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"Well written, funny and wistful" - Paul Linford; "He is indeed the Lib Dem blogfather" - Stephen Tall
"Jonathan Calder holds his end up well in the competitive world of the blogosphere" - New Statesman
"A prominent Liberal Democrat blogger" - BBC Radio 4 Today; "One of my favourite blogs" - Stumbling
and Mumbling; "Charming and younger than I expected" - Wartime Housewife

Friday, July 14, 2023

Jago Hazzard on the unbuilt tube line to Chingford, Enfield, Cheshunt and Palace Gates

Still sounding like a minor character from Poldark. Jago Hazzard looks at an abortive Tube scheme of the 1930s. Parts of it, he argues, have...

Could you write a guest post for Liberal England?

I enjoy publishing guest posts on Liberal England. So if you've got an idea for a post you could write for this blog, please drop me a ...

The Joy of Six 1145

"The self-styled free market task force seems to be yet another dark money outfit in British politics – led by senior figures from US a...

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Children's experiences in the English Civil War

Click on the (inevitable) image above to listen to this episode of the English Civil War podcast The World Turned Upside Down: The Civil War...

Bishop's Castle celebrates the 450th anniversary of its charter

The Shropshire Star reports This weekend marks the moment when 450 years ago the first Queen Elizabeth granted Bishop's Castle its char...

Melton Mowbray is the most unhappy place in Britain, says ONS

It's official. Melton Mowbray is the most miserable place in Britain. The Office of National Statistics recently ranked all 393 local au...

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Somerton and Frome voters are losing faith in the Tories

Zoe Crowther from Politics Home has been out canvassing with Sarah Dyke in Somerton and Frome, and her report is encouraging for the Lib De...

Government cuts threaten the future of our canals and rivers

The Canal & River Trust is to lose almost half its funding from the government, putting the future of some parts of the inland waterway ...

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

The Joy of Six 1144

At the end of a tribute to Peter Hellyer, William Wallace puts his finger on the Liberal Democrats' dilemma: "Britain still needs ...

Monday, July 10, 2023

A walk from Folkestone to Dover with John Rogers

John eschews (hem hem) his London haunts and visits the Kent coast. The YouTube blurb says: The two harbours walk from Folkestone to Dover ...

Dartmoor: Doubling Wistman's Wood in size is not remotely enough

They found themselves speaking in whispers as they came to the wood. There was no mistaking it for neither of the girls had seen anything li...

Why Jean Rook was better than Kelvin Mackenzie

I loved this tweet from the Sun's Kelvin Mackenzie, with its vision of tens of thousands of youngsters flocking to see Blur and Iron Mai...

Sunday, July 09, 2023

Mr Big: Romeo

Here's a number 5 hit from 1977 that I can't recall hearing since. Listening to it today, I suspect Mr Big had themselves been liste...

Saturday, July 08, 2023

Alexander Kerensky's son built the Dome of Discovery at the Festival of Britain

Embed from Getty Images Because it was about hope and the future, the Conservatives couldn't wait to dismantle the Festival of Britain ...

The Joy of Six 1143

"As Putin progressed down the line John immediately said, 'John Sweeney BBC. Would you tell us why you are murdering people in Ukra...

Friday, July 07, 2023

Stage: The lost David Bowie film directed by David Hemmings

Wandering around Braunston a couple of weeks ago, I thought of Running Scared , the lost David Hemmings film that was shot there. Released i...

GUEST POST Abandoning the War on Drugs would bring Britain so many benefits

Lee Dargue says legalising and regulating currently illegal drugs would bring us benefits in all sorts of areas. Politicians (and press off...

Thursday, July 06, 2023

Lib Dem South Cambridgeshire sticks to its guns on four-day working week trial

Embed from Getty Images Congratulations to Bridget Smith, the Liberal Democrat leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council, for standing...

Charles Dickens calls at The Admiral Nelson, Braunston

The Admiral Nelson at Braunston was kept for a time in the 19th century by George Adams Dickens, who was a cousin of Charles Dickens. He was...

Weymouth, Portland and Lulworth Cove in 1963

These days Talking Pictures TV is the place to go for videos like this, but I used to post them quite regularly. So let's put a toe in t...

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