A contemporary newspaper account of Oscar being seized in 1895. Continue reading
Category Archives: History
Hastings remembered
‘The Norman had run riot on our fair South Saxon soil’: 950 years since Hastings. Continue reading
Saving democracy: The popular front against Fascism
Stephen Spender in 1936 on the political responsibilities of intellectuals. Continue reading
80 years ago: The future of Labour
From the News Chronicle in October 1936: Will there ever be a Labour government again? Continue reading
The quiet revolutionary Mark I
Theresa May isn’t the first Tory prime minister to promise a quiet revolution. Continue reading
Hooligan anarchists and the fine arts
PAUL SAFFER on the lessons today’s Lib Dems can learn from their forebears. Continue reading
‘Nobody’s poodles’: Liberals speak out
A century of Liberals and Lib Dems, summed up in 30 quotes. Continue reading
No more heroes anymore?
ROGER HERMISTON wonders why the Lib Dems are so reluctant to draw on their rich heritage, and celebrates the career of Archibald Sinclair. Continue reading
Proud to be British
What was the proper response to seeing naked Mormons in 19th-century Derbyshire? Continue reading
Obscure Olympians 8: David Bond
PAUL SAFFER on a champion so obscure that even his workmates didn’t know he’d won gold. Continue reading
Labour leadership elections: Part 4
The Labour Party under Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn in the final part of ALWYN TURNER’s series. Continue reading
Obscure Olympians 7: David Cecil
PAUL SAFFER’s series continues with a hurdler fictionalized in Chariots of Fire. Continue reading
