Substacks recommended by Neil Cooper

Recommended by Neil Cooper

The Jaggy Thistle

By Kenny Farquharson

Kenny Farquharson on Scotland. Politics. Culture. Essays. Photography. From an award-winning Times newspaper columnist.

Edinburgh Pub Reviews

By Imran Rahman-Jones

A pub crawl through Scotland's capital.

A forensic eye on all your local boozers from a glass brightly.

- Neil Cooper

Cinetopia Recommends

Cinetopia's regular round-up of film-related happenings, opportunities, and insights - helping the film community stay connected!

Cinetopia put on some of the best film events in Edinburgh, part salon, part lab, all cinema. Cinetopia's new Substack is the essential cross Scotland film guide that goes beyond the multiplex for a welter of off radar on screen activity worth hanging out in dark rooms for.

- Neil Cooper

Auraist. The best writers on Substack.

By Sean

Trusted by 50K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK new releases and prize shortlists, and publish articles by world-class authors on prose style and AI writing. Plus the satire The Demon Inside David Lynch.

Alternatives To Valium

By Alastair McKay

A post-punk fanzine by Alastair McKay. An extension of the book Alternatives To Valium: How Punk Rock Saved A Shy Boy's Life.

Edinburgh Minute

By The Edinburgh Minute by Michael MacLeod

The Edinburgh Minute has moved! Now on a new platform: https://www.edinburghminute.com

A comprehensive and much needed look at what’s going on in Edinburgh.

- Neil Cooper

Café Europa

By Natasha Tripney

A weekly newsletter by Natasha Tripney dedicated to European theatre. You can expect a mix of in-depth reviews and profiles of the artists and companies that excite me, plus other stuff.

Penny Kiley's music writing

By Penny Kiley's Music Writing

A music journalist’s archive of post-punk Liverpool.

An essential archive of the1980s Liverpool music scene by someone who was there on the frontline.

- Neil Cooper

The Noise of Art

Recommended by Neil Cooper