Web Library
I am so happy to have found that old school internet sites are still out there. Social media and mainstream websites are enshittified beyond use these days! The below are some of my favourite finds! I have so many more things to add..it's a work in progress!Personal websites
Dreaming in Celadon A beautiful personal site, with poetry and deep thoughts, a shrine to the written word
Beautiful scrapbook style site Goblin Cat
"You enter a lonely manor on top of a hill..."Liquid Cult The hanging decorations are so cool on this site
Inkcaps there is a shrine to The Last Unicorn film!
Star Thorns A very civilised online abode
Sick Sad Library "A repository, a sandbox, an art project, a coping mechanism, a virtual happy place, a commonplace book, a little bit of freedom in an increasingly limited Internet"
I love the house structure on this website, so fun to explore!
Renata's Labratory I love the vintage style and poison bottles on this site!
Oopsie Doodle A super cute and colourful digital junk drawer with lots of fun and whimsical content.
Sweet Heart Memory A little gothic castle in the cold a desolate modern web.
Espimyte Mindblowingly good! Just neon wild creativity
Divergent Rays Brilliant links on this site!
This site, I think, has the best academic paper I have ever read "A Phylogenetic Hypothesis of Muppet Evolution
Writers and Authors
Cory Doctorow Blog by the author of "Enshittinfication: why everything suddently got worse and what to do about it next"
Beepbird Zines, essays, writing, mental health
Jaron Lanier Recently watched a lot of videos with Jaron, interesting stuff!
Artists
Ele Marr Illustrator, prop-maker, writer. I bought her comic Dreaming House comic at Fantasy Forest 2026 - really good work! Shaun Martland/ Mr Picto Manchester based digital artist Jon Tuner Spooky black and white Manchester Artist Susie Tzu This site looks like a watercolour painting!
Interesting and Useful
Marginalia Search a search engine that prioritises non-commercial content; great for surfing the small web.
The Ark Weaving a patchwork of safe havens for Nature globally
Practical Betterments a collection of one-off actions that improve your life continuously
Ian's Shoelace Site The internets #1 website for shoelace information Animated Knots How to tie knots