🌍 Fancy a pub desk?

40% cheaper than coworking. Plus: A Hastings Pub Crawl — with artistic license.

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🌍 “No more pubs, Norm.”

May’s read: 111 places in Hastings & Rye that you shouldn’t miss.

May 5 • Nika Talbot ✨

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April 2026

🌍 Need a reset?

The rise of the creative biz retreat — and the UK gets its first memorial for journalists who died chasing the truth.

Apr 26 • Nika Talbot ✨

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🌍 Love, journalism

Insights from #ijf26 in Perugia. Plus: Wikipedia for independents.

Apr 19 • Nika Talbot ✨

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🌍 It is solved by walking

Two weeks in Robin Hood country. Plus: virtual coworking this week.

Apr 12 • Nika Talbot ✨

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🌍 Happy Easter!

A note from Nika (sorry, bit windy in Thieves Wood)

Apr 5 • Nika Talbot ✨

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March 2026

🌍 A love letter to Mansfield

Back to my roots - “No one has any teeth!”. Plus, £900 for a tweet? I’ll take it.

Mar 29 • Nika Talbot ✨

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🌍 The tide is turning

A copyright win, for now. Plus, seaside with soul—St Leonards makes The Sunday Times' Best Places to Live.

Mar 22 • Nika Talbot ✨

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🌍 Fed up with fueling AI? Try this

Really Simple Licensing (RSL) could help creators get paid. Plus: Brave New World? justice report, and this week's AI news.

Mar 15 • Nika Talbot ✨

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🌍 Free Bird I Am

Celebrating bold women, second acts, and 6 years on Substack. Plus: Unoffice Hours invite.

Mar 8 • Nika Talbot ✨

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🌍 Hastings IS the Town of Culture. It just needs the title.

Songs from the edge of England. And JJ Waller’s excellent exhibition: Beside the Sea

Mar 1 • Nika Talbot ✨

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February 2026

🌍 "I didn't intend to move here but this place chose me."

Creative co-working in BoA and the rise of spiritual tourism.

Feb 15 • Nika Talbot ✨

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