Writing about Paddy
A look at how Paddy Ashdown’s life and career were remembered and celebrated in the media.
Articles from the Journal of Liberal Democrat History.
A look at how Paddy Ashdown’s life and career were remembered and celebrated in the media.
A recollection of the career of Paddy Ashdown, Leader of the Liberal Democrats 1988–99.
Gladstone’s library at Hawarden.
Analysis of the reasons behind the crushing Liberal defeat in 1874.
The threat to Richard Cobden’s Sussex home.
Gladstone’s first government and the House of Lords.
Discussion of one of the outstanding achievements of Gladstone’s government.
The Liberal government’s policy on Ireland.
Examination of the role played by the publication of Gladstone’s pamphlet during the 1868 election campaign.
Analysis of the achievements of Gladstone’s ministry.
Discussion of the results of the election that brought the Liberals to power.
Introduction to this special issue of the <i>Journal of Liberal History</i>, marking 150 years since William Ewart Gladstone first became prime minister.
David Steel on his recollections of Jeremy Thorpe.
The party whips, the collapse of the government and the decline of the Liberal Party.
An analysis of the partnership between the Liberal leaders which finally split under the strains of war.
Interview with Tim Farron MP on his period as Leader of the Liberal Democrats, 2015–17.
The <i>Journal</i> team celebrate our hundredth issue.
How did Liberal Prime Minister H. H. Asquith’s friendships and relationships affect his political decisions?
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Did the Liberals miss an historical opportunity to become the party of organised labour and the trade unions in the 1870s?
The experience of the Hampshire Congregationalists in the Edwardian period.