Substacks recommended by Hugh Thomas

Recommended by Hugh Thomas

Telegrams From The Abyss

Catalogued transgressions

Complete trash. Testing its boundaries with absolute profundity, but trash all the same.

- Hugh Thomas

The Bristol Sauce

By Meg Houghton-Gilmour

The home of Bristol restaurant intel.

Where should you eat out in Bristol? Just (ask) Meg.

- Hugh Thomas

Chris’s Substack

By Chris Smaje

My personal Substack

Somerset smallholder eruditely making the case for a Small Farm Future (and tirelessly unpacking the criticism that that tends to attract)

- Hugh Thomas

Comfortably Hungry

By Sam Bilton

Welcome to the comfortably hungry Substack where yesterday’s dinner is tomorrow’s history. If you’re a peckish person who is curious about the history of food and drink, then you’re in the right place.

The Murmuration by Grace Pengelly

Digging beneath the topsoil of life and chronicling the birth pangs of a world in transition. Bring your curiosity, questions - and maybe a spade?

Timely, philosophical, and at times existential reflections on navigating the very strange thing that is modern life

- Hugh Thomas

Somerset Confidential

Somerset Confidential gives you news, investigations and good old fashioned journalism from the heart of God's county.

Excellent reporting with detailed investigations into issues affecting Somerset and its people. A rare case of actual, real local journalism.

- Hugh Thomas

Reap_and_Sow

By Aine Morris

Essays and interviews on food, farming and hospitality.

Technically Food

By Larissa Zimberoff

A bi-weekly newsletter about the intersection of food and technology, what that means for people who love food and make food, and want to know what they're eating.

Vittles

Vittles is an online magazine based in the UK and India, publishing new food and culture writing.