- Jonathan Freedland
Jonathan Saul Freedland (born
February 25 1967 ) is a Britishjournalist , who writes a weekly column for "The Guardian " and a monthly piece for the "Jewish Chronicle ". Freedland has previously written for "The Daily Mirror " and as of September 2005, he writes each Thursday for the "London Evening Standard ". He is the son of Michael Freedland, a biographer and journalist.Educated at
University College School , a boys'independent school inHampstead ,London , and at Wadham College at theUniversity of Oxford , he started his 'Fleet Street ' career at the short-lived "Sunday Correspondent ". He also presentsBBC Radio 4 ’s contemporary history series, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/longview.shtml The Long View] . He was named 'Columnist of the Year' in the 2002 "What the Papers Say " awards.As an author
Freedland has published five books: two non-fiction works and three thrillers under the pseudonym
Sam Bourne .In 1998 Freedland's first book, "Bring Home the Revolution: The case for a British Republic", argued that Britain should reclaim the revolutionary ideals it exported to America in the 18th century, and undergo a constitutional and cultural overhaul. The book won a Somerset Maugham Award for non-fiction and was later adapted into a two-part series for BBC Television. In 2005 he published "Jacob's Gift", a memoir telling the stories of three generations of his own family as well as exploring wider questions of identity and belonging."The Righteous Men", published in 2006, is a religious thriller published under the Bourne '
nom de plume '. The book made a brief appearance in the gossip columns when a damning review [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23116-2032989,00.html] , byMichael Dibdin , originally written for "The Guardian", appeared instead in "The Times". "The Guardian's" ombudsman [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1750708,00.html] discovered that when Dibdin originally submitted his review to the Guardian he offered to withdraw it if it were deemed too awkward - an offer the EditorAlan Rusbridger of the Guardian accepted.Works
*"Jacob's Gift: A Journey into the Heart of Belonging" (Hamish Hamilton, 2005), ISBN 0-241-14243-1
*"Bring Home the Revolution: The Case for a British Republic" (Fourth Estate, 1998) ISBN 1-85702-547-4
* "The Righteous Men" (HarperCollins, 2006) ISBN 0-00-720328-4
* "The Last Testament", published elsewhere as "The Jerusalem Secret" (HarperCollins, 2007) ISBN 978-0-00-720333-8
* "The Final Reckoning" (HarperCollins, 2008) ISBN 978-0-00-726649-4External links
* [http://www.jonathanfreedland.com Official site]
* [http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/News_and_Media/Journalists/Freedland,_Jonathan/ Open Directory project - "Jonathan Freedland"] directory category
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23116-2032989,00.html Dibdin's review of "The Righteous Men"]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1750708,00.html Guardian readers' editor Ian Mayes's column]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3681222751225228441 "Jonathan Freedland" extended interview with Al Gore]
* [http://www.journalisted.com/jonathan-freedland Journalisted - Articles by Jonathan Freedland]
* [http://www.nybooks.com/authors/12635 Freedland archive] from "The New York Review of Books "
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