The Journal of Liberal History is the only journal for the discussion and research of historical topics relating to the histories of the Liberal Democrats and its predecessor parties, the Liberal Party and the SDP, and of Liberalism.
Its contents appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of British Liberalism, whether academics, party activists or spare-time students of political history.
To subscribe to the Journal, please visit our subscriptions page. You can subscribe to receive either print issues, or digital issues, or print plus digital.
Our subscription year runs from October to October and includes four issues (published mid-September, mid-January, mid-April and mid-July). The subscription includes membership of the History Group, which gives you discounts on all History Group publications.
Published quarterly since 1993, the Journal features articles, original research, biographies of leading (and more obscure!)
Liberal figures, reports of Liberal Democrat History Group meetings, book reviews, guides to archive sources and a regularly updated Research in Progress column.
All but the most recent ten issues of the Journal are available free for download, either as complete issues or as individual articles – see the list below. The most recent ten issues are only available online to digital or digital plus print subscribers.
Individual print copies are available to buy from the Liberal History Shop.
