Description

Liberal History News
Adrian Slade 1936–2025; Jenny Randerson 1948–2025; History Group on Bluesky; Corrigenda

Letters to the Editor
Ramsay Muir; Declaration of Arbroath; Recordings of Liberals; Churchill at the Home Office

Roy Jenkins’ ‘liberal hour[s]’
Marc Collinson examines Jenkins’ record in reforming and liberalising British race relations legislation

Politics, principles and priorities
Gladstone and the Chinese opium trade; by Tony Little

The National Liberal Party
Introduction to Liberal history series; by David Dutton

Breakthrough: the Liberal Democrat performance in the 2024 election
Meeting report, with Paula Surridge and Dave McCobb; report by Peter Truesdale

Friends or enemies, allies or competitors? Liberals and Labour 1903–2019
Meeting report, with David Laws and Jim Wallace; report by Neil Stockley

Reviews
Shukman, 44 Days in Prague, reviewed by Mark Stephens; McCabe, John Stuart Mill, Socialist, reviewed by Ian Packer; Eagles, Champion of English Freedom, reviewed by Hugh Gault; Somerset, Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers, reviewed by Peter Truesdale; Thevoz, Behind Closed Doors, reviewed by Michael Meadowcroft