In this issue:
Remembering Jeremy Thorpe;
True to his principles – John Bright and Irish home rule;
The strange survival of Liberal Lancashire.
Journal of Liberal History 85
Issue: 85, Winter 2014Price: £6.00
Contents
Liberal history news: Issue 85
Huddersfield West 1964: a review note; 2015 Orpington dinner; On this day in Liberal history.
Remembering Jeremy Thorpe
A commemoration of the Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe, who passed away in December 2014.
‘True to his principles’?
An examination of John Bright and his relationship to Liberalism and Irish home rule 1886–1889.
The strange survival of Liberal Lancashire
An examination of the resilience of the Liberal Party in the Lancashire cotton districts between the 1920s and 1970s.
The Welsh Political Archive at the National Library of Wales
The Welsh Political Archive at the National Library of Wales.
The man who made the weather: Joseph Chamberlain – imperial standard bearer, national leader, local icon
Report of the centenary conference, Birmingham 4–5 July 2014.
Liberal Thinkers
Report of the History Group conference fringe meeting, 5 October 2014, with Alan Beith, John Pugh, Liz Barker and Mark Pack; chair: Malcolm Bruce.
‘Unquestionably a remarkable woman’
Review of Janet Hilderley, Mrs Catherine Gladstone (The Alpha Press, 2013).
The Grand Old Man and Dizzy re-examined
Review of Dick Leonard, The Great Rivalry: Gladstone & Disraeli (I. B. Tauris, 2013).
Michael Freeden’s Liberalism
Review of Ben Jackson and Marc Stears (eds.), Liberalism as Ideology: Essays in Honour of Michael Freeden (Oxford University Press, 2012).
The Liberals in Hampshire: Martin Kyrle’s reminiscences
Review of Martin Kyrle, The Liberals in Hampshire – a Part(l)y History Part 1: Southampton 1958–65 (Sarsen Press, 2013).
Letters to the Editor: Issue 85
Party colours (Antony Hook); Orkney & Shetland; 1872 Ballot Act (1) (Sandy Waugh); 1872 Ballot Act (2) (Andy Connell).