Paul Spackman to deliver talk on Lloyd George and Europe in Llanystumdwy – He’ll also be speaking at our Weekend too!
At 7:30pm on Thursday 19 November, Lloyd George’s biographer, Paul Spackman, will be delivering a talk on Lloyd George and Europe at the Village Hall in Llanystumdwy. The talk is being hosted by Cyfeillion Amgueddfa Lloyd George/Friends of The Lloyd George Museum. Entry is £5 or free for Friends of the Museum. Lloyd George Society […]
SAVE THE DATE! Announcing The 2027 Lloyd George Society Weekend!
After this year’s really successful Weekend, which included a change of venue, we’re pleased to announce that the Lloyd George Society will be heading back to the Lake Country House & Spa in Llangammarch Wells. As you can see in the photo above, the hotel is in a stunning location, and we’ll have it all […]
LGS establishes new link with US National Winston Churchill Museum in Fulton Missouri
On the 29th September 2026, our Chair Professor Russell Deacon visited the US National Winston Churchill Museum and was given a tour around by the director Timothy Riley. Prof Deacon was shown a lot of the material concerning Churchill as a Liberal and the original extract of the famous “Iron Curtain Fulton Speech” Churchill made […]
‘Over me beat the invisible wings’ – Ireland, Churchill and Lloyd George
The author, Charles Stephenson, has kindly agreed that we can publish a recent article that he has written. Although far from conventionally religious, Churchill had long considered himself under the protection of Providence. He was certainly physically fearless and sought to put himself ‘in harm’s way’, as the phrase has it. Whilst campaigning in northern […]
Interview with Paul Spackman, biographer of David Lloyd George
Paul Spackman, the author of a recently published biography of David Lloyd George, has kindly answered some questions about his book David Lloyd George – Welsh Radical, World Statesman. Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you came to be an author & biographer? I have always been fascinated by History, the […]
Lloyd George, Liberals and Blue Plaques
Recently, our Chair was walking around Cowbridge in South Wales, a place he’s been to many times, and noticed something new – a Lloyd George Blue Plaque. This got us thinking: have you, dear reader, noticed any blue plaques to Lloyd George or to historical Liberals? I’ll be looking into this and I plan to […]
Lloyd George Society Chair – Welsh Lib Dem Peers face extinction
Martin Shipton, friend of the Lloyd George Society and our recent after-dinner speaker, has written an article for Nation.Cymru, highlighting the decline in the number of Welsh Liberal Democrat peers. The outgoing Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, nominated five Liberal Democrats in his resignation honours list. However, for the 13th year in a row, no […]
Rhodri Morgan statue unveiled in Cardiff
Our man on the ground, Cllr William (Bill) Powell, attended the unveiling of the Rhodri Morgan statue at the Pierhead in Cardiff. Rhodri Morgan was the First Minister of Wales from 2000-2009 and steered the country through the initial growing pains of devolution. Championing a ‘clear red water’ policy for Welsh Labour that focused on […]
Book Offer – Signed copies of Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party 1962-79
I have a small number of signed copies of my book available for sale. £20 plus £2 postage. 10% of sales will be donated to the Lloyd George Society. Drop me an email at Nicholas.alderton@hotmail.com if you’d like to buy one. Also, if you’ve already purchased a copy and want me to sign it, I’m […]
