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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Fri 26th Feb 2010
This year's weekend school, again held at the Hotel Commodore in Llandrindod Wells, was much enjoyed by another healthy attendance with fascinating insights into economics, history, Lloyd George and current political affairs given by guest speakers.
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Fri 12th Feb 2010
Here is the final programme for the Lloyd George Society's weekend school to be held from 19-21 February 2010 at the Hotel Commodore, Llandrindod Wells:
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Sun 10th Jan 2010
There have a few stories in the press recently mentioning David Lloyd George.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Tue 7th Apr 2009
The Guardian newspaper has today published a story from their archives dated 7 April 1917, in which the declaration of war against Germany by the USA is reported.
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Fri 3rd Apr 2009
Nick Robinson, the chief political editor of the BBC, has recorded a 15 minute programme about David Lloyd George in the series 'The Prime Ministers' for Radio 4. You can still hear it on BBC iPlayer - where it will be available for the next four days by following the link:
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Thu 19th Mar 2009
We have been able today to add four new texts to the archive of papers prepared for delivery to the Lloyd George Society. These are three talks given at the weekend school of February 2008 and a fourth by Society Chairman Bill Barritt which he prepared for presentation.
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Mon 2nd Mar 2009
The Society is very pleased that Jennifer Longford, the daughter of Frances Stevenson, Countess Lloyd George, who was present with us at this year's Weekend School, has agreed to become one of the Society's Vice-Presidents.
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Tue 24th Feb 2009
Huw Edwards, the news broadcaster, will present a programme about Lloyd George tonight on BBC4 from 8.00-9.30pm. It seems to be repeat of a programme which went out first last year but is well worth re-watching if you missed it first time round.
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Sat 31st Jan 2009
Everyone has sung the lines "Lloyd George knew my, father knew Lloyd George" to the tune of Onward Christian Soldiers. It's a school bus, camp fire, Glee Club favourite. But a recent enquiry to the Liberal Democrat History Group queried the origins of the song and the Society wondered if readers could help with a definitive answer.
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Mon 22nd Dec 2008
The Society is delighted to announce that Lieutenant Colonel Richard Parry had agreed to speak at the next Weekend School to be held at Llandrindod Wells over the weekend of 20/22 February 2009.
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