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At oral question time in the Lords on September 9, Alistair Lexden asked the government why it opposed the extension of civil partnerships to two siblings...

On September 9, the day that the Queen became our longest-reigning monarch, Alistair Lexden had a letter published in The Daily Telegraph which highlighted the...

The size of the House of Lords is attracting much critical comment. In a letter published in The Times on September 1, Alistair Lexden suggested that an idea of...

The 18th Earl of Devon, who died on August 18, had an interesting forebear. Alistair Lexden provided details about him in a letter published in The Daily...

The Queen will shortly become Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. A book published last week (and reviewed below) looks back in entertaining fashion at her...

Stanley Baldwin, leader of the Conservative Party from 1923 to 1937, invented the phrase one nation. Alistair Lexden discussed the significance of his career in...

It has been reported that the current head of the army may be criticised in the long-delayed report of the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war. A precedent exists...

How can the work of members of the House of Lords be made more transparent? There is a simple answer, as Alistair Lexden pointed out in a letter published in...

The Proms only exist today because of the generosity of a naturalised German financier, Sir Edgar Speyer, who became the target of a relentless campaign of...