Journal of Liberal History 64
Journal of Liberal History 64
Issue: 64, Autumn 2009Price: £7.5
Contents
The 'People's Budget' a century on
An examination of the genesis, content and impact of Lloyd George’s famous Budget of one hundred years ago.
John Stuart Mill's 'On Liberty' 150 years later
An analysis of the most well-known work of the greatest of the Victorian Liberal philosophers, published 150 years ago this year, and an assessment of its relevance to 2009.
A 'prophet for the left'? Gladstone's legacy 1809-2009
In the year of the 200th anniversary of his birth, what relevance has Gladstone to today’s politics?
Debate: Holding the balance
An exchange of views between Duncan Brack and Roy Douglas on the desirability of a hung parliament and its possible impact on the Liberal Democrats.
Interview: Cyril Smith
An interview with Sir Cyril Smith MBE, the larger-than-life former MP for Rochdale and Chief Whip.
Report: The strange birth of Liberal England
Report on a joint meeting of the History Group and the National Liberal Club on 20 July 2009, with Professor Anthony Howe, David Steel (Lord Steel of Aikwood) and Ros Scott (Baroness Scott of Needham Market).
Report: Thorpe bust unveiled
Report of the unveiling of a portrait bust of the Rt Hon. Jeremy Thorpe at the House of Commons on 15 July 2009.
Report: Gladstone Bicentenary Conference
Report of a conference organised by the University of Chester, in association with St Deiniol’s Library, Hawarden, 5-8 July 2009.
Letters to the Editor: Issue 64
How long was Lloyd George an MP? – continued (Patrick Mitchell); Gladstone, St Deiniol’s and the Church (Dr Alexander Waugh)
Review: An extraordinary life
Review of Paddy Ashdown, A Fortunate Life: The Autobiography of Paddy Ashdown (Aurum Press, 2009).
Review: Reading the man through his books
Review of Ruth Clayton Windscheffel, Reading Gladstone (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).
Review: A neglected party
Review of David Dutton, Liberals in Schism - A History of the National Liberal Party (I. B. Tauris, 2008).
Review: How the Liberal Party fared 1939-45
Review of Andrew Thorpe, Parties at War: Political Organisation in Second World War Britain (Oxford University Press, 2009).
Archive: Palmerston - Hartley Library
Palmerston’s papers at the Hartley Library, University of Southampton.