Niall Ferguson's Time Machine is a Substack newsletter from historian Niall Ferguson that uses historical analysis to examine current economics, politics, and culture. Issues cover topics such as European protests and debt, American founding principles, election-year risks, and newly unlocked Nixon White House tape transcripts.

A daily history newsletter that retells dramatic events that happened on the same calendar date, with narrative detail drawn from primary and historical sources. Readers get vivid, well-researched accounts of moments like plane crashes, battlefield surrenders, and Cold War crises.

A weekly newsletter by linguist Colin Gorrie exploring the hidden history of English words and writing conventions, with accessible essays on etymology, usage, and how language works. Readers get well-researched explanations of why everyday words and grammar came to be the way they are.

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.