Anthony Lester QC - A great champion of human rights 20th August 2020 No one has ever worked more tirelessly to combat discrimination in all its forms, or to uphold freedom of expression in all its forms, than the leading human... Articles
On this day, 15 August, 75 years ago - VJ Day at Westminster 15th August 2020 This is the third article by Alistair Lexden marking the 75th anniversary of great events in 1945. The others, which covered VE Day ( 8 May) and Churchill’s... Articles
Address on Lloyd George and Ireland published 14th August 2020 In April, Alistair Lexden prepared an address on the centenary of Lloyd George’s Government of Ireland Act 1920 for a dinner at the Reform Club, which could not... Articles
Boris Johnson and the Lords 3rd August 2020 For some years, there has been concern — voiced frequently in the media — about the size of the House of Lords. In 2016, there were 824 members, significantly... Articles
The Empire shrine that never was 29th July 2020 Britain’s pride in its expanding Empire in the nineteenth century led unsurprisingly to calls for the erection of grand and imposing memorials to it in the... Articles
On this day, 75 years ago - Churchill's unexpected election disaster 26th July 2020 The Labour Party swept to power at the 1945 general election. Huge changes followed, particularly in the further development of the welfare state which had been... Articles
A great historian 21st July 2020 Shortly before his death in 1960, Sir Lewis Namier was hailed at Oxford University as “the creator of the science of modern history who has never forgotten to... Articles
Good Lord deliver us 16th July 2020 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on July 16. SIR - Charles Moore (Comment, July 14) urges us to visit Battle Abbey in Sussex and savour... Articles
Dizzy's wise words 24th June 2020 A letter in The Times on June 22 took issue with an article which claimed that the word “anecdotage” had been coined recently. In that letter, a misleading... Articles
