Previous editors include Peter Hain in 1973–75, later a Labour MP. Since 1982, the magazine has been edited by an editorial collective, whose former members include Liz Barker, now a Liberal Democrat peer. The magazine merged with Radical Bulletin, mostly topical and distinctly off-message news, in 1983.
Regular features include a column by the fictional peer Lord Bonkers who "was Liberal MP for Rutland South-West between 1906 and 1910. Since 1990 his diaries have appeared in Liberator magazine, giving a unique perspective on British politics. Lord Bonkers' Diary is dictated to Jonathan Calder".
A history of the magazine was published in the 300th issue in December 2004.[1]
^"Archived copy"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2007.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - refer to pages 10–11 in particular