Substacks recommended by Rachel Dickinson

Recommended by Rachel Dickinson

Emily Writes Back

By Emily Sanders Hopkins

New Yorker cartoonist Emily Sanders Hopkins writes letters to you about VERY important things.

The Austen Connection

By Plain Jane

How Jane Austen's stories connect to us today, and connect us to each other.

My Life in the Past

By Lucy Worsley

adventures with a British historian at large! a weekly update from historian and broadcaster Lucy Worsley

A British historian whose curiosity about the world around her is infectious

- Rachel Dickinson

UnSupervisable: Priscilla’s Substack

By Priscilla Berggren-Thomas

One day, while complaining to a friend about my boss at the part-time job I’d taken in retirement, she told me to tell him I was “unsupervisable,” and suddenly my whole out-of-step-with-the-world life made sense.

Asking Amy

By Amy Dickinson

Advice, essays and snapshots on how it feels to be human

Lovely and often funny posts (not just saying that because she's my sister).

- Rachel Dickinson

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

The Loneliest Places

Recommended by Rachel Dickinson