Substacks recommended by Andrew North

Recommended by Andrew North

Food stories (sometimes indigestible) that might change the way you eat, the history of ingredients, and travel tales about unexpected meals, with recipes.

The best food writing anywhere, seasoned with wit and wisdom

- Andrew North

Robert’s Conflict Mitigation Newsletter

By Robert I. Rotberg

World Conflict and Conflict Resolution

A different take on modern-day conflicts and crises and how we should respond

- Andrew North

Sketch Away with Suhita Shirodkar

Sketching Tips and Online Sketching Sessions with Suhita

Illustrated Journalism

By Bill Russell

Bill Russell writes about visual journalism, artists who cover the news and great reportage artists of the past and present.

An encyclopedia on sketchbook reporting and artists who tell stories in drawings

- Andrew North

Now and Zen

By Monkey Mind

A picture book about befriending the monkey mind.

Mindfulness in art and words

- Andrew North

Kathy Gannon's Substack

My personal Substack

Truth-telling and perspective from a veteran correspondent and observer

- Andrew North

Our Forgotten History

By Shabnam Nasimi

Writer and historian, bringing you lost and erased stories from Afghanistan and beyond. Usually found digging through the past in an old bookshop.

Lively, engaging writing on the untold story of Afghanistan

- Andrew North