Emeritus Fellow in History Prof Lawrence Goldman has been featured on the BBC Radio 4 podcast, In Our Time. In the recent episode of the long-running and popular podcast hosted by Melvyn Bragg, Prof Goldman provides historical insights into the life and times of Victorian politician and Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881).
A notable expert in Victorian and modern British political history and social science, Prof Goldman is no stranger to the podcast. In the more than 1,000 episodes produced over In Our Time’s 25-year run, Prof Goldman has appeared in 11 episodes: ‘Consequences of the Industrial Revolution’ (2010), ‘Octavia Hill’ (2011), ‘Annie Besant’ (2012), ‘The War of 1812’ (2013), ‘The Corn Laws’ (2013), ‘The Lancashire Cotton Famine’ (2015), ‘1816, the Year Without a Summer’ (2016), ‘The American Populists’ (2017), ‘Booth's Life and Labour Survey’ (2021), ‘The Morant Bay Rebellion’ (2022), and Benjamin Disraeli’ (2024).
Prof Goldman joins Dr Emily Jones of the University of Manchester and Prof Daisy Hay of the University of Exeter in a conversation with Melvyn Bragg about Disraeli’s life, politics, novels and legacy. To listen to the episode, click here.