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
How Archbishop Laud ended canine profanities 26th July 2023 Reference was made in a letter in The Daily Telegraph to the action taken by Archbishop William Laud (1573-1645) to control dogs in churches. Alistair Lexden... Articles
The hideous treatment of LGBT people in the Armed Forces 21st July 2023 Throughout his time in the Lords, Alistair Lexden has tried to do what he can to assist the interests of LGBT people. On 19 July, a report by Lord Etherton, a... Recent NewsSpeeches
Restoring the Lord Chancellor's lost glory 21st July 2023 The speech which follows was drafted for delivery in a debate on 20 July on a recent report from the Constitution Committee of the House of Lords. In the event... Speeches
Book Review: A Liberal Chronicle in Peace and War: Journals and Papers of J.A.Pease, 1st Lord Gainford, 1911-1915 18th July 2023 A Liberal Chronicle in Peace and War: Journals and Papers of J.A.Pease, 1st Lord Gainford, 1911-1915 Edited by Cameron Hazlehurst and Christine Woodland... Articles
Double Coronations 10th July 2023 This letter was published in The Times on July 10. It was prompted by comments in the paper following a national service of thanksgiving and dedication in St... Articles
Veale found guilty of gross misconduct 5th July 2023 For many months Alistair Lexden asked repeatedly about the long delay in starting proceedings in Cleveland at which the discredited former chief constable Mike... Recent News
How can public confidence in the House of Lords be increased? 27th June 2023 Some say a new Upper House, wholly or partially elected, is essential. Others, like Charles Moore, think no change is needed. Others still believe that the... Articles
Why should a bereaved sibling be hit by an Inheritance Tax bill? 23rd June 2023 This is a question that Alistair Lexden has asked several times in the Lords. In 2017, he introduced a Private Member’s Bill, which would have meant that... Speeches
Stanley Baldwin: an unexpected Prime Minister one hundred years ago 23rd June 2023 On 19 June, Alistair Lexden spoke at a large meeting organised by the Bewdley Civic Society in Worcestershire to mark the centenary of Baldwin’s first... Speeches
