Articles
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Gladstone: The colossus of the nineteenth century – politics then and now
Lord Jenkins, giving the Guildhall Lecture to an invited audience in June 1996, took the contrast between the patterns of political life in the nineteenth century and the late twentieth century as his central theme.
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The Liberal performance in 1945
Contribution to the continuing debate over the 1945 election: response to earlier Newsletter articles.
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The Liberal Party and the 1945 election
Personal recollections of the Liberal Party’s campaign in the 1945 general election.
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New Zealand’s Liberal Party
The rise and collapse of the Liberal Party of New Zealand has many parallels with the heyday and decline of the British Liberal Party.
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Liberal Party fortunes in the Isle of Wight 1900-1910
The political and electoral history of a Liberal-Conservative marginal seat.
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The making of ‘The People’s William’
Analysis of Gladstone’s transformation into the most popular politician of his age.
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William Ewart Gladstone: A bicentenary perspective
Gladstone’s connections with Nottinghamshire explored.
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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.
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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.