1895-1910
Bertha Bowness Fischer
‘One of the most effective and most welcome workers.’ An examination of the career of the first female Liberal political agent.
Rosebery’s son
Review of Martin Gibson, A Primrose Path: The gilded life of Lord Rosebery’s favourite son (Arum Press, 2020).
Edward Grey reassessed
Review of T. G. Otte, Statesman of Europe: A Life of Sir Edward Grey (Allen Lane, 2020).
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).
Whitley and the Whitley Councils
Review of John A. Hargreaves, Keith Laybourn and Richard Toye (eds.), Liberal Reform and Industrial Relations: J. H. Whitley (1866– 1935) – Halifax Radical and Speaker of the House of Commons (Routledge, 2018).
William Ewart Gladstone
Simon Heffer’s chapter on Gladstone from Iain Dale’s new book, The Prime Ministers.