Substacks recommended by Rebecca Took

Recommended by Rebecca Took

Amy’s Substack

By Amy Liptrot

My personal Substack

nature writing and creative contemplations, from the author of The Outrun + The Instant

- Rebecca Took

So Glad I'm Me

By Amy Key

My personal Substack

a place for encounters with intimacy and emotional meanders, from the author of Arrangements in Blue

- Rebecca Took

both feet on the ground

By Ella

Good books, falling in love with London (again), learning languages, and trying not to fly

"good books, learning new languages, taking photos, romanticising life in north London, fangirling Scandinavia, and travelling to exciting places while trying my hardest not to fly"

- Rebecca Took

g l i m m e r s

By Kerri ní Dochartaigh

A meditation on why we need creativity, inspiration, & beauty; now more than ever. Trying to honour those bright, fleeting moments that weave themselves into our days. Feeling my way towards tenderness through beauty. On one-another-ness; tenderness &

beautiful, sensitive contemplations on land, creativity, and motherhood from the West of Ireland

- Rebecca Took

Little Intimacies

By Sophie Mackintosh

A newsletter by @sophmackintosh. Small essays & sometimes fiction.

loose essays, observations, thoughts on crafts, updates and overshares, from the author of The Water Cure, Cursed Bread, and Blue Ticket

- Rebecca Took

savour by Alice Vincent

notes on the delicious things in life

'a space to write about the small, overlooked but vital parts of living. The raw edges. The joyful banalities.' | a foundational writer-gardener inspiration of mine.

- Rebecca Took

Square Eyes

By L Lauren

U show me your pixel grid, I'll show u mine

culture-consumed-through-screens things + a bit of actual script/spec script writing

- Rebecca Took

Letters by Deepa

By Deepa Paul

Personal essays on intimacy and relationships, motherhood and family, and the never-ending creative process of writing to become fully myself, by the Filipina-Indian author of ASK ME HOW IT WORKS: LOVE IN AN OPEN MARRIAGE (Viking UK, May 2025).

'writing from the juicy, messy places where intimacy and relationships, motherhood and family, and creativity and identity intersect.' | from the author of ASK ME HOW IT WORKS: LOVE IN AN OPEN MARRIAGE

- Rebecca Took

greennesses

Recommended by Rebecca Took