In this issue: Liberal history news; What Liberal politics gained and lost with Liberal clubs; The life and political career of Robert Threshie Reid, Lord Loreburn; Sam Woods and the by-election of 1897; Eric Lubbock and the 1962 Orpington by-election; Liberal leaders and leadership.
Journal of Liberal History 90
Issue: 90, Spring 2016Price: £7.50
Contents
Liberal history news
The Gladstone Umbrella; Survey of subscribers; Volunteers wanted for digitising tapes; On this day in Liberal history.
‘The Liberal echo chamber’
A consideration of what Liberal politics gained and lost with Liberal clubs.
Liberalism’s Radical Lord Chancellor
The life and political career of Robert Threshie Reid, Lord Loreburn, 1846–1923.
A Lancashire miner in Walthamstow
Sam Woods and the by-election of 1897.
Eric Lubbock and the Orpington moment
A commemoration of the victor of the 1962 Orpington by-election.
Report: Liberal leaders and leadership
Report of the Conference fringe meeting, 20 September 2015, with Simon Hughes, Paul Tyler and Lynne Featherstone.
Letters to the Editor
Targeting (Mark Pack); Madam Mayor (Michael Meadowcroft).
Jeremy’s story
Review of Michael Bloch, Jeremy Thorpe (Little, Brown, 2014).
Pioneering study of Welsh Liberals
Review of Russell Deacon, The Welsh Liberals: the History of the Liberal and Liberal Democratic Parties in Wales (Welsh Academic Press, 2014).
The economic policies and initiatives of the Liberal Party
Review of Peter Sloman, The Liberal Party and the Economy, 1929–1964, Oxford Historical Monographs (Oxford University Press, 2014).
Tony Benn’s father
Review of Alun Wyburn-Powell, Political Wings: William Wedgwood Benn, First Viscount Stansgate (Pen & Sword Aviation, 2015).