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Recommended by Donald Nordberg

Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

By Anne Applebaum

democracy and dictatorship, Russia and Ukraine, America and Europe, local and global, past and present

Don Nordberg (is/on) writing

Observations on writing - fiction, philosophy, and more

This one is my "other" stack, the one about writing - mainly at the intersection of ideas and fiction. Subscribe!

- Donald Nordberg

5 a.m. Stories

By Robert Basler

Lifelong journalist's stories he can't stop telling himself... Romance, humor and a wide, razzle-dazzle world....

Amusing anecdotes from chum and old colleague.

- Donald Nordberg

Media News You Need - Curated by Peter Bale

Media and associated news curated by and sometimes commented on by me - a long-time journalist and consultant with a background at major news organisations including Reuters, FT, CNN, and Microsoft. I welcome feedback and new directions.

Peter has a keen eye for trends in media and their effects on how we think.

- Donald Nordberg

History of the Present

By Timothy Garton Ash

Join a European 'historian of the present' to follow history as it happens

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

These insights - linking news - the "first rough draft of history" to history itself - are refreshing reminders of the value of reading and thinking before writing.

- Donald Nordberg