A travel and life newsletter by Frances Mayes, the author of Under the Tuscan Sun, mixing dispatches from trips to Asia and Venice with notes from her Tuscan home Bramasole, seasonal observations, recipes and good advice. It offers a warm, personal, observational window into life between Italy and North Carolina.
Website: https://francesmayes.substack.com
A darkly comic, digressive personal essay newsletter by a writer who roams the world and riffs on travel, geopolitics, and cultural myths with sharp, mordant humour. Readers get long, literary dispatches that blend reportage-style observation with absurdist speculation and self-mockery.
A cycling journalist and commentator shares personal, vividly written dispatches from bike races across Europe and beyond, mixing race detail with food, wine, places and reflections. Readers get atmospheric travel and sports writing from someone inside the professional cycling world.
A veteran airline and business-jet captain explains flight operations, aviation safety and breaking incidents from the cockpit perspective. Readers get plain-language answers about flying, airspace risk and accident analysis to help them feel calmer and plan travel.
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