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Here are musings about politics, food, memories, ideas, poems, theatre, ageing. I think this Substack will be a bit death-shadowed, because death does tend to shadow people my age, but I don't intend the offerings to be lugubrious.

Newsletter · By Juliet Wittman · Official site

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Sep 25, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    [COPY] Apple Season (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Should Old Age Be All About Victory? (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    Communism and Socialism (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Aug 21, 2026

    The Death of Rachel Corrie (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Jul 31, 2026

    Funny and a Touch Thought-Provoking (opens the original)

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