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
Independent Schools and Local Communities: New Plans 21st July 2015 The Lords returned to this issue on July 20 following earlier discussions on July 6 (see earlier article). A package of measures was debated and agreed to... Speeches
Royal Nazi Salutes 20th July 2015 Much comment appeared in the media following the publication on July 18 of a film clip which showed the Queen as a young girl and her mother, the then Duchess... Articles
Youngest MP 18th July 2015 Mhairi Black, the 20-year-old SNP MP elected in May, has been widely described as the youngest MP since 1667. Articles
Queen “goes to heaven” 14th July 2015 In a letter published in The Times on July 14, Alistair Lexden described the closing stage of a large children’s party held in connection with Queen Victoria’s... Articles
Two Fine Schools 10th July 2015 On July 8 Alistair Lexden presented prizes at Thorpe Hall School, near Southend, Essex; on July 10 he performed the same pleasant duty at Lyonsdown School in... Recent News
A New Constitutional Settlement 8th July 2015 The government has made clear that the substantial programme of constitutional reform on which it has embarked will lead to a new constitutional settlement for... Speeches
Votes for British citizens living overseas 7th July 2015 Throughout his time in the Lords Alistair Lexden has advocated the extension of voting rights in Westminster elections to all British citizens living abroad and... Speeches
Independent Schools and their Local Communities 6th July 2015 Independent schools are often criticised for not working closely enough with their local communities and state schools. Speeches
Towards a British Bill of Rights 3rd July 2015 The Government is due to introduce a new British Bill of Rights to replace Labour’s Human Rights Act 1998. Key issues relating to this important constitutional... Recent NewsSpeeches
