishness of free soloing, what we learn in a century, and the strange appeal of keeping chickens.
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“I emerge from bed with actual hatred in my heart. I am not a morning person.”
In this edition of the Weekender: pre-dawn rituals, traffic mirrors, and a 1982 portrait of masculinity
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Direct relationships are the way out of this TikTok mess
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In search of the perfect pie
Martha Stewart led a team of experts in selecting the very best pie out of 33 options. Here’s the recipe.
Nov 24, 2025
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Substack on Film: Plum Sykes
A day in the Cotswolds with writer and tastemaker Plum Sykes
Nov 20, 2025
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Substack on Film: Hanif Kureishi
Writer and filmmaker Hanif Kureishi on how he collaborates with his son Carlo
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Substack on Film: Stella Tsantekidou
Stella Tsantekidou tells us what it’s like to work in British Parliament
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Substack on Film: Jo Thompson
Garden designer Jo Thompson shares her obsession with roses
Oct 30, 2025
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“It was always the same story: eternal adolescence, sexual perversion, rampant classism”
In this edition of the Weekender: the history of looksmaxxing, a defense of love, and the myth of timelessness
Feb 14
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“There must be something like the opposite of suicide, whereby a person radically and abruptly decides to start living”
In this edition of the Weekender: the selfishness of free soloing, what we learn in a century, and the strange appeal of keeping chickens.
Feb 7
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“I emerge from bed with actual hatred in my heart. I am not a morning person.”
In this edition of the Weekender: pre-dawn rituals, traffic mirrors, and a 1982 portrait of masculinity
Jan 31
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“There’s no replacement for text, and there never will be”
In this edition of the Weekender: anti-dystopian TV, experimental poetry, and the enduring power of the written word
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“If you’re going to show us two freaks in love, show us two freaks in love”
A Wuthering Heights roundtable
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The AI revolution is here. Will the economy survive the transition?
The man who predicted the 2008 crash, Anthropic’s co-founder, and a leading AI podcaster jump into a Google doc to debate the future of AI—and…
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A field guide to Notes posters
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In dialogue: A rising tide of political violence
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, Substackers consider the illiberal rise of violence, and where we go from here
Sep 12, 2025
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The AI revolution is here. Will the economy survive the transition?
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Against resolutions
Suleika Jaouad on ritual, repetition, and the fantasy of starting over
Dec 29, 2025
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A brief defense of cliché
A reconsideration of the writer’s bugbear: the much-maligned cliché.
Nov 10, 2025
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The Highway Kind
Henry Begler profiles Meaghan Garvey, a writer hitting the road in search of America’s weirder, better half
Oct 29, 2025
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You wouldn’t be here for someone else
B.D. McClay on Taylor Swift, fame, and the allure of a showgirl
Oct 8, 2025
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Is it cheating if your illicit affair is with AI?
Kat Rosenfield and Kate Lindsay debate
Sep 19, 2025
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All the world’s a store
Emilia Petrarca on the theatrical highs and lows of shopping in the internet age
Sep 15, 2025
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The grift artist
An ode to Donald Boat, the online jester fin-domming CEOs and celebrities
Aug 27, 2025
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Direct relationships are the way out of this TikTok mess
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The home for media startups
There has never been a better time to start a media business
Oct 6, 2025
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Substack is a social media app
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Oct 1, 2025
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The power to choose
In fraught times for culture, bet on press freedom
Sep 23, 2025
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