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
Alistair Lexden presents major education prize 24th February 2015 On February 23 Lord Lexden carried out a very pleasant duty in his capacity as President of the Independent Schools Association. Each year the ISA awards its... Recent News
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 visits a thriving school on the Essex/Suffolk border 13th February 2015 On February 13, Lord Lexden contributed once again to the Lord Speaker’s important ‘ Peers in Schools’ outreach programme, visiting East Bergholt High School, a... Recent News
Alistair Lexden and colleagues try to improve the Recall of MPs Bill 12th February 2015 The Recall of MPs Bill, which came to the Lords in December, has been widely criticised by peers on both sides of the House. It prescribes the circumstances in... Recent NewsSpeeches
Alistair Lexden wins the approval of a group of London students 12th February 2015 On February 9, Lord Lexden addressed a group of over 50 students from a school in Barnet after they had toured both Houses of Parliament. Recent News
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
‘Follow where Northern Ireland has led’, says Lord Lexden 5th February 2015 The registration of young people as electors in Northern Ireland has been boosted significantly by school visits. Speaking in the Lords on February 4, Alistair... Speeches
Alistair Lexden gets the government to reaffirm its Northern Ireland policy 31st January 2015 In its programme for government, published in 2010,the coalition promised ‘ to work to bring Northern Ireland into the mainstream of UK politics’. During... Speeches
