Here we are now - entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Hi friends - Thanks for subscribing to my Substack. You may know me from my Guardian columns - including Brigid Delaney’s Diary, or my books - This Restless Life, Wild Things, Wellmania and Reasons Not to Worry. Or my Netflix show - Wellmania. Or my cameo on the 2021 series of Celebrity Apprentice Australia.
In the 20 plus years I’ve been writing - one preoccuptation that has emerged as a theme is ‘what is the current moment we’re in - and how are we meeting it?’
The last three years I have taken a break from my own writing - as I worked as a speechwriter in the Albanese Labor government. But during this time, the ongoing current moment has been INTENSE! The world is getting stranger - and the need to make sense of it has an urgency I’ve not felt before.
I look forward to returning to my favourite preoccupations with you - and trying to make sense of it all, with my Substack The Chaos Era, which will launch next week (July 9 2025).
Expect a mixture of essays, humorous columns, reflections and news about my upcoming book - The Seeker and the Sage, which explores how Stoicism can help us grapple with life’s big questions. Frequency…..will aim to be weekly - but it will be all KILLER NO FILLER - so you won’t be reading something that I’ve pumped out just for the sake of a deadline.
I’ll be spending time crafting each piece - because I know your time is precious and you don’t want to be reading rubbish.
In the comments, let me know what you’d like to read from me - and I look forward to tackling these times together.
Brigid