Articles
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‘Crinks’ Johnstone
The career of the Right Honourable Harcourt Johnstone (1895-1945).
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Simon and Southwark, Bermondsey
Analysis of how Simon Hughes came to be selected for the apparently unwinnable seat of Southwark, Bermondsey.
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Gladstone and the Irish question
Gladstone tried repeatedly to resolve the problem of Ireland. This article argues that his efforts were doomed to failure because of his own prejudices and preconceptions.
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Lord Rea
The career of Philip Russell Rea, (1900-81), the Liberal leader in the Lords in the 1950s and 60s.
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The newcomer
The story of the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray’s spirited performance on the Oxford hustings in 1857.
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Churchill, Clement Davies and the Ministry of Education
Examination of the offer of a cabinet position to the Liberal leader Clement Davies in October 1951.
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Leaders and leadership
Interview with Jeremy Thorpe, leader of the Liberal Party 1967-76.
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A progressive’s dilemma
In 1995, John Dickie, Liberal Democrat councillor in Camden and Federal Executive member, quit the party and joined Labour. Neil Stockley interviewed him on his defection.
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Breaking the mould?
Robert Maclennan was one of the original MPs who left the Labour Party to found the SDP, eventually becoming its third, and last, leader. Tony Little interviewed him during the 1999 Liberal Democrat conference at Harrogate.