Final programme for 2010 weekend school sent out
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:
Friday 19th February
8.00pm: Dinner – Welcome from the President, Roger Pincham CBE
Saturday 20th February
0930: Bill Barritt – Hot Air to Cold Comfort
1030: Coffee
1100: Lord Kenneth Morgan – Lloyd George, Gladstone and […]
Some snippets about David Lloyd George
There have a few stories in the press recently mentioning David Lloyd George.
In an article published on 5 January in the Wall Street Journal, Jan Morris writes in celebration of graffiti (admittedly not everyone’s favourite popular art form). She recalls that on the top of the parapet of the old bridge over the river Dwyfor, […]
Act now – Lloyd George Society on the new Lib Dem social networking site
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 […]
19th century Welsh Liberal MPs – a chance to own a piece of Liberal history
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 […]
A date for your diary – the next Lloyd George Society weekend school, 19-21 February 2010
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.
Speakers who have confirmed they will attend are: Professor Lord Kenneth Morgan who will speak on Gladstone and Abraham Lincoln and their influence on Lloyd George, Lord Carlile of […]
The Love Triangle at the heart of Lloyd George’s life
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.
Ffion, herself, is the wife of a prominent politician, the Conservative Party’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague. In the programme, Dwy Wraig Lloyd George, […]
Yn ol troed Lloyd George – In Lloyd George’s Footsteps
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.
Itinerary:
Thursday 3 December
Travel to London, 8pm dinner at Odettes restaurant, Primrose Hill
Friday 4 December
Morning visiting some of the houses where Lloyd George […]
Watch ” The Two Wives of Lloyd George, with Ffion Hague” on 20 September, 9pm on S4C
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 […]
Is Gordon Brown the new Lloyd George?
A recent article in the Financial Times by historian Peter Clarke has drawn parallels between our current prime minister and David Lloyd George.
Not in comparing their legislative legacy, in which LG surely outstrips the current occupant of number 10 Downing Street; nor in the dishonesty of Labour politicians on Brown’s watch milking the taxpayer for […]
‘The wizard, the goat, the man who won the war’ – Llanystumdwy celebrates Lloyd George Day
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.
The celebration is organised by Gwynedd Council, which runs the Lloyd George Museum in the North Wales village.
A major part of the celebration will be the performance of […]
