If you know me by now, you know I’m an advocate of email – especially ones made with love, well crafted design and thoughtful content.

Asides from our link-based city guides for creative professionals, business folk and tech peeps at The Fetch, here’s some I subscribe to and check weekly.

Without ado, and in no particular order:

Long Reads

Longreads posts links to new stories every day, including long-form journalism, magazine stories from your favorite publications.”

Curated by Mark Armstrong.

Subscribe @ http://longreads.com

Also check out Travel Reads @ http://longreads.com/travelreads

Brain Pickings

“Offers the week’s best articles across art, science, design, history, and the usual miscellanea, alongside short highlights from other notable reads.”

Curated by Maria Popova.

Subscribe @ http://brainpickings.org

NextDraft

“In a world of link-bait newsletters, NextDraft stands out: smart, insightful commentary with just the right dose of snark. Day in and day out, Dave delivers.”

Curated by Dave Pell.

Subscribe @ http://nextdraft.com

STW Nextness

Your one stop shop for what’s now and what’s next. Brought to you by STW Group, the southern hemisphere’s largest marketing, content and communications group.

Curated by Jessica Stanley.

Subscribe @ http://nextness.com.au

Hacker Newsletter

“A weekly newsletter of the best articles on startups, technology, programming, and more. All links are curated by hand from the popular Hacker News site.”

Curated by Kale Davis.

Subscribe @ http://www.hackernewsletter.com

Honourable mentions to EdSurge, Women 2.0 and The Shortlist Daily.