Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Liberalism in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the word liberalism can have any of several meanings. Scholars primarily use the term to refer to classical liberalism.

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  1. Chartism

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th-century campaign for greater democracy: the changes demanded in the People's Charter included votes for all men and secret ballots.

    9 Feb 2023

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    Featuring: Joan Allen, Emma Griffin, Robert Saunders

     
  2. Hayek's The Road to Serfdom

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hayek's 1944 book warning that the centralised planning of the wartime economy, if extended into peacetime, could lead to tyranny.

    17 October 2024

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    Featuring: Bruce Caldwell, Melissa Lane, Ben Jackson