H.H. Asquith

R.B. Haldane: a great public servant, much maligned

25 July 2020 9:00 am

This is a strange but valuable book. The author is a private equity magnate, whose fascination for Richard Burdon Haldane…

A feminist trailblazer

12 August 2017 9:00 am

On the evening of 28 October 1908, two unremarkable middle-class women wearing heavy overcoats gained admission to the Ladies’ Gallery,…

Margot dressed as an oriental snake charmer for a fancy dress ball at Devonshire House in 1897

Move over Downton: Margot and the Asquiths’ marital soap opera

29 November 2014 9:00 am

You might be forgiven for thinking that there is no need for yet another book about Margot Asquith. Her War…