Time Period: 1910-1929
Champion of Liberalism
Biography of the left-leaning Liberal MP for Leicester, 1910-13, Eliot Crawshay-Williams (1879-1962).
The rank and file and the Liberal government ‘crisis’ of 1912: a note
One activist’s reaction to the key issues facing the Liberal government in 1912.
Asquith and the Liberal legacy
Assessment of Asquith’s record – in a lecture given to mark the centenary of the formation of Aquith’s administration.
The Glyndwr manuscripts
The Glyndwr collection at the Denbighshire Record Office throws light on the fortunes of the local Liberal Party in the 1920s and ’30s.
The Liberal Party and womens suffrage, 1866-1918
Analysis of the relationship between the Liberal Party and the campaigns for womens suffrage.
The yellow glass ceiling: the mystery of the disappearing Liberal women MPs
Only six women ever sat as Liberal MPs, and most only for very short periods. This article examines why.
Report: Fighting Labour – the struggle for radical supremacy in Scotland 1885-1929
Report of the Liberal Democrat History Group meeting at the Scottish Liberal Democrat Conference, 13 March 2009, with Professor Richard Finlay, Dr Catriona Macdonald and Jim Wallace. Chair: Robert Brown MSP.
Land and nation in England
Review of Paul Readman, Patriotism, National Identity, and the Politics of Land, 1880-1914 (Royal Historical Society, 2008).
Edwardian Liberalism
Review of H. V. Emy, Liberals, Radicals and Social Politics, 1892-1914 (Cambridge University Press, 1973; reprinted 2008).
British intellectual life, 1918-39
Review of Richard Overy, The Morbid Age: Britain Between the Wars (Allen Lane, 2009).