Jonathan Freedland presents the series in which stories from the past are compared with current events.
The Drama of Scandal
March 5, 2024
27:52
Aged Premiers
Dec. 27, 2023
27:54
The Long Shadows of Dominant Leaders
Oct. 25, 2023
27:48
Plutocrats Playing Politics
Oct. 11, 2023
Marches of Mutiny
27:39
State-sponsored Assassination Attempts
27:46
Spring Offensives
Feb. 14, 2023
27:50
Political Comebacks
Nov. 29, 2022
Short-Lived Leaders
Oct. 25, 2022
27:14
Strikes and the Labour Party
Aug. 9, 2022
27:49
Removing and Replacing Prime Ministers
July 12, 2022
Inflation and the cost of living crisis
May 17, 2022
When Things Fall Apart
March 7, 2022
27:18
Cancel Culture
Feb. 15, 2022
27:44
Energy Transitions
The Harms of Social Media
Feb. 1, 2022
27:33
The Rise of China
Jan. 25, 2022
27:42
This Union
July 18, 2021
27:34
Violence against women in Public Spaces
June 22, 2021
27:41
The Long View of Legal Backlog
Nov. 24, 2020
The Long View of an acrimonious and disputed US election
Nov. 10, 2020
Dominic Cummings and Civil Service Reform
July 30, 2020
27:40
Presidential Elections & Racial Turmoil
July 23, 2020
Racism in sports crowds
Jan. 6, 2020
Impeaching a President
Huawei and Siemens
Nov. 26, 2019
Extinction Rebellion and the Bonfire of the Vanities
Nov. 19, 2019
Women in Intelligence and Cybersecurity
May 14, 2019
27:31
Julian Assange and Robert Ferguson
May 7, 2019
27:36
Gender in women's sport
May 3, 2019
Brexit and European Diplomacy
April 23, 2019
27:24
Elon Musk's Hyperloop and Brunel's Atmospheric Traction Rail
Jan. 29, 2019
27:47
The Long View of would-be reforming leaders
Jan. 15, 2019
27:45
Prime Ministers and Divided Parties
Jan. 8, 2019
Russian Expulsions
May 31, 2018
27:30
Driverless Cars and the Railways of 1830
April 19, 2018
27:22
Facebook revelations and the Reformation
April 10, 2018
Brexit Special
April 6, 2018
39:35
Trump and Hamilton on American Trade
Catalonia and Cornwall
Dec. 12, 2017
Russian meddling in the American democratic process
Dec. 5, 2017
27:26
The rise of Uber and the plight of London's watermen
27:43
Weakened Prime Ministers
Nov. 21, 2017
03/08/2017
Aug. 3, 2017
13/07/2017
July 28, 2017
Cyber-attacks and the Great Siege of Dover Castle
July 27, 2017
Grenfell Tower and Watson Street fire tragedies
July 20, 2017
27:55
Brexit and an Elizabethan Age of Trade
March 30, 2017
The Long View of Targeted Fake News
March 21, 2017
27:53
Donald Trump's border wall and the 1840s Great Hedge of India
March 14, 2017
27:13
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