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Recommended by Julia

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Screenwriter with side interests in psychology, philosophy, politics, comedy and culture in general - writes about all of those things.

Richard Herring's Substack

My blog and other funny stuff. Very excited to see the possiblities of Substack and will be experimenting but mainly here to encourage my writing. Mostly free for now, but if I can get enough paid subs then I can really go to town!

The Cosmic Shambles Network’s Substack

Indie creators of content for the curious. Exploring where Science, Comedy, Books, Music and Art meet.

Women Are Mad Substack

By Women Are Mad with Jen&Salima

If you’re loving The Women Are Mad Podcast, come revel further in the co-hosts’ view on life… An intriguing analysis of everything from half-drunk coffee to slack gussets, coming at you from lifelong friends, Salima Saxton and Jennifer Cox.

Can't Buy My Silence UK

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Goodness by Sali Hughes

A place to gather together things I like, rate, recommend, wear and think.

The Trowel

By Rebecca and Claire

The no BS guide to the products worth owning, the relationships worth having, and the healing worth doing....from the Sunday Times bestselling author of 'Why Did You Stay? A memoir about self worth'.

Gralefrit

By Joel Morris

Writing, podcasts and other stuff by writer Joel Morris.

Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith

By Crushed by MCS

Funny people talk to podcaster and actor Margaret Cabourn- Smith about their crushes and unrequited loves.

If you haven't heard it yet, I'm obsessed with Margaret Cabourn-Smith's podcast about unrequited love. Some brilliant guests but she also has a way of gently digging down into the universals of youthful longing. It will instantly take you back to your first crushes. She's a genius.

- Julia

Creative Confidence Clinic

By Daisy Buchanan

A community for writers at every stage of their journey

Well Well Well with Rosamund Dean

A useful & irreverent wellness cheat sheet, by a British journalist, breast cancer survivor and sceptical optimist

The Lucyverse

By Lucy Sweet

I review everything that comes out of the sewage pipe of capitalism!

I don't know anyone else who could pack this many laughs into a review of the catalogues coming through her letterbox. She's a genius. Subscribe immediately.

- Julia

The truth about everything*

By The Guyliner

Essays on TV, pop, the media, celebrities, and the crushing reality of twenty-first century existence. I slide into your inbox with the grace of a cow rollerblading down the steps of Leicester Square Tube station.