1859-1886
-
A Liberal for All Seasons?
An examination of the political career of Percy Alport Molteno, 1861–1937 (Part 1: 1861–1914).
-
The language of elections
Review of Luke Blaxill, The War of Words: The Language of British Elections, 1880–1914 (Royal Historical Society, Boydell Press, 2020).
-
William Ewart Gladstone
Simon Heffer’s chapter on Gladstone from Iain Dale’s new book, The Prime Ministers.
-
Richard Cobden, 1804-1865
Richard Cobden is most famous for his advocacy of free trade and as a leader of the Anti-Corn Law League. He has been described as clothing free trade with a moral cloak. The repeal of the Corn Laws, and the subsequent embedding of the cause of free trade and cheap food in working-class beliefs, were…
-
Liberalism and the Gladstone salon
Review of Phyllis Weliver, Mary Gladstone and the Victorian Salon: Music, Literature, Liberalism (Cambridge University Press, 2017).
-
CB
Review of Alexander S. Waugh, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman: A Scottish Life and UK Politics 1836–1908 (Austin Macauley Publishers, 2019).