Gnomenclature is a weekly newsletter from retailer Hammacher Schlemmer that uses its product and advertising archive to explore history and culture, from pop-culture cameos to forgotten songs and product mysteries. Readers get archival stories, guessing games about vintage gadgets, and playful accounts of the company's past.
Website: https://gnomenclature.hammacher.com
Timothy Garton Ash's newsletter offers personal and analytical reflections from a European 'historian of the present' on current events, history, and European politics. Readers get essays tying contemporary issues like Russian aggression toward Ukraine, French student protests, and tributes to figures like Adam Michnik to deeper historical context.
Chartbook is Adam Tooze's newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history, offering longer and more freewheeling analysis than his journalism. Recent issues feature curated top links alongside essays on topics like US current account and AI investment, Treasury markets, Indonesia's economic crisis, and historical episodes.
Noema is an online magazine publishing long-form essays on politics, history, science, and society, with issues covering topics like Sudan's conflicts, short-termism in democracies, and coastal erosion. Readers get in-depth, thoughtful analysis and reportage from a variety of contributors.
Chris Arnade writes essays and photo dispatches from long walks, mostly through America and abroad, mixing reportage with reflection on books and ideas. Recent issues cover de Tocqueville's Democracy in America, the history of the integrated circuit, and updates on his health and travel plans.
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