Quiz books surge in sales to their best year ever, while nonfiction takes a slide
Arts Council England faces legal threat over magazine’s withdrawal of poet’s work
February 2026
A CBS News personality is starting his own media company – but keeping his day job
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
December 2025
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
No 10 declines to comment on White House claim that Europe facing ‘civilisational erasure’ – as it happened
US national security strategy takes aim at EU and other bodies over issues including migration, free speech and falling birthrates
November 2025
I’m a committed introvert – but no AI will take away the joy I get from other people
Emma Beddington
While it might be soothing to think you could replace social interactions like book clubs with ChatGPT, subcontracting human thought out to a bot will never bring happiness, writes Emma Beddington
September 2025
Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?
Ready to give up social media? ‘Advice pollution’ might just get you there
Emma Beddington
August 2025
Book burning, Latin prayers – and a lot of kids: inside the American ‘trad family’ movement
The movement towards simple, Christian living can be a yearning for order in a chaotic age. It’s also alarmingly retrograde
July 2025
Where authors gossip, geek out and let off steam: 15 of the best literary Substacks
More and more writers are publishing newsletters – but which are worth your time? From Margaret Atwood to Hanif Kureishi, George Saunders to Miranda July, here’s our guide to the best
June 2025
Washington Post in talks with Substack about using its writers
US newspaper could join legacy media brands in embracing newsletter platform
March 2025
My beloved tube station book-swap has gone. Who’s to blame for its passing?
Zoe Williams
There has been outrage over Transport for London’s decision to remove those mini station libraries, writes Zoe Williams, but let’s not rush to call it ‘health and safety gone mad’
January 2025
On my radar
On my radar: Naomi Alderman’s cultural highlights
The author of the bestselling The Power on her favourite video game, the courses she takes with the Open University, and why she is addicted to George Saunders’s substack
January 2024
TechScape newsletter
TechScape: Why big tech could learn big lessons from the Post Office Horizon scandal
Fashion Statement newsletter
Why shopping influencers are flocking to Substack
Leading tech journalist quits Substack over platform’s Nazi newsletters
TechScape newsletter
TechScape: Is the Consumer Electronics Show still relevant?
The networker
Publish Nazi newsletters on your platform, Substack, and you will rightly be damned
John Naughton
Substack faces user revolt over anti-censorship stance on neo-Nazis
December 2023
Killing Eve ended with Villanelle’s death. This is why I’m bringing her back to life
When my transgressive heroine came to a sticky end on screen, many Killing Eve fans felt cheated. Now they can pick up her story again – this time for free
