Looking Sideways
Matthew Barr, Matt BarrExamining the creative life through the lens of surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding and other related endeavours.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 700 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 9 days ago |
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The Looking Sideways Book Store
Updated August 2026.
The Looking Sideways Book Store is my shop on Bookshop.org, where every book I bang on about on the podcast and in 10 Things lives in one place.
Buy any of my recommendations from it and you’ll be buying directly from...
Looking Sideways: 10 Things
1. Normal podcast service draws ever closer. This week I had the pleasure of interviewing the brilliant Liam Ivory of Maribou State about his career in music and his love of snowboarding and surfing. Thanks for being such a great sport, Li...
Looking Sideways: 10 Things
1. As close Looking Sideways watchers will have gathered, I’m in the middle on an extended break from my podcast and Substack, although I have generally managed to keep up the 10 Things cadence (even if I did miss last week).
The reason?...
Looking Sideways: 10 Things
1. Showing up is important, part 2. Last week it was Steve Gibson and the Eco-Koozie. This week it's my mate Gav Fernie-Jones, who gave me a generous public shout-out for the help I gave UNPARALD with their messaging ahead of the Winter Pa...
Looking Sideways: 10 Things
1. Reflections from a busy fortnight on the road: 1
Sometimes it only takes a window seat on a clear day to remind you anew of the commonplace technological wonder that is modern passenger air travel.
From Milan, we flew down the...
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