Essays on power, statecraft and the rise and fall of civilizations, drawing on thinkers like Spengler and Tocqueville and on historical themes. It also includes fictional epistolary series such as The Oligarchs' Lost Letters, with extra content for paid subscribers.
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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.
A slow, richly illustrated guide to Italian buildings and places, focusing on the history behind monuments like the Appian Way, Gibellina's Cretto and Villa d'Este. Each issue explains what to look at and why, with practical trip notes.
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