Main content
Short-Lived Leaders
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of short-lived leaders.
As Liz Truss resigns after 44 days in office, the shortest serving Prime Minister in UK history, Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of short-lived leaders; from Emperor Didius Julianus in AD 193 to Prime Minister Lord Goderich in 1827.
Contributors:
Professor Tim Cornell, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester
Dr Luke Blaxill, Political historian at Oxford University
Producer: Sarah Shebbeare
Last on
Tue 25 Oct 2022
21:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
More episodes
Previous
Next
Broadcasts
- Tue 25 Oct 2022 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Tue 25 Oct 2022 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
Podcast
-
The Long View
History series in which stories from the past shed light on current events