Short-Lived Leaders

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The Long View

BBC Radio 4

69 episodes

2 months ago

Jonathan Freedland presents the series in which stories from the past are compared with current events.

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Jonathan Freedland presents the series in which stories from the past are compared with current events.

History

Short-Lived Leaders

The Long View

27 minutes

3 years ago

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