1688-1830
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Liberal darling of the mob
Review of Robin Eagles, Champion of English Freedom: The Life of John Wilkes, MP and Lord Mayor of London (Amberley Publishing, 2024).
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‘The Liberator’ and the Grand Old Man
An examination of the impact of Daniel O’Connell’s campaigns for Catholic emancipation and repeal of the Act of Union on William Gladstone
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What Have the Liberals Ever Done for Us? Book Launch
Liberal Democrat History Group conference fringe meeting: 23 September 2023 with Layla Moran MP, Sarah Olney MP, Wendy Chamberlain MP and Baroness Barker; Chair: Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759-1797
An English radical, whose advocacy of equal rights for women and men attracted considerable attention in her lifetime, Wollstonecraft has subsequently acquired a reputation as the pre-eminent feminist polemicist of her day. Wollstonecraft was born on 27 April 1759 in Spitalfields, London, the second of seven children of Edward John Wollstonecraft and Elizabeth Dixon. Her…
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The Black Book and the reform of public life in early nineteenth-century Britain
An exposé of corruption which contributed to parliamentary reform, the roots of Liberalism and modern definitions of corruption and standards in public life.