Ranked #1
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
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27mins
Ranked #2
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
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27mins
Ranked #3
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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27mins
Ranked #4
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
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27mins
Ranked #5
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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27mins
Ranked #6
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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27mins
Ranked #7
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
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27mins
Ranked #8
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
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27mins
Ranked #9
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
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27mins
Ranked #10
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
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27mins
Ranked #11
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
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27mins
Ranked #12
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
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27mins
Ranked #13
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
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27mins
Ranked #14
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
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27mins
Ranked #15
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
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27mins
Ranked #16
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
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39mins
Ranked #17
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
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27mins
Ranked #18
Catalonia and Cornwall
Catalonia and Cornwall
Jonathan Freedland compares the Catalonia crisis with a moment in Cornish history.
12 Dec 2017
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27mins
Ranked #19
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
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27mins
Ranked #20
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
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27mins