History
19 newsletters & 33 RSS feeds tagged with History
Newsletters and feeds about history: historical stories, research and writing that puts the present in context.
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512 Pixels
Stephen Hackett's blog about Apple, its history and things that light up and make noise, from new hardware to vintage Macs.
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An Index of Verisimilitudes
Long-form articles on programming, language and the state of the internet, largely related to the author's own programming work.
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Ancient Origins
Archaeology news and stories about ancient discoveries.
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Archaeology Magazine
Daily archaeology news and in-depth reports on the latest discoveries from Archaeology magazine, published by the Archaeological Institute of America.
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Aresluna
Marcin Wichary's writing on keyboards, typography, design and interface history, from the author of Shift Happens.
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Atlas Obscura
Atlas Obscura's newest additions to its atlas of the world's hidden wonders, curious places and unusual history.
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bitsgalore.org
Johan van der Knijff on digital preservation and file formats.
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Computers Are Bad
J. B. Crawford's deep dives into the strange history of computers, telecoms and infrastructure.
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Daily Stoic
Ryan Holiday's free daily email of Stoic wisdom from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca and Epictetus, to help you build strength, insight and resilience in everyday life.
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Damn Interesting
Fascinating true stories from history, science and psychology, in long-form articles and podcast episodes.
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Daryl Sun's Journal
Daryl Sun's online diary of misadventures in two worlds, from retro computing and games to life.
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Die, Workwear!
Derek Guy's blog about classic men's clothing and style, from tailoring and shoes to the best sales and where to shop.
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Downtown Doug Brown
Doug Brown's deep dives into reverse engineering, electronics, embedded Linux and vintage Macs.
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Dwarkesh Podcast
Dwarkesh Patel's deeply researched interviews and essays on AI, history, science and economics.
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Fabien Sanglard
Fabien Sanglard's chronicles of software wizardry: deep dives into game engines, graphics and the source code of classic games.
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Flashbak
Vintage photos and stories from the past.
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Futility Closet
Futility Closet: an idler's miscellany of curiosities from history, language, art, mathematics and puzzles.
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Hardcore Software
Former Microsoft Windows chief Steven Sinofsky's personal stories and lessons from inside the rise and fall of the PC revolution, plus essays on building software.
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History Facts
A free daily email that brings the past to life with a surprising, lesser-known story from history each morning.
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History Today
History Today's in-depth articles and reviews from leading historians.
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History Today
History Today magazine's newsletters, including a free weekly long read every Thursday, plus articles, reviews and news about history.
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HistoryExtra
HistoryExtra's articles on British and world history from BBC History Magazine, for all levels of interest.
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ianVisits
Ian Mansfield's London news and events site, with the quirky, historic and lesser-known things to see and do in the city, plus a weekly round-up.
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Interesting Facts
Fascinating facts and surprising articles about science, history, nature, language and more, in your inbox every day.
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Internal Tech Emails
Internal tech industry emails that surface in public records.
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Inventing The Future
John Buck's writing on organisations and the history of self-management.
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Jefklak's Codex
Wouter Groeneveld's retro gaming posts on Nintendo handhelds, nineties DOS games and old-school PC RPGs.
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Ken Shirriff's blog
Computer history, restoring vintage computers and reverse engineering chips, die photo by die photo.
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Letters of Note
Shaun Usher shares history's most interesting letters, from famous names and ordinary people, with the story behind each one.
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Medievalists.net
News, articles and research about the Middle Ages.
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Mental Floss
Mental Floss' weird and interesting facts about history, entertainment, language and geography, plus quizzes and trivia.
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Messy Nessy Chic
Curious stories from history, culture and forgotten places, from Messy Nessy's cult online cabinet of curiosities in Paris.
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National Geographic newsletters
The latest from National Geographic.
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Now I Know
Dan Lewis's free daily newsletter: one fun fact and the true story behind it every weekday morning, read by about 50,000 people since 2010.
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Old Vintage Computing Research
Cameron Kaiser's hands-on adventures with vintage computers, operating systems and forgotten hardware.
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Playing in the World
Jon Peterson on the history of Dungeons & Dragons and roleplaying games.
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Remember Singapore
Stories and photos remembering Singapore's past.
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Roots of Progress
Jason Crawford's Roots of Progress Institute on the history and future of science, technology and human progress, and building a culture of progress.
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Ryan Holiday's Reading List
A monthly email of 5 to 10 book recommendations from author Ryan Holiday, read by over 300,000 people.
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Shady Characters
Keith Houston's Shady Characters: the secret life of punctuation, typography and books.
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Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian Magazine's newsletters of stories about history, science, arts, culture and travel.
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Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian Magazine's in-depth stories on history, archaeology, science, arts and culture.
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Spitalfields Life
Daily stories about the people and history of Spitalfields and the East End of London.
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Tedium
Ernie Smith's twice-weekly offbeat newsletter that mines the long tail of the internet and history in search of obscurities.
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The Digital Antiquarian
Jimmy Maher's in-depth history of computer games and digital culture.
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The Heirloom Historian
Stories about heirlooms, objects and what we keep and leave behind.
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The History Blog
The History Blog's stories on archaeology, history and new discoveries.
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The Silicon Underground
David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, retro computers, tech history and computer security.
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The Stepback
A weekly Sunday deep dive from The Verge into one essential tech story, written by a rotating cast of Verge writers.
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Time Extension
Time Extension's retro gaming news and features.
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Uncharted Territories
Tomas Pueyo on understanding today's world to prepare for tomorrow, with deep dives on AI, geography, history, energy and the future of democracy.
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World History Encyclopedia
Fact-checked articles, maps and timelines from a non-profit history encyclopedia.
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