Whig and Tory Lotharios - Charles James Fox and Boris Johnson 3rd April 2020 On March 23, The Daily Telegraph reported that lipstick marks were being left on a statue of the famous 18th century Whig leader, Charles James Fox, at the... Articles
Finding a new Prime Minister in an emergency 2nd April 2020 In an article in The Times on April 1, Daniel Finkelstein wrote that the current crisis “has exposed a flaw in our constitutional arrangements.” There is no... Articles
The first Conservative college 1st April 2020 Research prompted by a mysterious photograph sent to Alistair Lexden led him to the first College set up by the Conservative Party in the 1920s to provide its... Articles
Exonerate Heath 17th March 2020 The above words formed the headline over a letter by Alistair Lexden in The Spectator on 14 March. His long-running campaign to secure justice for the former... Articles
A lion's docile cubs 9th March 2020 In a poll of history readers, the Maharajah Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) was voted the greatest leader ever, defeating Churchill, Elizabeth 1 and others. Known in... Articles
How King George VI helped fool the Nazis before D-Day 2nd March 2020 When the Queen visited the headquarters of MI5 on 25 February, she was shown material about the part played by her father in misleading the Nazis over the D-Day... Articles
Wrangling over the Elgin Marbles 27th February 2020 How can the endless wrangling between Greece and Britain be brought to an end? Careful and sensitive discussion will be essential. That should involve informed... Articles
Pure thoughts on the Woolsack 21st February 2020 A cheeky piece in the diary column of The Times on 18 February suggested, not wholly plausibly, that the Commons has ‘its own version of the Mile-High Club’... Articles
Prime Ministers and Chancellors 14th February 2020 In a contribution to BBC Radio Four’s regular programme ‘Today in Parliament’, broadcast on 14 February, Alistair Lexden reflected on the relationship between... Articles
