Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View on storytelling, drama and public injustices
Published on Tuesday, 5th March 2024.
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View on elderly leaders.
Published on Wednesday, 27th December 2023.
.Jonathan Freedland takes The Long View of the vacuum left by once-dominant leaders.
Published on Wednesday, 25th October 2023.
Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of plutocrats playing politics.
Published on Wednesday, 11th October 2023.
Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of mutinous marches.
Jonathan Freedland and guests make historical comparisons with current events.
Jonathan Freedland takes The Long View of Spring Offensives.
Published on Tuesday, 14th February 2023.
Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of political leaders making a comeback.
Published on Tuesday, 29th November 2022.
Jonathan Freedland sheds light on current events through stories from the past.
Published on Tuesday, 25th October 2022.
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of trade union strikes and the Labour Party.
Published on Tuesday, 9th August 2022.
Jonathan Freedland finds historical comparisons for the current Tory leadership contest.
Published on Tuesday, 12th July 2022.
Jonathan Freedland explores today's inflation alongside historic inflation spikes.
Published on Tuesday, 17th May 2022.
Jonathan Freedland explores the past behind the present. How do things fall apart?
Published on Monday, 7th March 2022.
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of cancel culture.
Published on Tuesday, 15th February 2022.
Jonathan Freedland explores the history of energy adaptation.
Jonathan Freedland explores historical parallels to the concerns around social media today
Published on Tuesday, 1st February 2022.
Jonathan Freedland explores historical parallels to the rise of China today.
Published on Tuesday, 25th January 2022.
Jonathan Freedland explores the past behind the present.
Published on Sunday, 18th July 2021.
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of violence against women in public Spaces.
Published on Tuesday, 22nd June 2021.
Jonathan Freedland compares today's COVID induced legal backlog with the 1666 Fire Courts.
Published on Tuesday, 24th November 2020.
Jonathan Freedland presents stories from the past and compares them with current events.
Published on Tuesday, 10th November 2020.
Published on Thursday, 30th July 2020.
Jonathan Freedland explores presidential elections fought amidst racial turmoil.
Published on Thursday, 23rd July 2020.
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of racism in sports crowds.
Published on Monday, 6th January 2020.
History series in which stories from the past shed light on current events
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View on technology companies and state espionage
Published on Tuesday, 26th November 2019.
Published on Tuesday, 19th November 2019.
Jonathan Freedland looks at women's roles in intelligence now and during WWII.
Published on Tuesday, 14th May 2019.
Jonathan Freedland compares Julian Assange to a pamphleteer and fugitive of the 1680s.
Published on Tuesday, 7th May 2019.
Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of the gender debate in women's sport.
Published on Friday, 3rd May 2019.
Jonathan Freedland compares Brexit with tensions between Offa and Charlemagne in the 790s.
Published on Tuesday, 23rd April 2019.
Jonathan Freedland compares inventions by inventors Elon Musk and Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Published on Tuesday, 29th January 2019.
Jonathan Freedland compares a Saudi prince with a medieval pope.
Published on Tuesday, 15th January 2019.
Jonathan Freedland compares Theresa May's woes now with those of Arthur Balfour in 1903-06
Published on Tuesday, 8th January 2019.
Jonathan Freedland and guests take the Long View on the expulsion of Russian diplomats.
Published on Thursday, 31st May 2018.
Jonathan Freedland compares safety on the railways in the 1830s to driverless cars today.
Published on Thursday, 19th April 2018.
The Facebook Cambridge Analytica data and the Catholic church in pre-Reformation Europe.
Published on Tuesday, 10th April 2018.
The Long View marks a year to go with a Brexit special edition.
Published on Friday, 6th April 2018.
Jonathan Freedland on Donald Trump's trade plans and Alexander Hamilton's financial plan.
Jonathan Freedland compares the Catalonia crisis with a moment in Cornish history.
Published on Tuesday, 12th December 2017.
Jonathan Freedland compares attempts to interfere in elections.
Published on Tuesday, 5th December 2017.
Jonathan Freedland compares the plight of black cab drivers with that of 18thC watermen.
Jonathan Freedland compares Theresa May's weakened premiership with Lord Rosebery in 1894.
Published on Tuesday, 21st November 2017.
Jonathan Freedland takes the long, unshaven view of the recent fashion for beard-wearing.
Published on Thursday, 3rd August 2017.
Grass-roots politics with the Conservative Primrose League in the 1880s and Momentum today
Published on Friday, 28th July 2017.
Jonathan Freedland compares cyber-attacks today with the Siege of Dover Castle in 1216.
Published on Thursday, 27th July 2017.
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of landmark fire tragedies.
Published on Thursday, 20th July 2017.
Jonathan Freedland hears how Elizabeth I and Theresa May look beyond Europe for trade.
Published on Thursday, 30th March 2017.
Jonathan Freedland on targeted fake news and the murder myth of a boy in Medieval Norwich.
Published on Tuesday, 21st March 2017.
Jonathan Freedland on Donald Trump's border wall and the 1840s Great Hedge of India.
Published on Tuesday, 14th March 2017.
Jonathan Freedland examines the result of the EU referendum through the prism of the past.
Published on Monday, 1st August 2016.
Jonathan Freedland focuses on Hillary Clinton and pioneering political women from history.
Published on Monday, 25th July 2016.
Military drones today and the Nazi V1 and V2 weapons. With Jonathan Freedland
Published on Friday, 22nd July 2016.
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of celebrity football managers.
Published on Monday, 18th July 2016.
Jonathan Freedland examines the rise of Donald Trump through the prism of the past.
Published on Tuesday, 15th March 2016.
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of online dating through a social network from 1898
Published on Tuesday, 19th January 2016.
Jonathan Freedland examines current debates about ethical shopping and production.
Published on Tuesday, 29th December 2015.
Today's debates about online privacy have 17th-century precedents. With Jonathan Freedland
Published on Tuesday, 22nd December 2015.
Jonathan Freedland compares the current milk crisis with the 1930s wheat crisis.
Published on Tuesday, 29th September 2015.
Jonathan Freedland compares Britain's responses to refugees from Vietnam and Syria.
Published on Monday, 28th September 2015.
History series in which stories from the past shed light on the present.
Published on Tuesday, 15th September 2015.
Jonathan Freedland examines today's 'living wage' in the light of a treatise from 1894.
Published on Tuesday, 8th September 2015.
