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
A great man who was not a Tory 7th May 2019 William Wilberforce will always be revered for the leading part he played in the long campaign to secure the abolition of the slave trade which was finally... Articles
The first woman Prime Minister and her defamed predecessor 7th May 2019 Each week, Parliament’s House Magazine includes a diary piece by a member of the Lords. Having written it from time to time in the past, Alistair Lexden was... Articles
Our democratic police watchdogs seven years on 30th April 2019 Britain’s Police and Crime Commissioners, forty in number, were elected for the first time on pitifully small turn-outs in 2012. Surveys show that nearly half... Speeches
A famous death by drowning 30th April 2019 In June 1916, a national hero, Lord Kitchener, was drowned off the Orkneys. Official documents, recording what happened, remained classified for far too long... Articles
The Conservative Party's greatest crisis ever? 27th April 2019 In Alistair Lexden’s judgement, the Conservative Party is now facing the greatest crisis in its long history. Sadly, this government has failed to meet the huge... Articles
Barbaric Brunei 12th April 2019 Widespread outrage has been expressed about the Brunei government’s introduction of Sharia law, under which homosexuals can be stoned to death. On 11 April... Speeches
Justice for sibling couples - continuing the campaign in Parliament 12th April 2019 Having raised the key areas of discrimination suffered by cohabiting sibling couples in an oral question in the Lords on 21 March ( see below), Alistair Lexden... Speeches
Prejudice against British India 11th April 2019 Alistair Lexden’s letter about the Amritsar massacre a hundred years ago this month, published in The Daily Telegraph on 3 April ( see below), drew comments... Articles
Northern Ireland - yet more talks 10th April 2019 On 10 April, the Lords approved regulations which provide another five months for discussions on the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland. Two... Speeches
