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The Politics of History Textbooks

Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of writing history books for children.

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23/07/2014

Jonathan Freedland compares Nigel Farage with the 18th-century politician John Wilkes.

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30/07/2014

Jonathan Freedland on attitudes to young people who volunteer to fight in foreign wars.

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06/08/2014

Jonathan Freedland looks at the boom in coffee shops now and in the 17th century.

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Documenting the Self: Victorian Diaries and 21st-Century Social Media

Jonathan Freedland looks at the current fashion for recording our lives on social media.

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Obesity in the 1930s and now

Jonathan Freedland compares current debates about obesity with concerns in the 1930s.

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The Aliens Act of 1905

Jonathan Freedland examines immigration legislation in the light of the 1905 Aliens Act.

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The 1929 General Election and the Art of Political Persuasion

Jonathan Freedland focuses on political campaigning in the light of the 1929 election.

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The Living Wage

Jonathan Freedland examines today's 'living wage' in the light of a treatise from 1894.

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The Long View of Popularising Exploration

History series in which stories from the past shed light on the present.

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Vietnamese refugees in 1979

Jonathan Freedland compares Britain's responses to refugees from Vietnam and Syria.

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Today's crisis in dairy farming and the wheat crisis of the 1930s

Jonathan Freedland compares the current milk crisis with the 1930s wheat crisis.

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John Thurloe, Cromwell's postmaster, and the interception of mail

Today's debates about online privacy have 17th-century precedents. With Jonathan Freedland

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Slave Labour and Consumer Power

Jonathan Freedland examines current debates about ethical shopping and production.

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Online Dating and the Lonely Hearts Ad

Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of online dating through a social network from 1898

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Donald Trump and the Politics of Celebrity

Jonathan Freedland examines the rise of Donald Trump through the prism of the past.

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Military Drones and the 'Robo-planes' of the 1940s

Jonathan Freedland examines contemporary military drones and Nazi V1 and V2 weapons.

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Celebrity Football Managers

Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of celebrity football managers.

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Military Drones and the 'Robo-planes' of the 1940s

Military drones today and the Nazi V1 and V2 weapons. With Jonathan Freedland

• 27 mins

Pioneering Women

Jonathan Freedland focuses on Hillary Clinton and pioneering political women from history.

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The EU Referendum and the English Reformation

Jonathan Freedland examines the result of the EU referendum through the prism of the past.

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Donald Trump's border wall and the 1840s Great Hedge of India

Jonathan Freedland on Donald Trump's border wall and the 1840s Great Hedge of India.

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The Long View of Targeted Fake News

Jonathan Freedland on targeted fake news and the murder myth of a boy in Medieval Norwich.

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Brexit and an Elizabethan Age of Trade

Jonathan Freedland hears how Elizabeth I and Theresa May look beyond Europe for trade.

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13/07/2017

Grass-roots politics with the Conservative Primrose League in the 1880s and Momentum today

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Grenfell Tower and Watson Street fire tragedies

Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of landmark fire tragedies.

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Cyber-attacks and the Great Siege of Dover Castle

Jonathan Freedland compares cyber-attacks today with the Siege of Dover Castle in 1216.

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03/08/2017

Jonathan Freedland takes the long, unshaven view of the recent fashion for beard-wearing.

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Weakened Prime Ministers

Jonathan Freedland compares Theresa May's weakened premiership with Lord Rosebery in 1894.

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Russian meddling in the American democratic process

Jonathan Freedland compares attempts to interfere in elections.

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