Leaders
Lloyd George and Churchill as war leaders
A comparison of the two great British wartime leaders of the twentieth century.
Writing about Charles
A review of Charles Kennedy’s obituaries and tributes.
Old heroes for a new leader
The political heroes of Tim Farron and Norman Lamb.
The Liberal–Tory coalition of 1915
Report of the History Group evening meeting, 26 January 2015, with Ian Packer and Nigel Keohane; chair: Raymond Asquith (Earl of Oxford and Asquith and great-grandson of Herbert Asquith).
A conspiracy of silence?
Lloyd George and Basil Zaharoff.
Assessing Jeremy Thorpe
Four views on Jeremy Thorpe’s record and character.
Famous for being famous?
Review of Leo McKinstry, Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil (John Murray, 2005).
The Grand Old Man and Dizzy re-examined
Review of Dick Leonard, The Great Rivalry: Gladstone & Disraeli (I. B. Tauris, 2013).
Remembering Jeremy Thorpe
A commemoration of the Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe, who passed away in December 2014.