The Newsletter of Alastair Johnston

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This is the page I used to pick up a hedgehog
Hello again, dear reader.
Aug 13
5

June 2025

Un-optimising dog walks
Hello again, dear reader.
Jun 13
2

April 2025

Mind the gap
Unfunking yourself, fighting back and even more Bluebells
Apr 26
5

February 2025

Zecharia, Jesuits, Lions and an Antidote for the Overthinker
and some links.
Feb 28
1
Make sure you're not tracking the wrong lion
and some winter reads.
Feb 2
3

January 2025

Fighting the tech bros by thinking smaller
Note: contains a small profanity, apologies.
Jan 11
10

December 2024

We interrupt this publication...
Hello Dear Reader,
Dec 24, 2024 • 
Alastair Johnston
3

November 2024

Digital Gardens, the problem with Substack and a modern Good Samaritan Tale
This week's newsletter of totally unrelated things.
Nov 16, 2024
2

October 2024

I can't explain
I can't explain why being in nature makes me feel small but whole.
Oct 11, 2024 • 
Alastair Johnston

September 2024

English Essays and other updates?
A newsletter of bread, whippets and scattered ephemera
Sep 27, 2024 • 
Alastair Johnston
Bread
As the curate placed the small square of gluten free communion bread into the hands of the servers by the altar, over the speakers we heard the faintest…
Sep 27, 2024 • 
Alastair Johnston
1
Where the hell have you been?
A newsletter of updates, interests and a potential joke to play on a mate
Sep 20, 2024 • 
Alastair Johnston
3
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