Journal of Liberal History 69

Liberal history news: Issue 69

Roy Hattersley lectures at Aberytswyth; Community politics forty years on; Who killed the News Chronicle?

The strange case of Edward Hemmerde

David Dutton traces the story of the three-times MP, playwright and judge Edward Hemmerde (1871-1948).

The 2010 election in historical perspective

Report of the Liberal Democrat History Group conference fringe meeting held at Liverpool, 19 September 2010, with John Curtice, Denis Kavanagh and James Gurling; chair: Tony Little.

Liberal history quiz 2010 - questions

The 'member for Scotland'

Duncan McLaren (1800-86) and the Liberal dominance of Victorian Scotland.

Leeds and the Liberal pantheon

Liberal Heritage: Michael Meadowcroft discovers Leeds’ Liberal history.

Long-term trends in public opinion and the rise of the Free Democratic Party

Reflections on the 2009 parliamentary elections in Germany.

Liberal history quiz 2010 - answers

Answers to this year’s quiz.

Too short a history

Review of Chris Cook, A Short History of the Liberal Party: The Road Back to Power (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).

Modernising the state

Review of Steve Pincus, 1688: The First Modern Revolution (Yale University Press, 2009).

Prophet of democracy

Review of Hugh Brogan, Alexis de Tocqueville: Prophet of Democracy in the Age of Revolutions (Profile Books, 2009).

Liberal thought

Review of Kevin Hickson (ed.), The Political Thought of the Liberals and Liberal Democrats since 1945 (Manchester University Press, 2009).

Of pies and politics

Review of Ophelia Field, The Kit-Cat Club: Friends Who Imagined a Nation (HarperPress, 2008).

Letters to the Editor: Issue 69

James Bryce (Sandy S. Waugh); Liberals and the left (Peter Hatton); The 2010 election: missed opportunity (Martin Pugh); The Gower primary of 1905 (Kenneth O. Morgan); Samuel Morton Peto and his relatives (Sandy S. Waugh).