Finally, I’ve had my post-lockdown haircut.

Lockdown hair on Adam TinworthAdam Tinworth’s post-lockdown haircut.


So, it turns out that the downside of being married to a woman with a PhD in Immunology is that I get a narrated description of exactly what’s happening in my body in the days since my first Covid vaccination.

It’s fascinating, but a bit disconcerting…


💉 #1

A person with gray hair is holding up a vaccination card for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine with details partially visible.

Six thoughts about the Substack local initiative.


Are we losing the fight on content moderation? If so, what should we do instead?


Hazel, Dora and the leaf skeleton

A girl with a teddy tucked into her coat holding a leaf skeleton.

My first jab booked for Friday! 💉


I think the obsession with newsletters is obscuring the bigger story: that the growing prevalence of publishing platforms with built-in member support is going to change the dynamics of publishing over the next 10 years — and more than we expect.


While pulling together this list of weekend reading I remember thinking how often I was linking to Substack in it.

And then I remembered feeling the same about Medium a few years ago.

This too, shall pass, and the web will endure.


Anyone else using a Mac found that their rate of genuine emails filtered to spam has shot up in recent months?