Bonus Content

This is a space for reflection and reckoning. It looks at the world and the self in the same breath, tracing how culture, power, politics, and personal experience collide to shape who we are. Each piece seeks clarity in the chaos, finding meaning

An honest look at the kinds of live illustration enquiries clients are sending right now, with practical tips to help you earn more from your work “It’s nice to see that the work’s out there. I think that’s just encouraging in itself.”

This newsletter will include observational humor, gratitude, small doses of advice, memories of heroic persons I knew up close, reminiscence about ordinary life back before Twitter and thoughts about American life and other pleasures.

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.

Hi, it’s me Helen Stephens. This is a juicy chat between illustrator pals. I’ll be sharing stuff about making picture books that you might feel daft asking. When you sign up you’ll get the Illustrators Freebies. Yes-please-thank-you!

Hi, I'm Kate. Artist, writer, Mama. Craftivist. Home Educator. Writing about my creative process, home educating as a solo parent, sustainable living and conscious, heritage craft. Subscribe to join my membership community.

I write books for children and young adults. What am I doing making comics on Substack? Welcome to the House of Procrastination!

Using the latest psychological & neuropsychological research to explain why we do what we do when the world gets tough.

The ill-advised career of a middling British actor turned writer.