Nika Talbot
@nikatalbot.bsky.social
Travel writer and publisher of Bold Types | 80s latchkey kid turned wander woman. Fave pastime: getting lost. 🖤 Subscribe for the Little Black Book.
Klaus Thymann: “The truth has become optional" Detained in Uganda documenting Rwenzori's melting glaciers. #pressfreedom www.nikatalbot.io/p/klaus-thym...
Klaus Thymann: “The truth has become optional"
Detained in Uganda documenting Rwenzori's melting glaciers
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“That's the dirtiest football I’ve ever seen.” World Cup final: chaos v calm. Plus, a table for one at the North Star and the men who came over anyway. www.nikatalbot.io/p/thats-the-... #worldcup2026 #solotravel
“That's the dirtiest football I’ve ever seen.”
World Cup final: chaos v calm. Plus, a table for one at the North Star and the men who came over anyway.
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A tale of two tapestries - and how to see Britain’s own #Bayeux for free. open.substack.com/pub/nikatalb...
A tale of two tapestries
Plus: how to see Britain’s own Bayeux for free.
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Just read through this - what a wonderful encounter! 🩵 and a great reminder for all of us to absorb more, appreciate more, and write more with our own hands. Thank you for sharing, excited to hear about your next café visit! 🫶
The man with six fountain pens ✍️ On writing by hand, reading maps, and why we're craving "extreme analog." www.nikatalbot.io/p/the-man-wi...
Need my copy chops? I'm a travel writer and publisher of Bold Types. Curiosity-led travel writing, from a genXy wander woman. Stories, conversations, community. See the world: in your body. Subscribe: www.nikatalbot.io Work and collaborate with me: nikatalbot.io Art by @sophillustrates
🌍 Starts tomorrow! Join me at the #SoloFemaleTravelSummit. Connect with a global community of wander women. open.substack.com/pub/nikatalb...
🌍 Starts tomorrow! Join me at the Solo Female Travel Summit
Connect with a global community of wander women
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🌍 We deserve better than a Portacabin in a car park. Kylie’s new Netflix doc — and Margaret Hodge on why we need to 'stop writing off older women'. www.nikatalbot.io/p/we-deserve...
🌍 We deserve better than a Portacabin in a car park.
Kylie’s new Netflix doc — and Margaret Hodge on why we need to 'stop writing off older women'.
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As the #Eurovision Song Contest, the world’s most watched cultural event, got to its customary glitzy end with winning Bulgarian dance anthem #Bangaranga, #thisweekthosebooks says thank you for the music with 2 great reads. thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/eurovision...
Repost: Eurovision high notes and low
Thank you for the music, even the silly songs
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🌍 Fancy a pub desk? 40% cheaper than coworking. Plus: A Hastings Pub Crawl — with artistic license. www.nikatalbot.io/p/fancy-a-pu... #KingsSpeech
🌍 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. ✨ #111Places www.nikatalbot.io/p/no-more-pu...
“No more pubs, Norm.”
May’s read: 111 places in Hastings & Rye that you shouldn’t miss.
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Wander, retreat, remember The rise of the creative biz retreat — and the UK gets its first memorial for journalists who died chasing the truth. #IWMD open.substack.com/pub/nikatalb...
Wander, retreat, remember
The rise of the creative biz retreat — and the UK gets its first memorial for journalists who died chasing the truth.
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📆 On Tue 28 April @NUJ_LFB is holding a vigil outside @stbrides.com, the Journalists' Church, to honour our colleagues killed while reporting. 2.30-3 pm. Marking International Workers' Memorial Day. #IWMD All welcome 🙏 Please spread the word. www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2604iwmd....
Via @nikatalbot.bsky.social: “How can you not be romantic about #journalism?” A question (and manifesto of sorts) from @joshih.bsky.social of @millmedia.bsky.social & @leakorsgaard.bsky.social of @zetland.dk #ijf26 open.substack.com/pub/nikatalb...
Love, journalism
🇮🇹 Insights from #ijf26 in Perugia. Plus: Wikipedia for independents
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Love, journalism 🇮🇹 Insights from #ijf26 in Perugia. Plus: Wikipedia for independents open.substack.com/pub/nikatalb...
Love, journalism
🇮🇹 Insights from #ijf26 in Perugia. Plus: Wikipedia for independents
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It is solved by walking Two weeks in Robin Hood country. Plus: virtual coworking this week. www.nikatalbot.io/p/it-is-solv...
It is solved by walking
Two weeks in Robin Hood country. Plus: virtual coworking this week.
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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. open.substack.com/pub/nikatalb...
The tide is turning
A copyright win, for now. Plus, seaside with soul—St Leonards makes The Sunday Times' Best Places to Live.
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Hiya 🤗 I'm a writer and journalist specialising in solo adventure travel, positive impact, and cultural tourism. Publisher, Bold Types. Work and collaborate with me: See my offerings → nikatalbot.io Join my community → nikatalbot.io
Nika
Travel & culture writer
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Reading Lyse Doucet’s book, The Finest Hotel in Kabul, right now, with great interest, @nikatalbot.bsky.social, not just because I lived in Kabul for a year, but I had the privilege of co-presenting on the World Service with her. 1/2 www.nikatalbot.io/p/free-bird-...
Free Bird I Am
Celebrating bold women, second acts, and 6 years on Substack. Plus: Unoffice Hours invite.
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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. www.nikatalbot.io/p/hastings-i...
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
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Beautiful day in London. Working in a cafe opposite The Lady RIP. Such a beautiful building rebuilt in 1861 - makes me sad to see it boarded up like this.
"I didn't intend to move here but this place chose me." open.substack.com/pub/nikatalb...
"I didn't intend to move here but this place chose me."
🌐 Creative co-working in BoA and the rise of spiritual tourism.
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Well worth a read - connect with the ft. journos (we love to collab) and also check out the @muckrack.com blog piece on Substack. @nujlfb.bsky.social is hosting a members' webinar on 12 March to help you make the most of MuckRack. Join us!
Muck Rack@muckrack.com · 8mo agoAs creator content grows, journalism keeps evolving right alongside it. We asked journalists how this shift is showing up in their work, and they shared some insightful takes. See what your peers are saying: https://bit.ly/4pQnO8J
BRAVE NEW WORLD? Justice For Creators In The Age of GEN AI AOP Co-Authors New Report Revealing Generative AI’s Destruction of the UK’s Cultural Sector Read the Report: bit.ly/4a1S8a7 Email Your MP: bit.ly/4k3w9V0 #JusticeForCreators #ProtectPromoteInspire
Workation: Bradford on Avon From wool to rubber, mushrooms, marijuana farming, and live music. Plus: Introducing the Shift Community Calendar. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Workation: Bradford on Avon
From wool to rubber, mushrooms, marijuana farming, and live music. Plus: Introducing the Shift Community Calendar.
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Reinvention season. Enjoy the little things. The big things will sort themselves out. For last-minute gifts I recommend DEPT OF JOY, Matt Setchel’s sunny shop + creative studio in St Leonards. "Always keep a little joy in your back pocket." 💛 www.nikatalbot.io/p/reinventio...
Reinvention season
Enjoy the little things. The big things will sort themselves out.
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