The best weekend school ever?
Members gathered for the Society’s 2014 weekend school were treated to an excellent selection of talks and presentations on the Saturday as well as a terrific debate on Britain’s membership of the European Union and a lively panel session on Sunday. Society president Lord Thomas of Gresford wondered aloud after the event if the programme […]
Come and join us at Llandrindod Wells for the next weekend school – 15/16 February 2014
The next Society weekend school will be held at the Hotel Commodore, Llandrindod Wells, on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 February 2014. The attractive programme contains a good mix of camaraderie, history, politics and debate with themes about Europe and the also the First World War as 2014 is Euro election year as well as […]
Lloyd George’s Tada – the one father he never knew
The Society has received some more information about the new biography of the father of David Lloyd George, due to be published next year to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the death of school teacher William George. As the author, Peter Rowland, points out – in the words of the song Lloyd George knew […]
More pictures of Lloyd George from the exhibition The Goat, The Wizard and the Man Who Won the War
The exhibition charting the life of David Lloyd George at the National Library has recently received some more publicity from BBC Wales. The Society is pleased to share this link to some wonderful photos and more information about the exhibition which has appeared on the BBC Wales website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-24852971
New exhibition presenting the story of David Lloyd George
The National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth is currently putting on an exhibition, to run until May 2014, presenting the story of the only Welshman to be British prime minister – David Lloyd George.
Borrowing from the title of the successful stage play about Lloyd George by D J Britton, the exhibition is being publicised as […]
Celebrating David Lloyd George – Saturday 23 November, 2013 in Birmingham
The , together with the (BMI), warmly invite you to a jointly organised one-day conference to mark the birth of David Lloyd George in 1863 – as part of the series of events which the Society has undertaken in the Welsh Wizard’s 150th anniversary year. This special day-school will look at Lloyd George’s politics […]
David Lloyd George recognised as a ‘Great Briton’ by the Royal Mail
In the year of the 150th anniversary of the birth of David Lloyd George, the Welsh Wizard is included in a new set of postage stamps recognising a number of ‘Great Britons’.
Royal Mail say they hope the stamp will be a lasting tribute to the memory of the man who was Member of Parliament for […]
Two new Vice-Presidents for the Lloyd George Society
The Lloyd George Society welcomed two new Vice-Presidents to its ranks at last month’s weekend school in Llandrindod Wells, with the election of Baroness Joan Walmsley and Lady Shirley Hooson at the Society’s Annual General Meeting.
Lady Walmsley hails from Liverpool where she also went to University. After graduating in Biology she went to work in […]
Happy St David’s Day
Everyone at the Lloyd George Society would like to wish all visitors to our site a very happy St David’s Day for 1 March. You don’t have to be Welsh. We hope you enjoy and make the most of the day.
Invitation to a conference on medical ethics
The Liberal Democrat Lawyers Association are holding a weekend conference at Jesus College, Oxford on April 13 & 14 April 2013 examining the legal, moral and philosophical issues of some of medicine’s most difficult subjects; medical ethics, assisted dying and abortion.
In 2004, the Lloyd George Society weekend school heard a well-received talk from Professor Ilora […]
