Main content

Julian Assange and Robert Ferguson

Jonathan Freedland compares the career of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the life of Robert Ferguson, a notorious 17th-century pamphleteer, plotter and fugitive.

Jonathan Freedland considers the career of Julian Assange and looks back at the life of Robert Ferguson, a seventeenth century pamphleteer and fugitive. Harnessing the power of new media to challenge the authority of English Kings, Ferguson was accused of conspiracy and forced to seek refuge in the Netherlands. Back in England he faced prison and notoriety as a plotter and possible double agent. Joining Jonathan to take the long view of journalists on the run are Justin Champion, Professor of History at Royal Holloway College, University of London, the journalist James Ball, lawyer Michael O'Kane, Senior Partner at Peters and Peters and Dr Karin von Hippel, Director-General of the Royal United Services Institute.

Available now

28 minutes

Last on

Tue 7 May 2019 21:30

Broadcasts

  • Tue 7 May 2019 09:00
  • Tue 7 May 2019 21:30

Podcast