A gay college Monday, 17 November, 2025 From the 1880s onwards, homosexuals flourished at King’s College, Cambridge. Colourful characters abounded. Simon Goldhill recalls many of them in a new book which Alistair Lexden discussed in the attached review published in Parliament’s magazine The House on 17 November. Queer Cambridge. An Alternative History By Simon Goldhill Published by Cambridge University Press The title is misleading... Articles
British Citizens Abroad - Justice Denied 19th November 2015 The Lords held their last full debates on the EU Referendum Bill on November 18. The House returned to the issue of whether all British citizens living in other... Speeches
Rights denied in Northern Ireland 18th November 2015 "Why should my gay friends in Belfast be denied the right to marry each other if they wish to do so while my gay friends in London can exercise that right?”... Speeches
Home from Home 17th November 2015 On November 16 Alistair Lexden visited Scarisbrick Hall School, near Ormskirk in Lancashire, an award-winning member of the Independent Schools Association, of... Recent News
The Conservative Party at Prayer 15th November 2015 On November 14 Alistair Lexden gave an address to members of the Conservative Christian Fellowship. His main theme was the strength and duration of the Party’s... Recent News
Lord Lexden: These dreary academics have failed to grasp the merits of Conservative orators 14th November 2015 It used to be customary for those who wrote about oratory to offer some preliminary comments on the nature and purpose of this glorious human activity which the... Articles
Charles King and Martyr 12th November 2015 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on November 12 under the headline “Relics of a murther”. It was prompted by an article entitled “Dukes... Articles
Who should vote in the EU referendum? 3rd November 2015 There is wide support among Opposition Parties in the Lords (though not among Conservatives) for adding 16 year-olds to the electoral register for the... Speeches
Lords Applause 28th October 2015 On October 28 The Times diary column included a light-hearted piece suggested by Alistair Lexden following the outbreak of clapping in the Lords two days... Recent News
Our new Electoral Registration System 27th October 2015 On October 27 the Lords debated important subordinate legislation (a statutory instrument under the Electoral Registration and Admission Act 2013) to complete... Speeches
