Discover strategies to cash in on writing and make your passion pay off!

Two new Freelance Champions and one ‘Ways to Make Journalism Pay - day’. Please come!

Who I met — and planning for the eclipse of the century.

Next showing: 2090. Don't miss this.

Detained in Uganda documenting Rwenzori's melting glaciers

World Cup final: chaos v calm. Plus, a table for one at the North Star and the men who came over anyway.

Plus: how to see Britain’s own Bayeux for free.

Connect with a global community of wander women

Kylie’s new Netflix doc — and Margaret Hodge on why we need to 'stop writing off older women'.

Thank you for the music, even the silly songs

40% cheaper than coworking. Plus: A Hastings Pub Crawl — with artistic license.

May’s read: 111 places in Hastings & Rye that you shouldn’t miss.

The rise of the creative biz retreat — and the UK gets its first memorial for journalists who died chasing the truth.

🇮🇹 Insights from #ijf26 in Perugia. Plus: Wikipedia for independents

🇮🇹 Insights from #ijf26 in Perugia. Plus: Wikipedia for independents

Two weeks in Robin Hood country. Plus: virtual coworking this week.

A copyright win, for now. Plus, seaside with soul—St Leonards makes The Sunday Times' Best Places to Live.

Travel & culture writer

Really Simple Licensing (RSL) could help creators get paid. Plus: Brave New World? justice report, and this week's AI news.

Celebrating bold women, second acts, and 6 years on Substack. Plus: Unoffice Hours invite.

Celebrating bold women, second acts, and 6 years on Substack. Plus: Unoffice Hours invite.

Songs from the edge of England. And JJ Waller’s excellent exhibition: Beside the Sea

🌐 Creative co-working in BoA and the rise of spiritual tourism.

Control your art, control your money. Plus, upcoming events: Making Freelancing Pay

From wool to rubber, mushrooms, marijuana farming, and live music. Plus: Introducing the Shift Community Calendar.

New Year meditations from Melody Beattie

Enjoy the little things. The big things will sort themselves out.

How small businesses can win in 2026 (new report) and other 🍑 stuff.

🍑On redefining success [#207]

The Financial Times joins titles including the Daily Mail in joining Substack, launching a free weekly newsletter on markets and finance.

Mike Phipps reports on an important meeting highlighting a global offensive against one of our key democratic freedoms. Sunday 2nd November was the UN-designated International Day to End Impunity f…

Why I’m here for it

❤️‍🔥 But celebrate it anyway - as life-affirming and a fuck you to capitalism.

Fed up with chasing payments? Tell the government what you think. [#202]

Plus: Meet the Future of Media Awards 2025 winners and a new press freedom project [#201]

All freelances in the UK should respond to government's consultation on late payments and poor payment practices. It's time for urgent change.

A mini break in York + this week’s recs [#200]

Brian Pelan on launching a magazine

We are Lush

Be opposite Downing St at 5.30 pm (or join us online) + a human project. [#200]