Archive - Everything Is Amazing

Breakfast Under The Bridge

On finding awe in deeply uncomfortable things.

Jul 1 •

June 2025

What's Your Latest Discovery?

How to become one of today's lucky 10,000.

Jun 27 •

The Future Is Now #1: Floods, Pings & Regrowing Things

Plus: some truly *magnificent* tits.

Jun 26 •

How To Survive The Graveyard Of Ships

"I have felt this feeling before on a mountain, or in battle, and I should have been warned."

Jun 18 •

An Idiot's Guide To Not Being Trolled

Plus: paragliding into the Death Zone.

Jun 3 •

May 2025

Substack Live: Brendan and Mike Talk Stories

Watch now | (And an update on a previous story that just went bananas!)

May 21 •

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Brendan Leonard

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For Nine Days, The Earth Rang Like A Bell

And other examples of the incredible power of moving water.

May 11 •

April 2025

Now We Are 30,000: More Clueless But Well-Meant Advice For Writers, Artists And Fellow Idiots

Blimey blimey blimey.

Apr 30 •

How To See An Impossible Colour

Glimpsing the Emerald City, and other brain-bending sights.

Apr 20 •

How To Meet The Idiot Writing This Newsletter

Well, this should either go GREAT or TERRIBLY.

Apr 10 •

A Beginner's Guide To Slowing Down Time

Could we ever experience the world the way birds do?

Apr 8 •

March 2025

The Man Who Mistook His Life For A Memory

Who are we without what we remember about ourselves?

Mar 28 •

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