The greatest ever Liberal? David Lloyd George in the final four.
The Liberal Democrat History Group, through its website and the Journal of Liberal History have been running a competition to find Britain’s greatest liberal. The contest was inspired partially by the 2002 Great Briton competition run by the BBC, won by Winston Churchill.
The History Group invited readers of the Journal to vote for a short […]
THERE IS NO FRIENDSHIP AT THE TOP
Politicians always get misquoted, or, as they usually prefer to put it, ‘get taken out of context’ (translation – “I did say that but I realise now it was a dreadful mistake to say it”. Sometimes they are famously credited with things they did not say at all. Jim Callaghan never uttered the words, “Crisis, […]
Lloyd George photos in the Daily Encounters exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.
A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square, Daily Encounters – Photographs from Fleet Street, Exploring Britain and Britishness through newspaper photography, tells the story of photojournalism since its earliest days to the near present. It features some pictures of Lloyd George as early examples of the kind of press photographs which […]
Sir Maldwyn Thomas – A tribute, by Winston Roddick Q.C.
This tribute to the late Sir Maldwyn Thomas, a former Liberal parliamentary candidate, President of the Welsh Liberal Party and the first President of the Lloyd George Society, is the text of a talk given at a meeting of the Lloyd George Society held in February 2003.
It is copyright and no part of it may […]
MEMORIES OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE – By Jennifer Longford
This article is based on a talk given at a meeting of the Lloyd George Society held at Llanwyrtd Wells, Powys in February 2001.
It is copyright and no part of it may be reproduced without the permission of the author or the Society. It was first published by the Society as one of four papers […]
WALES: THE TRUE TASTE OUR FOOD CULTURE -By Wynfford James, agri-food director Welsh Development Agency.
The Lloyd George Society is not exclusively devoted to the study of the career of David Lloyd George, or to considering aspects of Welsh, British or international politics, although it is fair to say these are our main interests. The Society invites guests to its weekend schools from a range of professions and specialisms. Wynfford […]
LLOYD GEORGE AND THE MODERN WORLD by Lord Morgan
(Baron Morgan of Aberdyfi in the County of Gwynedd ; Professor Kenneth O Morgan, distinguished Welsh historian and political biographer)
This article is based on a talk given at a meeting of the Lloyd George Society held at Llanwyrtd Wells, Powys in February 2003. It is copyright and no part of it may be reproduced without […]
GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) CROPS By Professor Neil Jones, The University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Institute of Biological Sciences.
The Lloyd George Society is not exclusively devoted to the study of the career of David Lloyd George, or to considering aspects of Welsh, British or international politics, although it is fair to say these are our main interests. The Society invites guests to its weekend schools from a range of professions and specialisms. Professor […]
WITH THEM OR AGAINST THEM? by Peter Unwin (Author and former diplomat)
This article is based on a talk given at a meeting of the Lloyd George Society held in February 2003.
It is copyright and no part of it may be reproduced without the permission of the author or the Society. Mr Unwin updated his analysis of Anglo-American relations at the Lloyd George Society meeting held in […]
LIBERAL WEEKEND SCHOOL TURNS INTO THE LLOYD GEORGE SOCIETY – By Russell Deacon, Centre for Humanities, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
In August 1985, in the spirit of co-operation that had come across both the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Liberals, the Liberal Weekend School ended. In its place it was decided to create the Lloyd George Society. The society was named after the most prominent Welsh Liberal of all time and was felt to […]
