1895-1910
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Problems of continuity
The 1906 general election and foreign policy
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Lawyer, politician and judge
The career of Tommy Shaw (1850-1937), one of Campbell-Bannerman’s law officers.
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Hilaire Belloc and the Liberal revival
Distributism – an alternative Liberal tradition?
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How did the Empire strike back?
The impact of imperialism on democracy and liberalism in Britrain 1865-1920.
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A squire in the House of Lords
The political life of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826 – 1902).
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Hidden workers of the party
The professional Liberal agents, 1885-1910.
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Organiser par excellence
The career of William Gladstone’s youngest son, Herbert Gladstone (1854-1930).
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Blissful Dawn? The 1906 Election
On 7 February 1906, the counting of votes was completed in the 1906 general election, and the Liberal Party had obtained a majority of 132 over all other parties. In addition, for the first time, 29 Labour MPs were elected and shortly afterwards the Parliamentary Labour Party was founded. To mark this anniversary, the Corporation…
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Secular intellectuals
Review of William C. Lubenow, Liberal Intellectuals and Public Culture in Modern Britain, 1815-1914: Making Words Flesh (Boydell Press, 2010).