1910-1929
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Radical Joe and Chocolate George
Review of Andrew Reekes, Two Titans, One City: Joseph Chamberlain and George Cadbury (History West Midlands, 2017).
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Fascinating diary entries of a Liberal junior minister in the thick of events
Review of Andrew Thorpe and Richard Toye (eds.), Parliament and Politics in the Age of Asquith and Lloyd George: the Diaries of Cecil Harmsworth, MP, 1909–1922, Camden Fifth Series, Volume 50 (Cambridge University Press, 2016).
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Margot in wartime
Review of Anne de Courcy, Margot at War: Love and Betrayal in Downing Street, 1912–1916 (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2015).
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Letters to the Editor
The 1915 general election (Graem Peters, Peter Rowland); Chris Rennard interview (Barry Standen, Roger Jenking).
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The Nonconformist mind of Lloyd George
The roots of Lloyd George’s political beliefs.
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Asquith’s obsession
Stefan Buczacki, My Darling Mr Asquith: The extraordinary life and times of Venetia Stanley (Cato & Clarke 2016)
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Liberal defectors and the First World War
An analysis of the impact of the Great War on defections from the party.
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The Liberal Party and the general election of 1915
What could have happened in the general election due in 1915 but postponed because of the war.