Articles
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The Lord Chancellor who never was
Biography of the leading Liberal lawyer Norman Birkett (1883-1962).
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What might have been
Interview with John Pardoe, Liberal MP for North Cornwall, 1966-79.
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The first woman Liberal MP
The life and political career of the first woman Liberal MP, Margaret Wintringham (1879-1955).
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Exploding the delusion of protection
A speech made by Richard Cobden in March 1845, near the climax of the campaign to abolish the Corn Laws.
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Lloyd George and the suffragettes at Llanystumdwy
A re-examination of the reopening by Lloyd George in September 1912 of the village institute at his native Llanystumdwy, when the proceedings were blighted by constant suffragette interruptions.
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Grimond’s rival
The life and political career of the contentious, individualistic, right-wing Liberal MP for Cardiganshire from 1945 until 1966, Captain E. Roderic Bowen MP (1913-2001).
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An intractable problem? Gladstone and Irish home rule
1880 – 1886: Gladstone’s efforts to achieve Home Rule for Ireland.
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Liberalism and liberty from Gladstone to Ashdown: Continuous thread or winding stair?
In a lecture delivered at Hawarden, and in a shortened version to the LDHG meeting in July 1998, Conrad Russell outlines the perennial themes in the approach of Liberals and Liberal Democrats.
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The Liberal Party and the Great War
Introduction to this special issue of the Newsletter.