1895-1910
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Agents at work
Review of Kathryn Rix, Parties, Agents and Electoral Culture in England 1880–1910 (Boydell Press, 2016).
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The Nonconformist mind of Lloyd George
The roots of Lloyd George’s political beliefs.
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Saint or devil?
Ian Cawood and Chris Upton (eds.), Joseph Chamberlain: International Statesman, National Leader, Local Icon (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).
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Churchill Archives Centre
Liberal archives at the Churchill Archives Centre at Cambridge.
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Sir Walter Runciman and the Runciman papers at Elshieshields Tower
The life and political career of the Liberal MP Sir Walter Runciman (1847–1937) through the lens of his papers.
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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…
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The Distributists and the Liberal Party
An analysis of the Distributists and their impact.
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‘I feel I am placed at a very great disadvantage’
Sir James Whitehead (1834–1917): the parliamentary travails of a Liberal meritocrat.