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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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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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The rise of Uber and the plight of London's watermen

Jonathan Freedland compares the plight of black cab drivers with that of 18thC watermen.

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Catalonia and Cornwall

Jonathan Freedland compares the Catalonia crisis with a moment in Cornish history.

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Catalonia and Cornwall

Jonathan Freedland looks at past events which shed light on present-day controversies.

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Brexit Special

The Long View marks a year to go with a Brexit special edition.

• 45 mins

Trump and Hamilton on American Trade

Jonathan Freedland on Donald Trump's trade plans and Alexander Hamilton's financial plan.

• 27 mins

Facebook revelations and the Reformation

The Facebook Cambridge Analytica data and the Catholic church in pre-Reformation Europe.

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Driverless Cars and the Railways of 1830

Jonathan Freedland compares safety on the railways in the 1830s to driverless cars today.

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Russian Expulsions

Jonathan Freedland and guests take the Long View on the expulsion of Russian diplomats.

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Prime Ministers and Divided Parties

Jonathan Freedland compares Theresa May's woes now with those of Arthur Balfour in 1903-06

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The Long View of would-be reforming leaders

Jonathan Freedland compares a Saudi prince with a medieval pope.

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