Writing from London

I have written over twenty books, including seventeen novels, and won the Booker Prize for fiction. Words are my faith, novels my passion, great novelists my paragons of truth. You might think I should get out more. You are right.

All sorts of journalism about the UK's capital city, plus history and culture on the side

Whistleblowers, dissidents and the world as I see it.

Thoughts on elections, public opinion and politics. The Swingometer is named in honour of the late Sir David Butler, inventor of both "swing" and the device to illustrate it on television.

Whatever intrigues me--these days the Russo-Ukraine War with regular departures

Politics, policy analysis, and foreign affairs from Sam and Lawrence Freedman

The secret thoughts, conversations and lives that women keep...by the ex-editor of ELLE and Cosmopolitan. (Plus, access to my invite-only writing group)

Politics, culture, and history from Scotland, the UK and beyond

Essays, reviews and early access to my books and documentaries.

Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

It's Ed West's sub stack

The Labour Party and the Soft Left

The whole shebang. Writings, personal and political .

Analysis and reporting on politics and culture in America. No partisan loyalties. No tribal prejudices.

Economic history, economics, political economy, finance, & forecasting. Here to try to make you (and me) smarter in a world with many increasingly deep & complicated troubles...

Claire Berlinski writes about international news and trends, liberal democracy and its discontents, and living in interesting times. Her readers and writers join her in what has become Substack's premier salon for the discussion of global affairs.