http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Lloyd George Society en-GB Lloyd George Society http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Lloyd George Society 2010-03-12T01:40+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000094/another_successful_weekend_school.html This year's weekend school, again held at the Hotel Commodore in Llandrindod Wells, was much enjoyed by another healthy attendance with fascinating insights into economics, history, Lloyd George and current political affairs given by guest speakers. 2010-02-26T15:15+00:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000093/final_programme_for_2010_weekend_school_sent_out.html 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: 2010-02-12T15:08+00:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000092/some_snippets_about_david_lloyd_george.html There have a few stories in the press recently mentioning David Lloyd George. 2010-01-10T16:23+00:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000091/act_now__lloyd_george_society_on_the_new_lib_dem_social_networking_site.html 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 weekend schools. 2009-11-25T17:28+00:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000090/19th_century_welsh_liberal_mps__a_chance_to_own_a_piece_of_liberal_history.html 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 Fair, with accompanying 'biographical' stories of each MP. 2009-11-04T15:33+00:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000089/a_date_for_your_diary__the_next_lloyd_george_society_weekend_school_1921_february_2010.html 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. 2009-10-24T15:33+01:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000088/the_love_triangle_at_the_heart_of_lloyd_georges_life.html 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. 2009-09-15T14:47+01:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000087/yn_ol_troed_lloyd_george__in_lloyd_georges_footsteps.html 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. 2009-09-11T12:45+01:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000086/watch__the_two_wives_of_lloyd_george_with_ffion_hague_on_20_september_9pm_on_s4c.html 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 to receive English Subtitles on digital can be found on s4c.co.uk, search English subtitles. S4C can be received outside Wales on Freesat 120 and Sky 134. 2009-08-10T16:40+01:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000085/is_gordon_brown_the_new_lloyd_george.html A recent article in the Financial Times by historian Peter Clarke has drawn parallels between our current prime minister and David Lloyd George. 2009-06-23T19:36+01:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000084/the_wizard_the_goat_the_man_who_won_the_war__llanystumdwy_celebrates_lloyd_george_day.html 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. 2009-05-15T14:17+01:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000083/as_swine_flu_hits__look_back_100_years.html The media today is full of the H1N1 virus and its potential to inflict death on a global scale. However almost exactly 100 years ago an influenza pandemic did actually break out and carried off millions around the world. One report later estimated that nearly half the world's then population (around a billion people) were affected in some way. 2009-05-02T15:37+01:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000082/read_lloyd_georges_message_to_the_american_people_on_the_anniversary_of_the_entry_of_the_usa_into_the_first_world_war.html The Guardian newspaper has today published a story from their archives dated 7 April 1917, in which the declaration of war against Germany by the USA is reported. 2009-04-07T15:38+01:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000081/listen_to_nick_robinson_the_bbc_political_correspondent_on_david_lloyd_george.html Nick Robinson, the chief political editor of the BBC, has recorded a 15 minute programme about David Lloyd George in the series 'The Prime Ministers' for Radio 4. You can still hear it on BBC iPlayer - where it will be available for the next four days by following the link: 2009-04-03T14:40+01:00 http://www.lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk/news/000080/new_papers_added_to_the_society_archive.html We have been able today to add four new texts to the archive of papers prepared for delivery to the Lloyd George Society. These are three talks given at the weekend school of February 2008 and a fourth by Society Chairman Bill Barritt which he prepared for presentation. 2009-03-19T14:36+00:00