1910-1929
The Liberal Party, the Labour Party and the First World War
An examination of why the Liberals suffered and Labour prospered.
The long shadow of war
Sir Edward Grey and Liberal foreign policy before 1914.
Did the Great War really kill the Liberal Party?
An analysis of the impact of the war on the Liberal Party.
A history of by-elections
Review of T. G. Otte and Paul Readman (eds.), By-elections in British politics 1832–1914 (Boydell, 2013).
The Liberal–Tory coalition of 1915
Report of the History Group evening meeting, 26 January 2015, with Ian Packer and Nigel Keohane; chair: Raymond Asquith (Earl of Oxford and Asquith and great-grandson of Herbert Asquith).
A conspiracy of silence?
Lloyd George and Basil Zaharoff.
Friends and allies
Review of Ian Hunter (ed.), Winston and Archie: The Letters of Sir Archibald Sinclair and Winston S. Churchill (Politico’s, 2005).
An inept and flawed peace
Review of Margaret MacMillan, Peacemakers: The Paris Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War (John Murray, 2003).
A Leader without a party
Review of John Grigg, Lloyd George: War Leader (Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 2002).