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On 9 May 1912, large numbers of Conservatives descended on the Queen’s Hall in London, best-known at that time as the home of Sir Henry Wood’s Promenade...

After a colourful early life, Clarissa Eden became the beloved wife of one of our most tragic prime ministers, looking after him devotedly during his long years...

The wide influence ( and the eccentricities) of a long line of historians at Christ Church, Oxford are recalled in a learned and entertaining book which...

The Spectator magazine has noted that Kemi Badenoch regards Airey Neave as her hero. Alistair Lexden gave his reaction in a letter published in the magazine on...

In an article published in The Daily Telegraph on February 13, Nigel Farage took a number of swipes at the House of Lords. Alistair Lexden responded in a letter...

On February 13, The Times published a letter from Neville Chamberlain, to be sold shortly at auction, which expresses no rancour about his sudden removal as...

Airey Neave always spoke softly as born conspirators and spies are apt to do. When I worked for him as his political adviser on Northern Ireland during the last...

An utterly misleading article in The New Statesman prompted the following rejoinder. Francis Green and David Kynaston claim that fee increases at independent...

In the view of many people—of whom Alistair Lexden is one—the answer to this question is: not entirely. Of course, the National Trust does much valuable work...