Liberal thought and thinkers
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Saving Dunford House
The threat to Richard Cobden’s Sussex home.
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A truly remarkable man – but not a universal man
Review of Richard Davenport-Hines, Universal Man: The Seven Lives of John Maynard Keynes (William Collins, 2015).
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The ‘European mind’ of late Victorian Liberalism
W. E. Gladstone and Joseph Chamberlain.
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On this day 1-4-1940
Along with L.T. Hobhouse, Hobson is regarded as one of the key figures associated with New Liberalism in the 1900s. Born in Derby, Hobson’s formative experiences were as a member of the Rainbow Circle (whose members went on to be prominent figures in both the Liberal and Labour parties) and as South Africa correspondent for…
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Slippery Liberalism
Review of Edmund Fawcett, Liberalism: The Life of an Idea (Princeton University Press, 2015).
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Liberalism: An outstanding introduction
Review of Michael Freeden, Liberalism. A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2015).
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Old heroes for a new leader
Vince Cable explains why Roy Jenkins is his political hero.
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The legacy of Roy Jenkins
Evening meeting of the Liberal History Group, 27 June 2016, with John Campbell and David Steel. Chair: Dick Newby.