Audio recording of a lunchtime talk, Gladstone: The Making of 'The People's William'. Part of the events programme for the Manuscripts and Special Collections, Weston Gallery, exhibition "W.E. Gladstone: The Grand Old Man in Nottinghamshire".

Emeritus Professor Chris Wrigley, formerly of the School of History, traces Gladstone’s transformation from young Tory MP into the great Liberal statesman of late-Victorian Britain.

Recorded in the Djanogly Theatre, Lakeside Arts Centre, on 10 February 2010.