Social policy
The ‘Mangold’s Champion’
Lloyd George, the Game Laws and the campaign for rural land reform in Edwardian England. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
The Liberal Party, Health Policy and the Origins of the NHS
The familiar story of the NHS has it that the health service is a Labour achievement, dating from the Attlee administration of 1945–51. But in reality the Liberal governments of the early twentieth century helped to lay the foundations of the NHS, and the welfare state as a whole. Join Dr Chris Renwick (University of…
Enemies of corruption
Review of Ronald Kroeze, André Vitória, and G. Geltner (eds.), Anti-corruption in History: From Antiquity to the Modern Era (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Gladstone and the 1870 Elementary Education Act
Discussion of one of the outstanding achievements of Gladstone’s government. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Gladstone’s first government: a policy overview
Analysis of the achievements of Gladstone’s ministry. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Domesticity and the New Liberalism in the Edwardian press
Analysis of how the Liberal government’s introduction of labour exchanges and maternity benefits was viewed in the press. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
The Forbidden Ground
Examination of Gladstone’s role in the introduction and abolition of the Contagious Diseases Acts. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Same Sex Marriage
Review of Lynne Featherstone, Equal Ever After: The Fight for Same Sex Marriage – and How I Made it Happen (Biteback Publishing, 2016).
‘True to his principles’?
An examination of John Bright and his relationship to Liberalism and Irish home rule 1886–1889. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.