Shirley Williams (27 July 1930 – 11 April 2021)
A recollection of the life and political career of the much-missed Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby.
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Articles from the Journal of Liberal Democrat History.
A recollection of the life and political career of the much-missed Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby.
Download available only for subscribers.
Gladstone and franchise reform, 1864.
Ernest Simon and the revitalising of Liberalism in the 1920s and 1930s.
An appreciation of the life of Tony Greaves (27 July 1942 – 23 March 2021).
Liberal politician of conscience and one of only 16 MPs to have sat in the House of Commons in both world wars.
The aftermath of the 1832 Reform Act.
The Libertine, the Atheist, and The Liberal.
George Canning and the origins of nineteenth-century Liberalism.
The role played by Henry ‘Orator’ Hunt at Peterloo and its impact on Whig politics.
An examination of the Peterloo massacre in 1819, and its impact on the emergence of democracy in Britain.
Introduction to this special issue of the <i>Journal of Liberal History</i>.
The endurance of British Liberalism, 1945–1955.
Simon Heffer’s chapter on Gladstone from Iain Dale’s new book, The Prime Ministers.
The pioneering broadcasting career of Honor Balfour (1912–2001).
Lady Howard of Llanelli and the strange case of the Cowell-Stepneys.
An examination of two BME individuals and their role in British politics, 1790–1850.
Interview with Jo Swinson on her period as leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Comparative table of leadership performance updated to 2020.
Text of an address to mark the centenary of the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
Analysis of the influence of five leading women in the Liberal Party in the early twentieth century.