Time Period: 1886-1895
Minded to slay national ignorance
Review of James Dixon, Out of Birmingham: George Dixon (1820–98), ‘Father of Free Education’ (Brewin Books, 2013).
Jabez Balfour
Businessman and Liberal politician.
Famous for being famous?
Review of Leo McKinstry, Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil (John Murray, 2005).
A hand-to-mouth man?
Review of Patrick Jackson, Harcourt and Son: A Political Biography of Sir William Harcourt, 1827-1904 (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004).
The diary of a somebody
Review of John Vincent (ed.), The Diaries of Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-93): A Selection (Leopard’s Head Press, 2003).
‘God made the land for the people’
Review of Patricia Lynch, The Liberal Party in Rural England 1885-1910: Radicalism and Community (Clarendon Press, 2003).
The man who made the weather: Joseph Chamberlain – imperial standard bearer, national leader, local icon
Report of the centenary conference, Birmingham 4–5 July 2014.
Party agents 1880-1914
The impact of the professional agent on electioneering and political organisation in the decades after the Third Reform Act.
Images of Lloyd George
How David Lloyd George was portrayed in cartoons throughout his long career.
You don’t have to be mad to work there, but …
Review of J. B. Williams, Worsted to Westminster: The Extraordinary Life of Rev. Dr Charles Leach MP (Darcy Press, 2009).