In this issue: Richard Livsey and the politics of Brecon and Radnor; a commemoration of the 1866 petition for women’s suffrage; the Distributists and the Liberal Party; the legacy of Roy Jenkins; press, politics and culture in Victorian Britain.
Journal of Liberal History 93
Issue: 93, Winter 2016–17Price: £7.50
Contents
Liberal history news
Trevor Jones – an appreciation; meetings schedule; on this day in Liberal history
Richard Livsey and the politics of Brecon and Radnor
A review of the life and political career of Richard Livsey, Lord Livsey of Talgarth (1935–2010).
Letters to the Editor
Reforming the Lords (David Steel); The Liberal Democrats and Spitzenkandidaten (Antony Hook); Liberal clubs (Michael Steed).
‘Women who wish for political enfranchisement should say so’
A commemoration the 1866 petition for women’s suffrage, written by the Liberals Helen Taylor and Barbara Bodichon.
The Distributists and the Liberal Party
An analysis of the Distributists and their impact.
The legacy of Roy Jenkins
Evening meeting of the Liberal History Group, 27 June 2016, with John Campbell and David Steel. Chair: Dick Newby.
Press, politics and culture in Victorian Britain
A comparative review of W. Sydney Robinson, Muckraker: The Scandalous Life and Times of W. T. Stead – Britain’s first investigative journalist (Robson Press, 2012); P. Brighton, Original Spin: Downing Street and the Press in Victorian Britain (I.B. Tauris, 2016); and G. Cordery and J. S. Meisel (eds.), The Humours of Parliament: Harry Furniss’ View of Late Victorian Political Culture (Ohio State UP, 2014).
Same Sex Marriage
Review of Lynne Featherstone, Equal Ever After: The Fight for Same Sex Marriage – and How I Made it Happen (Biteback Publishing, 2016).
Reform and reformers
Review of Michael Thomas and Peter Urbach, Commemorating Reform and Reformers, Volume 1: The Reform Club’s Collection of Ceramic and Other Objects Commemorating Reform and Those who Campaigned for it (Reform Club, 2014).
Ploughing his own furrow
Review of Norman Baker, Against the Grain (Biteback Publishing, 2015).