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The Long View

Jonathan Freedland presents the series in which stories from the past are compared with current events.

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Brexit and an Elizabethan Age of Trade

Brexit and an Elizabethan Age of Trade

As we prepare to leave the EU, Jonathan Freedland compares overseas trade in today's Elizabethan age with that of the si... Read more

30 Mar 2017

27mins

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Grenfell Tower and Watson Street fire tragedies

Grenfell Tower and Watson Street fire tragedies

Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of landmark fires exploring the parallels between the tragedies of the Watson Str... Read more

20 Jul 2017

27mins

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Impeaching a President

Impeaching a President

With the fast-developing saga of the investigations gathering pace towards a possible impeachment of President Donald Tr... Read more

6 Jan 2020

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Huawei and Siemens

Huawei and Siemens

Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of suspected state espionage through technology companies. He compares investigat... Read more

26 Nov 2019

27mins

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Extinction Rebellion and the Bonfire of the Vanities

Extinction Rebellion and the Bonfire of the Vanities

Jonathan Freedland and his guests compare the Bonfire of the Vanities in fifteenth century Florence with Extinction Rebe... Read more

19 Nov 2019

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Women in Intelligence and Cybersecurity

Women in Intelligence and Cybersecurity

Jonathan Freedland compares the drive to attract more women into intelligence and cybersecurity today to the recruitment... Read more

14 May 2019

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Julian Assange and Robert Ferguson

Julian Assange and Robert Ferguson

Jonathan Freedland considers the career of Julian Assange and looks back at the life of Robert Ferguson, a seventeenth c... Read more

7 May 2019

27mins

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Gender in women's sport

Gender in women's sport

Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of the gender debate in women's sport. There are currently two points of content... Read more

3 May 2019

27mins

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Brexit and European Diplomacy

Brexit and European Diplomacy

Jonathan Freedland explores parallels between Brexit and a major dispute between King Offa of Mercia and Charlemagne, K... Read more

23 Apr 2019

27mins

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Elon Musk's Hyperloop and Brunel's Atmospheric Traction Rail

Elon Musk's Hyperloop and Brunel's Atmospheric Traction Rail

Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of pioneering invention and the trials and tribulations thereof in the form of El... Read more

29 Jan 2019

27mins

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The Long View of would-be reforming leaders

The Long View of would-be reforming leaders

A new figure on the world stage with enormous influence, is creating confusion. Heralded as a reformer he is also respo... Read more

15 Jan 2019

27mins

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Prime Ministers and Divided Parties

Prime Ministers and Divided Parties

Jonathan Freedland compares Theresa May's woes now with those of Arthur Balfour in 1903-06, taking the long view of prim... Read more

8 Jan 2019

27mins

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Russian Expulsions

Russian Expulsions

Jonathan Freedland and guests take the Long View on the expulsion of Russian diplomats - both in 2018 after the Skripal ... Read more

31 May 2018

27mins

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Driverless Cars and the Railways of 1830

Driverless Cars and the Railways of 1830

Jonathan Freedland compares safety on the railways in the 1830s to the debate around driverless cars today.The Liverpool... Read more

19 Apr 2018

27mins

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Facebook revelations and the Reformation

Facebook revelations and the Reformation

Jonathan Freedland and guests compare the Facebook Cambridge Analytica data row with Luther's rejection of Purgatory and... Read more

10 Apr 2018

27mins

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Brexit Special

Brexit Special

The Long View marks a year to go to Brexit. Jonathan Freedland & guests consider multiple historical scenarios when ... Read more

6 Apr 2018

39mins

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Trump and Hamilton on American Trade

Trump and Hamilton on American Trade

Jonathan Freedland and guests take The Long View of Donald Trump's trade plans. The United States slapping hefty tariffs... Read more

6 Apr 2018

27mins

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Catalonia and Cornwall

Catalonia and Cornwall

Jonathan Freedland compares the Catalonia crisis with a moment in Cornish history.

12 Dec 2017

27mins

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Russian meddling in the American democratic process

Russian meddling in the American democratic process

Jonathan Freedland explores the parallels between recent alleged Russian state interference in the American and other fo... Read more

5 Dec 2017

27mins

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The rise of Uber and the plight of London's watermen

The rise of Uber and the plight of London's watermen

Jonathan Freedland compares the plight of black cab drivers with the fate of London's watermen. For centuries watermen h... Read more

5 Dec 2017

27mins

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