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
In school again 4th March 2017 On 3 March Alistair Lexden made a further contribution to the Lords’ outreach programme to schools which is organised in the most efficient fashion by the Lord... Recent News
China and Japan in the First World War 2nd March 2017 The centenary of the First World War is being commemorated on a considerable scale, but virtually nothing has been said about China and Japan. That omission has... Articles
Seven days in the Lords 2nd March 2017 Writing in Parliament’s House Magazine on March 3, Alistair Lexden touched both light-heartedly and more seriously on some of his activities in the Lords at an... Articles
Tackling illiteracy in prisons 23rd February 2017 Some 60 per cent of prisoners are functionally illiterate. An inability to read inevitably hinders the rehabilitation of thousands of prisoners, particularly... Speeches
The Commons Speaker and contested elections 15th February 2017 Highly controversial comments by John Bercow in early February about President Trump and Brexit led many to criticise his failure to uphold the traditions and... Articles
Schools together 10th February 2017 Alistair Lexden is a strong supporter of partnership between state and independent schools. On 9 February, he introduced a short debate in the Grand Committee... Speeches
Prize presentation 8th February 2017 On February 7, Alistair Lexden presented the Whitbread prize, which is awarded annually to the student judged to be the most outstanding—on grounds of academic... Recent News
Reclaiming lost titles 3rd February 2017 Two German princes who were also British dukes—as relatives of our Royal Family—were stripped of their British titles during the First World War. There are some... Articles
Stanley Baldwin's sesquicentennial 2nd February 2017 This year marks the 150th anniversary (or sesquicentennial) of the birth of Stanley Baldwin who led the Conservative Party for fourteen years(1923-37), serving... Articles
