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
Suez 60 years on 3rd November 2016 Alistair Lexden delivered a lecture on the life and work of Anthony Eden on 10 May (see below). In the attached article published in The House: Parliament’s... Articles
Raine and the Tories 27th October 2016 The obituaries of Raine Spencer, stepmother of Princess Diana and chatelaine of Althorp in Northamptonshire who died on October 21, said little about her work... Articles
Diana's stepmother deserves a plaque 27th October 2016 This was the headline above a letter from Alistair Lexden which appeared in the London Evening Standard on October 25, reminding its readers that the colourful... Articles
Anonymity for sex abuse suspects 26th October 2016 In a Lords debate on 30 June (see below), Alistair Lexden called for the introduction of measures to protect people suspected of sex abuse from harassment by... Speeches
Our manifesto commitment to British citizens abroad 21st October 2016 Throughout his time in the Lords, Alistair Lexden has argued the case for extending the right to vote in parliamentary elections to all our fellow countrymen... Articles
Churchill's example 14th October 2016 Some people take the view that at the recent party conference in Birmingham Mrs May should have done more to reach out to those Conservatives who voted to... Articles
The first women Tory MPs 14th October 2016 Though it is well known that Lady Astor was the very first woman to become an MP, a recent article in the New Statesman forgot her, drawing the following letter... Articles
Back to school 9th October 2016 For some years Alistair Lexden has taken part in the Lords outreach programme to schools, established by the Lord Speaker and organised most efficiently by her... Recent News
Disraeli and anti-Jewish prejudice 30th September 2016 Disraeli was baptised as an Anglican in 1817 when he was twelve, but his Jewish descent made him a target for prejudice which was not confined to his political... Articles
