Laura Thompson’s Substack
Writing on writers - Nancy, Agatha, various Elizabeths and more. And on other things, from classical ballet to classic murder trials. Whatever interests me, and I hope you also.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 13
- Latest publication
- Sep 24, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 17, 2026
Latest issues
Class, pubs and Patrick Hamilton (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="555.2409638554217" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_Xo8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7f88bae-23cf-4b89-b6c5-aa0a7b75e09e
September 15th (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="419.1517027863777" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!p9wx!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe66dab8e-5d42-4169-9381-9cf63a14f29
D is for Doncaster (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="400.623046875" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WAsF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde7b0d2b-56be-4356-a99f-20c43f89a6f1_10
Anti-Desert Island Discs II (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="340.48" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4O5q!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F59d5db2f-d306-4861-b795-b75f4202089f_125
Anti-Desert Island Discs (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="331.52" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lthr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F094ab7ab-4309-4288-b1b7-788609d099ef_1250x700.p
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.