Our Work

Here you can see a selection of the publically available work of our Researchers. 

Dr Ben Wood

Books

P. Hindley & B. Wood (ed.) When We Speak of Freedom: Radical Liberalism in an Age of Crisis (Beacroft Publications, 2025)

B. Wood, The Augustinian Alternative: Religious Scepticism and the Search for a Liberal Politics (Fortress Press, Emerging Scholars Series, 2017)

Academic Journal Articles

B. Wood ‘The Making of Christian Toryism: The Public Faith of Harold Macmillan’, International Journal of Public Theology, vol. 16: Issue 4 (Dec 2022) pg. 466–490

B. Wood ‘Liberalism and the Pre-Modern A Theological Appreciation of the Politics of Jo Grimond’, Theology and Civil Society, (London: Routledge, 2018), pg. 131-147

B. Wood 'The Homelessness of Love: A Theological Defence of Liberal Culture', in Modern Believing
vol. 59: no. 2, (April 2018)

B. Wood 'Reading Mill and Forster in Church: Liberal and Hauerwasian Ethics in Conversation', Studies
in Christian Ethics, vol. 28: no. 4 (Nov 2015) pg. 478-490

B. Wood 'Preserving Personhood: Quaker Individualism and Liberal Culture in Dialogue', Studies in
Christian Ethics, vol. 27: no. 4 (Nov 2014) pg. 474-489

Speaking Invitations

B. Wood "The Meaning of Freedom" at 'Power in the Liberal Tradition’, John Stuart Mill Institute (August 2025)

B. Wood 'The Public Faith of Harold Macmillan' St Barnabas Church (Southfields, London: Nov 2022)

B. Wood 'James Baldwin and Augustine: Racism and Original Sin', St Barnabas Church, (Southfields, London: Nov 2021)

Paul Hindley

Books

P. Hindley & B. Wood (ed.) When We Speak of Freedom: Radical Liberalism in an Age of Crisis (Beacroft Publications, 2025)

P. Hindley & G. Lishman (ed.) The Wolves in the Forest: Tackling Inequality in the 21 st Century (Social Liberal Forum, 2019)

Book Chapters

P. Hindley ‘Ownership for All’, in When We Speak of Freedom: Radical Liberalism in an Age of Crisis, ed. P. Hindley & B. Wood (Beacroft Publications, 2025), pg. 193-210

P. Hindley ‘Freedom from Social Hardship: Social Liberalism’s Rallying Cry’ in The Wolves in the Forest: Tackling Inequality in the 21 st Century, ed. P. Hindley & G. Lishman (Social Liberal Forum, 2019), pg. 8-19

P. Hindley ‘Social Rights at the Seaside: Giving Left Behind Communities a Stake in Society’ in Four Go In Search of Big Ideas: Putting Progressive Ideas at the Heart of UK Politics, ed. H. Flynn (Social Liberal Forum, 2018), pg. 87-94

Speaking Invitations

P. Hindley "Reasons for Liberal Optimism" (in dialogue with Dr Benjamin Wood) at 'Power in the Liberal
Tradition’, John Stuart Mill Institute (August 2025)

P. Hindley "Liberalism and the Economy" at 'Power in the Liberal Tradition’, John Stuart Mill Institute (August 2025)

P. Hindley ‘Launch of When We Speak of Freedom’ at the National Liberal Club, London (Feb 2025)

William Lane

Policy Reports

All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health, Improving Silicosis Outcomes in the UK, All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health (2023)

All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health, Improving Asthma Outcomes In The UK (One Year On), All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health (2022)

All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health, Lung Cancer Recovery After COVID, All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health (2021)

All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health, Improving Asthma Outcomes In The UK, All Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health (2020)

Publically Archived Work

W. Lane ‘A Fascist Brotherhood?’ The Independent State of Croatia as Part of an International Fascist Alliance (1941), MSc diss, Wiener Holocaust Museum (2022)

Speaking Invitations

W. Lane "Is Liberalism Dying?" (in dialogue with Prof Chris Willmore & Dr Timonthy Stacey) at 'Power in the Liberal Tradition’, John Stuart Mill Institute (August 2025)

W. Lane 'Why Fascist States Create Bad Militaries' British Commission for Military History New Researchers’ Conference (University of Salford, Manchester: Oct 2022)