1956-1976
In further search of ‘Orpington Man’
A response to the report on the Liberal Democrat History Group meeting about ‘Orpington Man’. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Sheelagh Murnaghan and the Ulster Liberal Party
The life and political career of the only Liberal to win a seat in the Northern Ireland parliament. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Liberal thought
Review of Kevin Hickson (ed.), The Political Thought of the Liberals and Liberal Democrats since 1945 (Manchester University Press, 2009).
The Young Liberals and the left, 1965-70
The relationship between the Young Liberals and the left in the 1960s. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
A Radical Life
Review of Mervyn Jones, A Radical Life: The Biography of Megan Lloyd George (Hutchinson, 1991).
Liberals and Europe
The development of the Liberal commitment to Europe, 1945-64. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
The slow death of Liberal Wales 1906 – 1979
The story of Liberalism in Wales 1906 – 1979. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate or Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate.
Grimond and the first post-war revival
The apogee of two-party politics in the UK was reached in the 1950s. At the 1955 election, the Conservative and Labour parties, and their allies, between them took 96.10 per cent of the vote and 98.73 per cent of the parliamentary seats in the UK.
Megan Lloyd George, 1902-1966
Megan Lloyd George was born at Criccieth, Caernarfonshire, on 22 April 1902, the third daughter and fifth child of David Lloyd George and his wife Margaret. Until the age of four she could speak only Welsh. She was educated privately, in part by Frances Stevenson, who became her father’s mistress and in 1943 his second wife,…