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
Why is the election campaign so long? 29th May 2024 The question is already being asked, and is likely to be heard more frequently as this six-week campaign progresses. Fifty years ago in 1974 a general election... Recent News
Labour's Education Tax: a key election issue 23rd May 2024 On 23 May, Alistair Lexden had been due to open a debate in the Lords on independent schools. In that speech, he would have attacked Labour’s education tax, its... Speeches
The Czech crisis of 1938 22nd May 2024 Hitler was bent on war. That may be clear now, but in 1938 it was not obvious to Britain, despite Churchill’s warnings. An important new book charts the work of... Articles
The man Lord Randolph forgot 18th May 2024 The man in question was George Goschen. The memory lapse on the part of Lord Randolph Churchill, father of Sir Winston, was mentioned by Alistair Lexden in a... Articles
The aftermath of the Troubles in Northern Ireland 9th May 2024 It is now over a quarter of a century since the IRA’s evil campaign of terror ended. It left bereaved families and injured victims leading broken lives. Far too... Speeches
Pen Portraits of our monarchs 29th April 2024 A brilliant collection of them has been republished in an updated edition . Alistair Lexden reviewed it in Parliament’s magazine The House on 29 April. Gimson’s... Articles
The rebirth of Sutherland's portrait of Churchill 23rd April 2024 In a letter to The Daily Telegraph published on 23 April, Alistair Lexden drew attention to the existence of a copy of Graham Sutherland’s remarkable portrait... Articles
More boarding school places for children in care 19th April 2024 The number of children in the care of local authorities is rocketing - up from 64,500 in 2010 to nearly 84,000 today. But local authorities, strapped for cash... Speeches
How Queen Victoria hounded her Prime Ministers 17th April 2024 She gave them no peace. A marvellous new book gives the details of her tempestuous relations with them. Alistair Lexden reviewed it in Parliament’s magazine The... Articles
