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 Presbyterian Queen 6th September 2018 There was a reference in The Daily Telegraph on 3 September to the connection between the Royal Family and Crathie Kirk, near Balmoral which Queen Victoria... Articles
No prospect of democratically accountable government in Northern Ireland 5th September 2018 Since the collapse of the Northern Ireland Executive nineteen months ago, the Province has been run by civil servants. They are accountable to no one. The... Speeches
An unloved Tory 28th August 2018 Lord Liverpool (1770-1828) was prime minister for longer than all but two of his predecessors, and longer than all his successors. He had to wait a long time... Articles
Peterloo myth 24th August 2018 Left-wing actors and film-makers love to distort history. A new film about the tragic incident that came to be known as Peterloo is attracting a great deal of... Articles
Justice for Bishop Bell - the Church's shameful silence 8th August 2018 Alistair Lexden is one of a number of lawyers, clerics, academics and others in the George Bell Group, formed to get the investigation of the allegations—grave... Articles
The emancipation of Catholics in the UK 1st August 2018 After the Reformation in the 1530s, Roman Catholics were subject to harsh laws, which carried heavy penalties. In the late eighteenth century, anti-Catholic... Articles
Chamberlain and Churchill - a perfect partnership 26th July 2018 Neville Chamberlain is the principal focus of Alistair Lexden’s historical work this year. The following article, published in the August/September issue of The... Articles
Should civil partnerships be extended to brothers and sisters? 23rd July 2018 On 20 July, Alistair Lexden set out at length the reasons why this should be done in his speech moving the Second Reading of a Private Member’s Bill which he... Speeches
Justice for Ted Heath - the case for an inquiry 16th July 2018 Having demanded an inquiry in the Lords on July 12 (see below), Alistair Lexden summarised the reasons why it is essential in a letter published in The Times on... Speeches
