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Recommended by Michael Holden

Dark Luxury

By Conrad Quilty-Harper

Investigating the creative alchemy, business strategies and dark arts of the €1.5 trillion luxury business.

The Reset by Sam Delaney

Mental health without all the bollocks

Sam has been there, and stopped all that.

- Michael Holden

Jonathan Shedler

Psychologist | Author | Clinical Professor. Writing about psychology, psychiatry, & psychotherapy.

Clear thinking about thinking and therapeutic practice - and a consistent counterweight to the risks of 'evidence based practice.' et al.

- Michael Holden

Right Now, Just As It Is

By Joan Tollifson

Open, down-to-earth, contemplative exploration of present experiencing.

Joan wrote a book called, "Death -the End of Self Improvement." If that title doesn't draw you in on some level, good luck.

- Michael Holden

London Centric

By Jim Waterson

Proper local journalism about who really runs London - and what's actually going on in the city.

The Matter with Things

By Iain McGilchrist

How to realise life, humanity and the cosmos anew

Russ Litten

Books, music, films, ghosts, northern soul, poetry, politics, interviews, reviews, musings etc etc.

The Ruffian

By Ian Leslie

Ian Leslie picks out the most important, interesting and beautiful signals from the noise.

Consistently sensible about seemingly senseless things.

- Michael Holden

The Certainty Trap

By Ilana Redstone

The Certainty Trap is for anyone whose concerns about the state of political polarization exceed their need to feel virtuous or superior.

" for anyone whose concerns about the state of political polarization exceed their need to feel virtuous or superior"

- Michael Holden

Dreaming Awake

By Dr Rachel Newsome

Travels between worlds via the arts, culture, nature, spirituality & all things Jungian.

Minority Report

By Sanjiv Bhattacharya

Subcultures, outliers, the view from the fringe. A mix of reporting, essay and memoir.

E pluribus - madness - America needs a unifying hero, and I as luck would have it, I once shared a flat with him, Sanjiv, do your thing...

- Michael Holden

And You'll Be Okay Forever | Essays by Will Storr

Essays from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Status Game. The Science of Storytelling and more; memoir, identity, psychology, storytelling, culture etc.

Ecstatic Integration

By Jules Evans

Improving western culture's ecstatic literacy Critical thinking on psychedelics & spirituality from best-selling author, founder of the Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project, 20 years experience writing for The Times, BBC, Economist and others.

The Sacred Acre

By Dan Davies

Shrinking the game via a very short, very difficult backyard golf course. Home of the RNGC Invitational.

My friend, former colleague and editor escaped the city and built a golf course in his back garden. If I had the money, I'd buy the movie rights.

- Michael Holden