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The Long View Episodes

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    Grenfell Tower and Watson Street fire tragedies

    Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of landmark fire tragedies.

  2. 13/07/2017

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

  3. Brexit and an Elizabethan Age of Trade

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

  4. The Long View of Targeted Fake News

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

  5. 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.

  6. The EU Referendum and the English Reformation

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

  7. Pioneering Women

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

  8. Celebrity Football Managers

    Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of celebrity football managers.

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

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

  10. Donald Trump and the Politics of Celebrity

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

  11. Online Dating and the Lonely Hearts Ad

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

  12. Slave Labour and Consumer Power

    Jonathan Freedland examines current debates about ethical shopping and production.

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

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

  14. 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.

  15. Vietnamese refugees in 1979

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

  16. The Long View of Popularising Exploration

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

  17. The Living Wage

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

  18. The 1929 General Election and the Art of Political Persuasion

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

  19. The Aliens Act of 1905

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

  20. Obesity in the 1930s and now

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

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

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

  22. 06/08/2014

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

  23. 30/07/2014

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

  24. 23/07/2014

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

  25. The Politics of History Textbooks

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

  26. The Big Flood of 1953

    Jonathan Freedland and his team goes on location to investigate the floods of 1953.

  27. The Working Poor

    Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of the working poor.

  28. 14/01/2014

    Jonathan Freedland compares the rise of electronic cigarettes with snuff in the 1600s.

  29. Tax Avoidance

    Jonathan Freedland on tax avoidance today and in the 8th century. With Margaret Hodge MP.

  30. Shale gas and UK energy resources

    Jonathan Freedland on shale gas, and the new Yorkshire coal finds of the 19th century.

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