Blackbird Rook’s Substack

Comedy or Catastrophe? The Futures We Keep Rehearsing

From Constables to K-Drama: The New Rules of Taste

The Art Collector’s Starter Kit: Curiosity Required, Millions Optional

Birdsong in the Machine: What I Learned Curating Digital Art (and Does It Still Matter?)

Worth Seeing: How to Recognise Good Art in an Age of Noise.

Why Buying a Painting Beats Whitewater Rafting

How to Collect in an Age of Spectacle

The Handshake and the Hustle

Is It a Good Investment? (And Should That Be Your First Question?)

The Magpie Instinct

After the End of the World (Again)

Soft Toys and Hard Truth