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 gay landmark 24th January 2019 The first British film to deal seriously and sympathetically with homosexuality was Victim, which was released in 1961 starring Dirk Bogarde. Alistair Lexden... Articles
Legal rights for sibling couples - the case restated 21st January 2019 On 20 July last year ( see below), Alistair Lexden secured an unopposed Second Reading in the Lords for his Private Member’s Bill which would enable sibling... Speeches
The biggest ever Tory rebellion 18th January 2019 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on 18 January. SIR--Tuesday’s rebellion by 118 Tory MPs was not “the biggest on record” (article... Articles
Record Government defeats in Commons and Lords 17th January 2019 Mrs May’s unprecedented 230-vote defeat on 15 January prompted the following letter, published in The Times on 17 January. (One point was unintentionally... Articles
Whitbread Prize presentation 2019 16th January 2019 The Whitbread Prize is the top award for the 506 schools which belong to the Independent Schools Association (ISA), of which Alistair Lexden is President. It... Recent News
Paddy Ashdown's last book 14th January 2019 Shortly before he died in December, Paddy Ashdown, an accomplished author, published an important and inspiring book on the internal German resistance to Hitler... Articles
Churchill talks to his father's ghost 7th January 2019 One day in 1947, while Churchill was painting at Chartwell, the ghost of his father suddenly appeared. They had a long and fascinating conversation, which... Articles
A federal UK post-Brexit? 7th January 2019 An article in the final issue of The Spectator for last year suggested that Lords reform might become a serious possibility after Brexit. Alistair Lexden takes... Articles
Lord Lexden featured in WR Magazine 3rd January 2019 In September, Lord Lexden delivered an address following the unveiling of a statue of Stanley Baldwin in Bewdley, recalling the character and the achievements... Articles
