Cameron's mentor 14th March 2015 Lord Lexden has written a short letter to The Times regarding David Cameron's first job in politics. Articles
Breaking Bounds: Six Newnham Lives 12th March 2015 The Newnham in the title is, of course, the thriving women’s college in Cambridge which developed out of a boarding house that opened in 1871 with just a... Recent NewsArticles
Only federalism can now save the United Kingdom, says Alistair Lexden 9th March 2015 That was the theme of his letter published under the headline “How to save the Union” in The Daily Telegraph on March 9. Reference to the letter was also made... Articles
Alistair Lexden fears the election will be a disaster for the unity of the country 7th March 2015 Lord Lexden explained the constitutional crisis that is likely to confront us—and the Consevative Party’s failure to face up to it -- in a letter published in... Articles
Alistair Lexden sheds some political light on a new Sherlock Holmes mystery 23rd February 2015 On February 21 The Times reported that a lost Sherlock Holmes story had been found in Selkirk. Alistair Lexden explained the story's political context in a... Articles
Alistair Lexden remembers Churchill’s official biographer 17th February 2015 Sir Martin Gilbert, author of the multi-volume official life of Winston Churchill, died at the beginning of February. His obituary was published in The Times on... Articles
Alistair Lexden warns of the serious threat from Alex Salmond 6th February 2015 He did so in the following letter, published in The Daily Telegraph on February 6. Articles
Alistair Lexden pays tribute to Churchill on the 50th anniversary of his state funeral 30th January 2015 'It was probably the greatest state funeral ever held, a magnificent imperial occasion in the twilight of Empire. No monarch has had a state funeral on the same... Recent NewsArticles
Hanover Cure 23rd January 2015 The failure of the Jacobite rising of 1715 cemented the Hanoverian succession and heralded a new era of political stability, writes Lord Lexden. Articles