The betrayal of a great bishop by his church 29th March 2016 On two occasions (see posts for 28 January and March 14 below) Alistair Lexden has challenged the Church of England bishops sitting in the House of Lords to... Articles
The first Tory leadership election 22nd March 2016 The first Tory leader to be elected was Edward Heath in July 1965 when Sir Alec Douglas-Home stepped down. Under the rules at the time, voting was confined to... Articles
A second tragedy at a historic home 21st March 2016 A fire at a mansion outside Manchester reported in The Daily Telegraph on March 19 led Alistair Lexden to recall an earlier tragedy in a letter published in the... Articles
International prize-winning students at the Lords 17th March 2016 On March 16 Alistair Lexden was visited at the Lords by a star group of students from a niumber of different countries who are being prepared for university... Articles
Winston's wager 16th March 2016 On March 11 The Times reported the forthcoming sale of a rare wager slip recording a bet made by Winston Churchill in January 1901. Alistair Lexden cast further... Articles
Today's two leading Tories at the start of their careers 7th March 2016 Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not exact contemporaries, but both started their careers in earnest at the same time, as Alistair Lexden pointed out in a... Articles
The Daily Telegraph's postbag 1st March 2016 The Daily Telegraph, which began in 1855, published its 50,000th edition on February 25. To mark the event, the paper produced a special supplement which... Articles
Ted Heath and the Police 20th February 2016 On February 19 The Times reported that Ted Heath’s private papers, now in the Bodleian Library Oxford, had been impounded by the police who plan to go through... Articles
Britain's independent schools today - some facts 9th February 2016 Myths and misconceptions about independent schools abound. Alistair Lexden addressed some of them in a letter published in The Daily Telegraph on February 9. Articles
