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
An unhappy admiral 17th November 2018 In a letter to The Daily Telegraph at the beginning of November, Alistair Lexden revealed a hitherto little-known account of how the Armistice at the end of the... Articles
Ted Heath - demand for inquiry renewed 13th November 2018 Alistair Lexden asked a further oral question in the Lords on 12 November as part of his continuing campaign to try and secure justice for Ted Heath, whose... Speeches
Baldwin's election 13th November 2018 It was under this headline that a letter from Alistair Lexden was published in the TLS: The Times Literary Supplement on November 9. Sir, Jonathan Benthall (In... Articles
The new political world created in 1918 12th November 2018 Alistair Lexden was asked to write an article about the political aftermath of the First World War for Parliament’s House Magazine. The text of his article... Articles
Armistice Day 1918 6th November 2018 On 5 November, the Lords held a debate to mark the approaching centenary of Armistice Day. In his speech, Alistair Lexden reflected on some of the events of 11... Speeches
How the 1918 Armistice came to be announced at the eleventh hour 3rd November 2018 A virtually unknown account of how the decision to announce the Armistice at 11am came to be made was published by Alistair Lexden in the main letter to The... Articles
Civil Servants continue to rule Northern Ireland 31st October 2018 For the best part of two years, public services in Northern Ireland have been under the control of civil servants. No elected politicians have been available to... Speeches
The Lexden Prize 30th October 2018 The Independent Schools Association (ISA), of which Alistair Lexden is President, has established a national award in his name. The prize’s purpose is to... Recent News
A better class of insult 26th October 2018 In his Times column on October 24, Matthew Parris praised Disraeli’s repertoire of insults under the headline: “Our verbally abusive MPs have nothing on... Articles
