Liberal history quiz 2008
The questions from our conference quiz, the answers, and what the entrants thought were the answers …
Articles from the Journal of Liberal Democrat History.
The questions from our conference quiz, the answers, and what the entrants thought were the answers …
The Glyndwr collection at the Denbighshire Record Office throws light on the fortunes of the local Liberal Party in the 1920s and ’30s.
The Conservative-Liberal coalition talks of 1-4 March 1974.
Guest Editor Elizabeth Evans introduces this special issue by analysing the relationship between Liberalism and feminism.
Exploration of how Liberalism and feminism meet powerfully in the life and work of John Stuart Mill.
Analysis of the relationship between the Liberal Party and the campaigns for womens suffrage.
Interview with Shirley Williams.
Only six women ever sat as Liberal MPs, and most only for very short periods. This article examines why.
The Liberal Democrat record in selecting and supporting women candidates.
The evolution of the Womens Liberal Federation into Women Liberal Democrats.
A personal view of women in Alliance politics.
The story of this influential pressure group within the Liberal Party.
Diaries and correspondence files are used to examine the courtship between David Lloyd George and Margaret Owen between 1884 and their marriage in 1888.
The Gladstone 200 Campaign at St Deiniol’s Library.
An examination of the genesis, content and impact of Lloyd George’s famous Budget of one hundred years ago.
An analysis of the most well-known work of the greatest of the Victorian Liberal philosophers, published 150 years ago this year, and an assessment of its relevance to 2009.
In the year of the 200th anniversary of his birth, what relevance has Gladstone to today’s politics?
An exchange of views between Duncan Brack and Roy Douglas on the desirability of a hung parliament and its possible impact on the Liberal Democrats.
An interview with Sir Cyril Smith MBE, the larger-than-life former MP for Rochdale and Chief Whip.
A new regular feature in the Journal, reporting news of meetings, conferences, commemorations, dinners or any other event, together with anything else of contemporary interest to our readers.