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
Disraeli never said it! 5th October 2024 Many years ago (Lord) Robert Blake, Disraeli’s greatest biographer, asked if anyone knew how the term ‘One Nation’ had come into existence since he had been... Articles
The Conservative Party in better days 1st October 2024 There are many notable features of the Conservative Party’s history that are worth pondering as the Party sets out to rebuild itself. Alistair Lexden mentioned... Articles
A Prime Minister and his lover 30th September 2024 Robert Harris’s latest historical novel about the passionate love affair between Herbert Asquith and Venetia Stanley has attracted much praise. Alistair Lexden... Articles
The centenary of the Zinoviev letter 23rd September 2024 The closing stages of a general election 100 years ago were dominated by one of the most controversial letters of all time. Had it been sent by the Soviet... Articles
Starmer's free gifts 19th September 2024 The storm of criticism which Sir Keir Starmer has attracted for accepting numerous gifts - including clothes for himself and his wife - prompted the following... Articles
The fall of the first Labour Government a century ago 9th September 2024 By the autumn of 1924 the first Labour Government was in serious difficulties. Here Alistair Lexden describes how the problems led to an October election, which... Articles
Labour's attack on children in independent schools 6th September 2024 The Government intend to slap VAT on school fees on 1 January next year. The policy is wrong; its introduction during the course of an academic year is... Speeches
Gladstone and slavery 23rd August 2024 Ever since the dangerous left-wing movement, Black Lives Matter, started making wild allegations about various people in the past, William Gladstone has been... Articles
A Conservative history essay: Lord Liverpool - a seriously misjudged Prime Minister 5th August 2024 Lord Liverpool won few encomiums during an extraordinarily long political career which spanned the wars against revolutionary France and the deeply troubled era... Articles
