Substacks recommended by Kate Walker | Around the World in 80 Scrapes

Recommended by Kate Walker

New York Times/Times journalist talking about aspects of travel you'll seldom see in the mainstream travel press, but also stuff you would. Covering budget travel, luxury travel and everything in between: tips, photo essays, rants and more

Wander, Wonder, Write

By Claire Polders

Dispatches from a Dutch midlife author who lives nowhere for very long. On traveling, books, love, philosophy, mindfulness, art, nature, and the world of writing.

The Mekong Memo

By Derek van Pelt

We monitor and curate business news for nearly 3,500 informed decision makers who need to know what is happening in the Mekong subregion of Southeast Asia. Cambodia (Monday), Myanmar (Tuesday), Laos (Wednesday), Vietnam (Thursday), and Thailand (Friday).

Normal Island News

By Laura

The UK's second most reliable news source after Gbeebies. Parody/satire x

Phillip’s Substack

By Phillip Horton

The hows, wheres, whys and whats of going around the world with Formula 1.

Tourism's Horizon

The Substack for the Tourism's Horizon: Travel for the Millions project

World in Motorsport

By Leigh M O'Gorman

World in Motorsport is a motor racing publication dedicated to delivering the best in feature interviews, in depth studies as well as sporting, technical and industry analysis.

Motorsport is so much more interesting than you think it is, and Leigh *gets it*.

- Kate Walker

Poste restante

By Mark Hodson

After 15 years on the Travel section of The Sunday Times, 80 or so countries and way too many round-ups ... these are the articles I really wanted to publish.

Tabled

By Julia Watson

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

Do you like food? Travel? Politics? Recipes? The author of this Substack wrote THE WORLD'S FIRST ACTUAL NEWSLETTER back in Soviet Russia a million years ago, then repeated the feat on the other side of the Iron Curtain.

- Kate Walker

Travel is Dangerous

By Gavin Brennan

A newsletter about travel and what it does to us

Really lovely writing about one man's love affair with Vietnam. His adventure has now ended, but the stories are timeless.

- Kate Walker

Talking Travel Writing

By Lottie & Steph

Demystifying the travel media

Asia Sentinel

Independent news and analysis about Asia's politics, economics, culture and more

Couchfish

By Stuart

Keeping you on the road in Southeast Asia, at least in your mind, from your couch.

Lovely travel stories, but THE BEST thinking/observations on sustainable travel, greenwashing, ethical tourism... If you have a passport and a brain Couchfish is a must.

- Kate Walker

Food is Stupid

By Dennis Lee

My name is Dennis Lee, aka Dannis Ree, and I'm a Chicago-based food writer whose main goal is to ruin food for everyone. Especially you.