1859-1886
The general election of 1868
Discussion of the results of the election that brought the Liberals to power.
Gladstone’s first government, 1868–74
Introduction to this special issue of the <i>Journal of Liberal History</i>, marking 150 years since William Ewart Gladstone first became prime minister.
The Liberal Party and the trade unions in the 1870s
Did the Liberals miss an historical opportunity to become the party of organised labour and the trade unions in the 1870s?
The ‘European mind’ of late Victorian Liberalism
W. E. Gladstone and Joseph Chamberlain.
Liberals, free trade and Europe
From Cobden to the Common Market.
Radical Joe and Chocolate George
Review of Andrew Reekes, Two Titans, One City: Joseph Chamberlain and George Cadbury (History West Midlands, 2017).
Agents at work
Review of Kathryn Rix, Parties, Agents and Electoral Culture in England 1880–1910 (Boydell Press, 2016).
Saint or devil?
Ian Cawood and Chris Upton (eds.), Joseph Chamberlain: International Statesman, National Leader, Local Icon (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).