Jonathan Freedland

Jonathan Freedland is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. He writes a weekly column in The Guardian, as well as a monthly piece for The Jewish Chronicle. He also presents BBC Radio 4’s contemporary history series, The Long View.

His latest book, published in February 2005, is Jacob’s Gift— a memoir telling the stories of three generations of his own family as well as exploring wider and urgent questions of identity and belonging.

Jonathan’s first book, Bring Home the Revolution: the Case for a British Republic, was both acclaimed and controversial — arguing that Britain was in dire need of a constitutional and cultural overhaul, one that could learn much from America. It was later adapted into a TV series for BBC Two. More recently, Jonathan has fronted The Talk Show on BBC 4 as well as several programmes for Channel 4 — including a debate on the legacy of the Second World War.

Before 1997, Jonathan served for four years as the Guardian’s Washington Correspondent and the US remains an area of specialist interest — along with the politics of Britain and the Middle East. He has written often for a variety of US publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Newsweek.

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