Articles
The Sutton & Cheam by-election
The Sutton & Cheam by-election was won for the Liberal Party in December 1972. Jennifer Tankard interviews the victor, Graham (now Lord) Tope.
Abortion reform 1967
Memories of the battles over one of the key pieces of social reform legislation of the 1960s.
The lessons of Orpington
Analysis of the importance of the by-election result for the Liberal Party.
Fighting Orpington
The stunning by-election victory of Orpington in 1962 was the high point of the first Liberal revival. Eric Lubbock (now Lord Avebury) was the candidate.
Jo Grimond’s leadership of the Liberal Party
‘The personification and the hope of postwar Liberalism.’ The record of Jo Grimond.
Remembering Beveridge
Memories of William Beveridge, social scientist and Liberal, whose ideas shaped British postwar politics.
1959-74: years of Liberal revolution?
Introduction to this special issue on the Liberal postwar revival.
Liberal Democracy, philosophy and political identity
A call for the historical and philosophical studies of Liberalism in relation to democracy to be brought together.
The evolution of devolution
Analysis of the lessons from the first Home Rule Bill of 1886.