Time Period: 1859-1886
Restoring Herbert Gladstone
Review of Kenneth D. Brown, The Unknown Gladstone: The Life of Herbert Gladstone, 1854–1930 (I.B.Tauris, 2018).
Gladstone’s First Government 1868–74
Meeting following the AGM, 28 January 2019, with Professor Jon Parry and Dr David Brooks; chair Tony Little.
The long march of British history
Review of Martin Pugh, State and Society. A Social and Political History of Britain since 1870 (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017).
‘Vote for Mr Crum and one other Liberal’
The origin of two 1874 election leaflets.
The long-lived Liberal Party of Canada
An examination of the history of the Canadian Liberal Party.
Transatlantic Gladstone
Review of Stephen J. Peterson, Gladstone’s Influence in America (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).
The historical Gladstone and the contemporary Gladstone
Gladstone’s library at Hawarden.
The general election of 1874
Analysis of the reasons behind the crushing Liberal defeat in 1874.
Jogging along by the Parliamentary train?
Gladstone’s first government and the House of Lords.