1956-1976
Eric Lubbock and the Orpington moment
A commemoration of the victor of the 1962 Orpington by-election.
Report: Community politics and the Liberal revival
Conference fringe meeting held jointly with the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors, 13 March 2015.
Emlyn Hooson
An examination of the life and career of the Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire, 1962–79.
Assessing Jeremy Thorpe
Four views on Jeremy Thorpe’s record and character.
On this day 25-9-1970
The Liberal Party assembly at Eastbourne passes by 348 votes to 236 a Young Liberal amendment, moved by Tony Greaves, to a motion on party strategy and tactics calling for a dual approach to politics, acting both inside and outside the institutions of the political establishment, and stating that the role of Liberal activists was to organise…
It’s Boy David
Review of David Torrance, David Steel: Rising Hope to Elder Statesman (Biteback Publishing, 2012).
Friends and allies
Review of Ian Hunter (ed.), Winston and Archie: The Letters of Sir Archibald Sinclair and Winston S. Churchill (Politico’s, 2005).
‘His presence generated electricity’
Review of Peter Barberis, Liberal Lion, Jo Grimond: A Political Life (I.B. Tauris, 2005).
The forgotten leader
Review of Alan Wyburn-Powell, Clement Davies: Liberal Leader (Politico’s, 2003).