Etcetera

By Matthew Culnane

A weekly newsletter of interesting and in-depth articles across a wide range of topics, with added context and further reading from my archives.

Previous issues

Etcetera #20: Belinda Carlisle, Blind Gaming, Lego

#20 Jul 2, 2021

Etcetera #19: Joni, Architecture, Coupland

#19 Jun 25, 2021

Etcetera #18: Tacos, PDFs, Replica Kits

#18 Jun 18, 2021

#17

Jun 4, 2021

Etcetera #17: Content, Recommendations, Greebles – Hello. Nice to be back after a week at the seaside with mediocre weather followed by a week stuck ins
#16

May 21, 2021

Etcetera #16: Criticism, Asterisks, Brassicas – Hello. Here are this week's picks. A minor change in format this week as I had a lot to include—let m
#15

May 14, 2021

Etcetera #15: Anthropocene, Bananas, Booze – Hello. A bumper crop for you this week. Truly, there's something for all the family, particularly if
#14

May 7, 2021

Etcetera #14: Blades, Blums, Blues – Hello. Here are this week's picks. Lots more good replies and comments last week—do feel free to repl
#13

Apr 30, 2021

Etcetera #13: Beef, Signs, Terminators – Hello. A couple of longer items about food to start off this issue, then a series of smaller things.I
#12

Apr 23, 2021

Etcetera #12: Redemption, Mermaids, Pleasurable Sadness – Here are this week's recommendations.A few new readers signed up this week so I will repeat my boring
#11

Apr 16, 2021

Etcetera #11: Empire, Taxonomy, Pocahontas – Hello! Here are this week's recommendations. Reply to this email (it'll only go to me) with any of yo
#10

Apr 9, 2021

Etcetera #10: Pizza, Muons, Stop-Motion – Welcome to another Plague Friday! Here are this week's picks. I particularly like the first article a
#9

Apr 2, 2021

Etcetera #9: The Keynes, rewilding, horological craftsmanship – I am compiling this a couple of days in advance so allow me some slack if any of the links get milksh
#8

Mar 26, 2021

Etcetera #8: Trees, Pasta, Death – Hello. How are you? I felt supremely shit all last week after my Bill Gates injection so there was no
#7

Mar 12, 2021

Etcetera #7: Coinage, Dundee United, Prince – I had my COVID-19 vaccination this morning, and I'm feeling ever so slightly under the weather, so ap
#6

Mar 5, 2021

Etcetera #6: NFTs, subscriptions, sign language – Here's this week's list of links. Truly, something for everyone! I wouldn't blame you for skipping ov
#5

Feb 26, 2021

Etcetera #5: Tattoos, heroin and Facebook – Here are this week’s links: a slightly smaller selection this week, and presented in a tweaked newsle
#4

Feb 19, 2021

Etcetera #4: generalists, nostalgia, the IndieWeb – Hello again. I have missed you.Here are this week's links. If you enjoy the newsletter then please fo
#3

Feb 12, 2021

Etcetera #3 - Mental health & representation in video games – Brrr. It appears to be Friday, again, so here are some things I enjoyed reading this week. As ever, e
#2

Feb 5, 2021

Etcetera #2: [brackets] and _italics_ – Welcome to the second issue of Etcetera. Thank you to those who subscribed in the past week. Below is
#1

Jan 29, 2021

Etcetera #1: Birdwatch, crosswords, counterculture – Thanks for subscribing to Etcetera! Here's the first issue.Below is a list of links that I found inte