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
The first Conservative college 1st April 2020 Research prompted by a mysterious photograph sent to Alistair Lexden led him to the first College set up by the Conservative Party in the 1920s to provide its... Articles
Harold Macmillan's resignation 29th March 2020 It is widely—and wrongly—believed that the Profumo scandal in the spring of 1963 brought down the Macmillan government. The error appeared again in The Times on... Recent News
Solving a Thatcher mystery 27th March 2020 At an antiques fair in November 2015, Daniel Hadden, a well-established art dealer, bought an unfinished and unsigned picture of Margaret Thatcher addressing... Recent News
A flattering likeness of Disraeli 25th March 2020 For some years, the oil painting of Disraeli— a flattering likeness, it must be said— pictured here was the pride of Alistair Lexden’s large collection of... Recent News
Two Police Commissioners asleep on their watch 19th March 2020 The Metropolitan Police have received massive criticism for their errors and misconduct during Operation Midland, the name given to the investigation of... Speeches
A new link between Westminster and Stormont 17th March 2020 On 15 January, the government announced the establishment of a new joint board on which the Northern Ireland Secretary will serve along with the First Minister... Speeches
Exonerate Heath 17th March 2020 The above words formed the headline over a letter by Alistair Lexden in The Spectator on 14 March. His long-running campaign to secure justice for the former... Articles
A lion's docile cubs 9th March 2020 In a poll of history readers, the Maharajah Ranjit Singh (1780-1839) was voted the greatest leader ever, defeating Churchill, Elizabeth 1 and others. Known in... Articles
Children with Dyslexia 5th March 2020 On 4 March, the Lords held a short debate which highlighted the need to improve and extend the support provided in schools for children with dyslexia. The... Speeches
