Welcome to the web site of the Lloyd George Society

The Lloyd George Society is a loose combination of like minds that meets in Wales for a weekend school on topical subjects, historical issues (particularly those relating to David Lloyd George) or interesting questions affecting Welsh life and culture, all from a liberal perspective. The Society usually meets once a year in February, avoiding the dates of rugby football internationals.

The schools have been taking place for over 50 years. Originally designed for Welsh Liberal parliamentary candidates to debate policy and topical questions, to help them prepare for the election trail, the schools have developed away from this specific purpose and now provide an informal forum for participants to hear interesting talks, take part in discussions and meet friends, old and new.

The schools have always tried to attract speakers expert in their field to provide plenty of food for thought and a leavening of controversy but the schools are best enjoyed for their good fellowship with many members who have attended regularly for decades.

Despite the origins of the Society, we are not formally affiliated to the Liberal Democrats. We welcome supporters and speakers at the weekend school who belong to other political parties or anyone who has an interest in Wales, history or current affairs. Obviously however, our liberal history strongly informs the range of topics on the school's agenda. In addition our Vice Presidents are Liberal Democrat parliamentarians.

Some snippets about David Lloyd George Sun 10th Jan 2010 There have a few stories in the press recently mentioning David Lloyd George.

Act now - Lloyd George Society on the new Lib Dem social networking site Wed 25th Nov 2009 The Liberal Democrats have launched a social networking site, very similar to Facebook, as the latest part of the party's online strategy. And the Lloyd George Society has created its own group on the site to encourage interest in what we do, as well as to try and attract new members to come to the weekend schools.

19th century Welsh Liberal MPs - a chance to own a piece of Liberal history Wed 4th Nov 2009 In 1894, T Marchant Williams published a book containing pictures and biographies of all the Welsh Liberal MPs of the time, 34 in all. Those were the days. The book was published by Daniel Owen of Cardiff. The portraits are black and white drawings by Wil Morgan similar in style to those published in Vanity Fair, with accompanying 'biographical' stories of each MP.

A date for your diary - the next Lloyd George Society weekend school, 19-21 February 2010 Sat 24th Oct 2009 The next weekend school will be held at the Hotel Commodore, Llandrindod Wells, Powys from the evening of Friday 19 until lunchtime on Sunday 21 February 2010.

The Love Triangle at the heart of Lloyd George's life Tue 15th Sep 2009 Do not forget to watch Ffion Hague presenting a documentary on S4C on Sunday, 20 September tracing the relationship between David Lloyd George, one of Britain's greatest politicians, and his two wives.

Yn ol troed Lloyd George - In Lloyd George's Footsteps Fri 11th Sep 2009 The Friends of the Lloyd George Museum and Silver Star Holidays Ltd have organised a trip to London from Thursday 3 - Sunday 6 December 2009 to visit sites associated with David Lloyd George.

Watch " The Two Wives of Lloyd George, with Ffion Hague" on 20 September, 9pm on S4C Mon 10th Aug 2009 Ffion Hague presents a one hour documentary on the relationship between Lloyd George and his wives - Margaret Owen and Frances Stevenson, charting the women's extraordinary influence on the great man's life and career. The programme is made for Welsh language channel S4C and is available with subtitles in English (page 888). Information on how to receive English Subtitles on digital can be found on s4c.co.uk, search English subtitles. S4C can be received outside Wales on Freesat 120 and Sky 134.

Is Gordon Brown the new Lloyd George? Tue 23rd Jun 2009 A recent article in the Financial Times by historian Peter Clarke has drawn parallels between our current prime minister and David Lloyd George.

'The wizard, the goat, the man who won the war' - Llanystumdwy celebrates Lloyd George Day Fri 15th May 2009 Saturday 16 May 2009 is Lloyd George Day - to be celebrated with a special series of dramas and events in the great man's home village of Llanystumdwy.

As swine flu hits - look back 100 years Sat 2nd May 2009 The media today is full of the H1N1 virus and its potential to inflict death on a global scale. However almost exactly 100 years ago an influenza pandemic did actually break out and carried off millions around the world. One report later estimated that nearly half the world's then population (around a billion people) were affected in some way.

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