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
Cover-up by the Met 12th February 2021 Operation Midland, conducted by the Met in 2015-16 into allegations of child sex abuse, was one of the greatest disasters in police history. It relied on a pack... Speeches
Sibling couples - the continuing campaign for justice 11th February 2021 Brothers and sisters who buy a home together and stay together for their lifetimes — which thousands do — should have the same legal and fiscal protections as... Speeches
Bishop Bell - lessons unlearnt by Welby 5th February 2021 Like the Bourbons, the Church of England under its present leadership seems incapable of learning from its mistakes. When it attempted to impugn the reputation... Articles
Education - the long road to recovery 3rd February 2021 It will be a long road, extended even further as a result of an amazing lack of leadership by the Education Department and abrupt Government changes of course... Speeches
Nye Bevan and Winston Churchill - a Westminster battle during World War Two 1st February 2021 Nye Bevan was made famous by the NHS, which he created during the post-war Attlee Government, though much preliminary work had been done by Neville Chamberlain... Articles
The Conservative Party and the Carlton Club - in partnership for nearly 200 years 29th January 2021 On 28 January, Alistair Lexden spoke to some 100 members of the Carlton Club by Zoom about the Club’s history. The text of his address follows: There would have... Speeches
Lord Liverpool - our greatest Prime Minister? 26th January 2021 A new biography of Lord Liverpool argues that he deserves the highest place, above all other prime ministers. Alistair Lexden is unconvinced, as he explains in... Articles
Stanley Baldwin's gay, left-wing son 24th January 2021 An interesting article in The Daily Telegraph on January 21 considered how the children of a number of prime ministers have coped with the pressure of having a... Articles
Northern Ireland's centenary year 24th January 2021 Northern Ireland’s current system of government is not working well. This is the year to improve it, Alistair Lexden argued in a letter published in The Times... Articles
