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
Terrorism at Westminster 24th March 2017 Much has been said, and written, about the terrorist outrage which took place at Westminster on March 22. Alistair Lexden was asked by the BBC to talk about... Articles
Martin McGuinness and our biased BBC 23rd March 2017 The death of Martin McGuinness, the IRA leader who later became Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister, on 21 March was marked by long, largely sympathetic... Articles
Osborne the editor 21st March 2017 In a letter published in The Times on March 21, Alistair Lexden added an historical point to the controversy aroused by George Osborne’s appointment as editor... Articles
Did Churchill believe in God? 18th March 2017 There is no convincing evidence that Churchill had religious convictions. Nevertheless, in a recent book, one of his great-grandsons, Jonathan Sandys, has... Articles
The King, the Prime Minister and the Loss of the American Colonies 17th March 2017 Last June Alistair Lexden hosted a dinner at the Carlton Club for a distinguished group of Americans, deeply involved in heritage and conservation projects, who... Articles
Gay rights and the Commonwealth 17th March 2017 Respect for the human rights of gay people is conspicuous by its absence in most countries of the Commonwealth. In over 80 per cent of them homosexuality is a... Speeches
Largest ever vote in the Lords - and the aftermath 9th March 2017 On March 7, the Lords passed a major amendment to the Bill which authorises the start of negotiations on our withdrawal from the EU. Under this amendment, both... Recent News
Black marks for the Lords 8th March 2017 In July 2015, Lord Sewel, Chairman of Committees and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, resigned in disgrace when lurid aspects of his private life were... Articles
Access to the Royal Archives: Renewed concern 7th March 2017 In a letter to The Times at the beginning of January (see below), Alistair Lexden expressed concern about the difficulties faced by historians as a result of... Articles
