Inspirational Quotes by Jonathan Freedland (British Journalist)

Jonathan Saul Freedland (b.1967) is a British journalist, author, and broadcaster, best known for his long-standing column in The Guardian and for writing political thrillers under the pseudonym Sam Bourne. He has also presented BBC Radio 4’s The Long View and written extensively on politics, identity, and Jewish history.

Born in London, Freedland was educated at University College School in Hampstead, he later studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Wadham College-Oxford. After graduation, he began his career in journalism at the Sunday Correspondent before joining the BBC in 1990 as a news reporter. In 1992, he won the Laurence Stern Fellowship at The Washington Post, and 1993–97 he served as The Guardian’s Washington correspondent. Returning to London, he became a columnist and later executive editor of the opinion section.

Freedland’s nonfiction works include Bring Home the Revolution: The Case for a British Republic (1998,) Jacob’s Gift: A Journey into the Heart of Belonging (2005,) and The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World (2022,) which was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and won the National Jewish Book Award. His thrillers, written as Sam Bourne, include The Righteous Men (2006,) The Last Testament (2007,) The Final Reckoning (2008,) The Chosen One (2010,) Pantheon (2012,) To Kill a President (2017,) To Kill the Truth (2019,) and To Kill a Man (2020.) He also wrote the play Jews. In Their Own Words (2022) and translated King Winter’s Birthday (2024,) a children’s story by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz.

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