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Russian meddling in the American democratic process
Jonathan Freedland compares attempts to interfere in elections.
Weakened Prime Ministers
Jonathan Freedland compares Theresa May's weakened premiership with Lord Rosebery in 1894.
03/08/2017
Jonathan Freedland takes the long, unshaven view of the recent fashion for beard-wearing.
Cyber-attacks and the Great Siege of Dover Castle
Jonathan Freedland compares cyber-attacks today with the Siege of Dover Castle in 1216.
Grenfell Tower and Watson Street fire tragedies
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of landmark fire tragedies.
13/07/2017
Grass-roots politics with the Conservative Primrose League in the 1880s and Momentum today
Brexit and an Elizabethan Age of Trade
Jonathan Freedland hears how Elizabeth I and Theresa May look beyond Europe for trade.
The Long View of Targeted Fake News
Jonathan Freedland on targeted fake news and the murder myth of a boy in Medieval Norwich.
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.
The EU Referendum and the English Reformation
Jonathan Freedland examines the result of the EU referendum through the prism of the past.
