Leaders
Gladstone and books
The Gladstone Lecture, given at St Deiniol’s Library, Hawarden, on 8 July 1998, in the centenary year of Gladstone’s death. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Old heroes for a new leader
Liberal Democrat leadership candidates describe their historical inspirations. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Liberal leaderships
As the Liberal Democrats enter their second leadership contest, Robert Ingham looks at contests of the past. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Some Gladstonian attitudes
Review of Peter J. Jagger (ed.), Gladstone (The Hambledon Press, 1998).
Victory at Paisley
Asquith’s return to Parliament in 1920. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
The Two Davids
Examination of how much the failure of the Alliance was due to the failures of its leaders. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
The unknown Prime Minister
Review of Ferdinand Mount, Umbrella (Heinemann, 1994).
The election of Jeremy Thorpe to the Liberal leadership
The first phase of the Liberal postwar revival came to an end with the resignation of Jo Grimond as leader. Tim Beaumont recalls the election of his successor. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Jo Grimond’s leadership of the Liberal Party
‘The personification and the hope of postwar Liberalism.’ The record of Jo Grimond. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.