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Recommended by Helen Dale

Drinking Culture

By Henry Jeffreys

A newsletter about alcohol, culture and history.

If, like me, you're a terrible lush, then you really should be reading this excellent, boozy substack.

- Helen Dale

What Katy Did

By Katy Barnett

Katy Barnett’s personal substack: mother, wife, academic, lawyer, author (not necessarily in that order)

Published novelist Katy Barnett (shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Award in 2017) was unable to place her second novel, so she's decided to serialise it on substack. She's also one of those people who can do five impossible things before breakfast simply by snapping her fingers, so comes recommended.

- Helen Dale

Speaking Wrong At The Right Time

By Adam B. Coleman

Adam B. Coleman's attempt at making sense of the world

The blackest white supremacist on substack. Yes really! [I'm joking, of course, but Adam has genuinely and repeatedly been abused in this way.]

- Helen Dale

Disaffected Newsletter

By Josh Slocum

Abnormal psychology is the new normal

Short but insightful pieces on popular culture & gay and lesbian politics, plus a popular, high quality podcast.

- Helen Dale

Aporia

Ideas for a future worth wanting.

Among many other things, a moving account of a man who discovered he was conceived by sperm donor.

- Helen Dale

Unsafe Science

By Lee Jussim

Social science, common sense, and skepticism applied to controversial topics, and occasional personal takes and twists.

Lee Jussim (Professor Stereotype Accuracy) is one of the clearest writers on statistics in social science out there. Recommended.

- Helen Dale

Chris B’s Thoughts

By Chris Bond

Chris Bond is happily retired after working over forty years in Energy. His hobby is analysing real data – mainly from the UK, USA, and Europe – to assess whether reality supports 'net zero' ambitions. Spoiler alert: it mostly doesn’t.

If you're wondering how we're in such an energy mess, and why our power bills are going through the roof, then let chemical engineer & insurance specialist Chris Bond explain...

- Helen Dale

Kavanagh's Substack

By Dennis Noel Kavanagh

LGB politics, law and culture

Booted from Twitter for refusing to humour dingbats, Dennis is always worth reading.

- Helen Dale

The Path Not Taken

By Thomas Prosser

Politics through the lens of institutional theory

Tom is a sane man trapped inside the lunacy of contemporary academia. His dispatches are worth your time.

- Helen Dale

In My Tribe

By Arnold Kling

improving social epistemology, rewarding reasoned discourse

Fascinating commentary on economics, history, and religion - although Arnold Kling is most famous for writing "The Three Languages of Politics", which I read when it first came out. It remains one of my favourite short political reads.

- Helen Dale

Holly’s Substack

By Holly MathNerd

a mix of anti-Woke cultural commentary, personal reflections, math lessons, and a regular creative writing feature

Holly may be a mathematician by trade, but she's also a wonderfully talented writer on the side.

- Helen Dale