History of English:
- Video of Claire Bowern's Where did English come from? (from TED-Ed)
- Grammar Girl's discussion on English in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Asia, which includes an article and podcast (starts at 3:04)
History of Spelling:
- Video of Gina Cooke's Making sense of spelling (from TED-Ed)
- Grammar Girl's discussion on The History of English Spelling, which includes an article and podcast (starts at 6:40)
- Video of John McWhorter's A brief history of plural words (from TED-Ed)
- Video of Gina Cooke's The true story of "true" (from TED-Ed)
History of Literature:
- Video of Julie Dreyfuss's The evolution of the book (from TED-Ed)
- Video of Chip Kidd's Designing books is no laughing matter (from TED Talks)