Substacks recommended by Cristina Carmona Aliaga | Abroad

Recommended by Cristina Carmona Aliaga

Bearly Politics

Welcome to Bearly Politics! I'm The Bear, your slightly exasperated guide to the strange world of modern politics. Here, I attempt to tackle the absurdities of power, with claws sharpened by satire and the occasional heavy paw of wit.

Londonist: Time Machine

A geeky, cheeky, thrice-weekly digest of London's history.

The Austen Connection

How Jane Austen's stories connect to us today, and connect us to each other.

What to read if

Books and ideas. Reading suggestions for all occasions

Do you as a reader get sucked into a topic easily and want more books about it? Or are you, perhaps, a mood reader? Or maybe simply interested in finding a novel that, why not, is focused on the nascent world of consummerism? What to read if... is the place for you then.

- Cristina Carmona Aliaga

By Jim Waterson

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

By Gareth Bradwick

Seeing cinema through its history, stories and culture. My exploration into the magic of the silver screen from then to now.

A newsletter for cinema lovers who also love the history of cinema.

- Cristina Carmona Aliaga

Cambridge Ladies' Dining Society

By Ann Kennedy Smith

Reading 20th-century fiction and exploring women’s history through an intellectual dining club, 1890-1914

Unmasking the populist elite.

Fictional Therapy

By Emma Hemingford

Your literary agony aunt. I solve your problems with advice from classic books.

The human stories behind movies, music, art and books. With Yara and Gillian

If you're in need for cultural inspiration and great recommendations, Yara and Gillian will have you sorted with their Sundays roundups.

- Cristina Carmona Aliaga

Footnotes and Tangents

By Simon Haisell

Slow reads of great books. Book guides and a reading community to help you get more from the best stories.

Millennial Monica

By Monica Nastase

Essays exploring what it’s like to live a multicultural life and not lose yourself along the way. From a 4-country migrant and permanent foreigner.

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