The Fortnightly is about thinking, writing, reading, teaching & more. Every 2 weeks in the school term since 2016 - on Substack since 2024. Always free, but contributions are most welcome, and paid contributors will receive The Occasional, a close-cousin.
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Late summer update, August 2026
Thanks to the many who subscribed during the summer, which means you haven’t actually received a Fortnightly yet. But you will soon, during term-time every two weeks starting on September 12th, an issue which includes Julia Bell, Ben Lerner...
The Occasional 16
Catríona Lally, James Harpur, Francisco de Zurbarán, Carol Atherton, Marc Watkins & William Faulkner, Emily Wilson, David Hockney, Daisy Christodoulou and more.
For paid subscribers, the final Occasional of these summer holidays.
The Occasional 15
J.L. Carr, Annie Ernaux, Musa Okwonga, Toni Morrison, Alfred Hayes, Seichō Matsumoto, Duff Cooper, Elias Canetti, Claire Keegan, Stefan Zweig, Neil Sentance, Jessica Au, Deborah Levy and many more.
For new subscribers: The Fortnightly does...
The Occasional 14
Patrick Radden Keefe, Alfred Hayes, Wendy Erskine in Dalkey, Claire Keegan & summer books, Tessa Hadley, Mandy Brown on reading & attention, Gloria Mark on attention, Marc Watkins on analog teaching.
For paid subscribers, another Occasiona...
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Wendy Erskine, Julie Parsons, Edna O'Brien & Andrew O'Hagan, summer reading, Gustave Caillebotte and more.
The final Fortnightly of this academic year. Many thanks to those of you who are long-standing supporters; it was great too to welco...
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