Journal of Liberal History 82 Issue: 82, Spring 2014Price: £6.00 Journal of Liberal History 82 Download available only for subscribers. ContentsLiberal history news: Issue 82Obituary of Marion Thorpe; Rescuing Jews from Nazis; On this day in history.Liberalism and Liberals in John Buchan's life and fictionAn outsider’s view of early twentieth-century Liberals.The strange death of Liberal BirminghamAn analysis of the decline of Liberalism in nineteenth-century Birmingham.Lloyd George and the Carnarvon Boroughs, 1890-95An examination of the history of Lloyd George’s constituency at the time when he first represented it.Decline and fall: the Liberal Party and the elections of 1922, 1923 and 1924Report of a Liberal Democrat History Group meeting, February 2014, with Michael Steed, Professor Pat Thane and Dr Julie Smith.Elegant and conciseReview of David Dutton, A History of the Liberal Party Since 1900 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2nd edition, 2013).Son of Asquith?Review of Bobbie Neate, Conspiracy of Secrets (John Blake, 2012).You don't have to be mad to work there, but ...Review of J. B. Williams, Worsted to Westminster: The Extraordinary Life of Rev. Dr Charles Leach MP (Darcy Press, 2009).Liberal defectors identified and exploredReview of Alun Wyburn-Powell, Defectors and the Liberal Party, 1910-2010: A Study of Inter-Party Relations (Manchester University Press, 2012).Letters to the Editor: Issue 82Election agents (J. R. Howe and Antony Hook).