Articles
The making of ‘The People’s William’
Analysis of Gladstone’s transformation into the most popular politician of his age.
William Ewart Gladstone: A bicentenary perspective
Gladstone’s connections with Nottinghamshire explored.
John Sutton Nettlefold, Liberalism and the early town planning movement
The contribution of the chair of Birmingham’s Housing Committee, 1901-11, to the debates on slum housing and town planning.
Discovering Kincardineshire’s Liberal history
An article in our ‘Liberal Heritage’ series, in which well-known Liberal Democrats explore the Liberal history of their native town.
Discovering Berwick’s Liberal history
An article in our ‘Liberal Heritage’ series, in which well-known Liberal Democrats explore the Liberal history of their native town.
The 1936 Preston by-election
A look at the tensions the by-election caused for Liberal National and Conservative coalition partners.
The origins of community politics
How did the Liberal Party come to adopt a strategy of community politics in 1970? This article traces the origins of the concept from the New, or Social, Liberalism of Thomas Hill Green, through Jo Grimond’s leadership of the Liberal Party, to the counter-culture of the 1960s.
The peacemonger
The life and career of David Davies, the first Baron Davies of Llandinam (1880-1944).
The Liberal Party and the South African War 1899-1902
Examination of the crisis in the Liberal Party that was provoked by the Anglo-Boer War.