1910-1929
Lloyd George, the Liberal crisis, and the Unionist 18 Party during the First World War
Did Lloyd George ‘abandon Liberalism’ in the face of war? Matthew Johnson examines the evidence.
Lloyd George and the hard-faced men, 1918–22
Kenneth O. Morgan surveys the record of Lloyd George’s peacetime coalition government.
Christabel and the Liberals
Review of June Purvis, Christabel Pankhurst: A Biography (Routledge, 2018)
The Strange Death of Liberal England Revisited
George Dangerfield’s The Strange Death of Liberal England, published in 1935, became one of the most influential accounts of the Liberal Party’s demise as a party of government. Dangerfield claimed that by ‘the end of 1913 Liberal England was reduced to ashes’ by three forms of political turbulence and upheaval: the threat of civil…
Liberal women in Devon
Review of J. Neville, M. Auchterlonie, P. Auchterlonie and A. Roberts (eds.), Devon Women in Public and Professional Life 1900–1950: Votes, voices and vocations (Exeter University Press, 2021). Review by Mark Egan.
Asquith and his background
Review of V. Markham Lester, H. H. Asquith: Last of the Romans (Lexington Books, 2019). Review by Katheryn Gallant.
Working with Labour: The Liberal Party and the Balance of Power 1923–31
Conference fringe meeting (online), 11 March 2022, with Professor Philip Williamson and Michael Meadowcroft; Chair: Wendy Chamberlain MP. Report by Joseph Walker.
Lloyd George’s French connection
Kenneth O. Morgan analyses the record – so far largely overlooked – of Lloyd George’s interest in France and French policy.