Of the 42 books I read in 2025 these were my 4 favourites: 4 Rivals In The Storm - @damiancollins.bsky.social 3 Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain - @samwetherell.bsky.social 2 Three Weeks in July - Adam Wishart & James Nally 1 The Traitors Circle - @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social #Booksky

And for all @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social fans Traitors Circle is 99p on Amazon Kindle absolute bargain !!

Let 2026 be a year of reckoning - from Trump to Netanyahu, from Tehran to Budapest. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When governments demand ultimate loyalty, where does faith belong? Award-winning journalist @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social joins us to explore Christianity, conscience, and resistance inside Nazi Germany through his book The Traitor’s Circle. Full conversation: youtu.be/OuyAv-16oQE

I’ve written the introductory essay to this collection of photos that tell the story of the 21st century so far. The individual captions are by my @theguardian.com colleagues Felix Bazalgette and Gabrielle Schwarz www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

“Freedland tells the story…with the vividness of the thrillers he also writes under the name of Sam Bourne…Freedland has written a very good book.” Delighted by this double-page spread review of The Traitors Circle in the Christmas edition of @thespectator1828.bsky.social

Restorative reading. 🥰

Excellent moving column from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social Just what's needed in these challenging times

Worth reading . Thank you @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social

@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social you have lifted my spirits. I stand in awe of the bravery you cite. For a world that seems so full of hate, this is the hope for the future. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Acts of heroism can be big or small, visible or quiet - @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social on points of light in the darkness www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In the gloom, there are points of light - and what connects them is courage. Last column of 2025 offers some reasons to be hopeful www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

After Sydney, what does the Jewish present - and future - look like? An in-depth conversation with scholar, thinker and rabbi, David Wolpe. Plus: remembering Rob Reiner. Latest Unholy linktr.ee/unholypod

Is it time to call it corruption? Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with scholar Janine Wedel open.spotify.com/episode/2gEC...

A special episode of Unholy is now up open.spotify.com/episode/075n...

We're into our final 30 minutes of the Guardian's 2025 charity appeal telethon. Call in now to speak to one of our Guardian journalists and donate however much you can. 📞 0203 353 4368 Donate at theguardian.com/charityappeal25bsk

So I’ve joined my colleagues taking your calls for the annual Guardian charity telethon — if you call now on 02033534368 I can tell you more about it! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Excellent from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social . It may go even further than "he's just not that into you". He also will date your sworn enemy and do everything he can to sabotage any relationship you try at whilst telling you what clothes to wear. Wakey, wakey. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🎯👏👇 "Could it be that what Trump and his acolytes really dislike about the EU is that it’s one of the few forces on the planet that can curb their power?"

Donald Trump is set on regime change - in Europe. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Latest Unholy includes a deep dive via my Guardian colleague J Oliver Conroy into Nick Fuentes, Tucker Carlson and the resurgence of antisemitism on the US right linktr.ee/unholypod

Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with historian @joestieb.bsky.social on Trump’s rupture from Europe open.spotify.com/episode/2eOb...

There has been a strong reaction to the antisemitism allegations levelled at Nigel Farage - except from those you might have expected to condemn it most loudly. My piece for @jewishnews.bsky.social on a strange silence www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...

Delighted that @barnesandnoble.com have named THE TRAITORS CIRCLE one of their Best Books of 2025. In case you’re looking for a festive gift…

Am very grateful for this

Another excellent piece from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social “If and when Donald Trump and those who serve him, and themselves, are eventually called to account, they will be confronted by that single word [corruption], in all its shades – and all its force.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

On Hegseth, drug boats and the corrosion of legal and moral standards that has become the Trump administration’s hallmark. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ahead of @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social’s special JBW preview at @KingsPlace on 29 Jan about resistance to Hitler from Berlin’s elite, we're sharing remarkable stories of resistance on our JLF Player: | Vive La Résistance: | The Patagonian Hare | The Collaborators shorturl.at/FaAh3

Love this podcast - and so am especially chuffed by what they say here

Talking Venezuela, Latin America & Trump on today's Politics Weekly America podcast with @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social

Netanyahu requests a pardon, Israel's government splits over conscription of the ultra-orthodox - and we say goodbye to Tom Stoppard. Latest Unholy linktr.ee/unholypod

For the latest Politics Weekly America, I talk to the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent @tomphillips.bsky.social asking the question: is Trump about to invade Venezuela? open.spotify.com/episode/29Yi...

A special episode of Politics Weekly America from my excellent colleagues @cartersherman.bsky.social and @daniellestephens.bsky.social on the rise of the “abortion bounty hunters” of Texas open.spotify.com/episode/2gRH...

Was a great pleasure to talk to my old friend @jheil.bsky.social all about The Traitors Circle - and the team behind his fab Impolitic podcast did a brilliant job drawing from the archives to illustrate our conversation open.spotify.com/episode/3Utw...

I spoke with TV news legend @camanpour.bsky.social all about The Traitors Circle edition.cnn.com/2025/11/28/t...

"Rarely has the meeting of eyes between a husband and wife in a prison yard felt so tender, and the lone walk to the guillotine felt so brave." Very grateful to the @churchtimes.bsky.social for this terrific review of THE TRAITORS CIRCLE www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

As usual, @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social is right! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This piece by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social is well worth reading: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Nigel Farage’s youth is not quite as irrelevant as he would have us believe. Because the past has a nasty habit of intruding into the present – and future." Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The army top brass at war with the politicians - and a conversation with Trump whisperer @barakravid.bsky.social Latest Unholy linktr.ee/unholypod

Latest Politics Weekly America is on Erika Kirk and the rise of the Maga Mom, as Arwa Mahdawi and I discuss the Republican drive to win over women open.spotify.com/episode/1leA...

If you’re shopping for presents this weekend, I’ll gently mention that the Economist just named THE TRAITORS CIRCLE one of the Best Books of 2025 www.economist.com/culture/2025...

@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social, citing our paper, says the government should seek a much more comprehensive Brexit deal. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“The world of 2026 is entirely different from 2016, the old red lines no longer make sense and Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford” @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Excellent, by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Britons are that family – and the giant hole in the roof is Brexit.

More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk

No punches pulled here by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social, who draws on John’s and my essay. Whenever Britain has been successful, it has been increasingly open to trade. Trying to turn against that history over the last decade has not gone well…

As the Budget looms, Labour is ignoring the most obvious cause of Britain's economic woes: Brexit. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Anatomy of a Breakup: I spoke to the lovely @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social at The Guardian about the fissure between Trump and MTG on this week’s Politics Weekly America!! Listen wherever you get your pods :) open.spotify.com/episode/40gP...