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
Bishop George Bell - Justice denied 15th March 2016 At the end of January (see below) Alistair Lexden raised the serious case of Bishop George Bell in the Lords. One of the most distinguished and admired bishops... Speeches
Somme Commentary 15th March 2016 This year marks the centenary of the Battle of Somme in which so many soldiers died or sustained grave injuries. The Battle began on 1 July 1916 and finally... Speeches
Today's two leading Tories at the start of their careers 7th March 2016 Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not exact contemporaries, but both started their careers in earnest at the same time, as Alistair Lexden pointed out in a... Articles
The Daily Telegraph's postbag 1st March 2016 The Daily Telegraph, which began in 1855, published its 50,000th edition on February 25. To mark the event, the paper produced a special supplement which... Articles
The Lords abandons vellum 27th February 2016 Controversy arose recently when the House of Lords announced that the centuries-old practice of printing Acts of Parliament on vellum would cease. Speeches
Marketing and the Lords 26th February 2016 Alistair Lexden hosted the annual dinner of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Food, Drink and Agriculture Group which was held this year in the dining room... Recent News
Ted Heath and the Police 20th February 2016 On February 19 The Times reported that Ted Heath’s private papers, now in the Bodleian Library Oxford, had been impounded by the police who plan to go through... Articles
Milk in schools 12th February 2016 At question time in the Lords on February 11, Alistair Lexden suggested that “perhaps the time has come to consider reintroducing compulsory milk in our schools... Speeches
Britain's independent schools today - some facts 9th February 2016 Myths and misconceptions about independent schools abound. Alistair Lexden addressed some of them in a letter published in The Daily Telegraph on February 9. Articles
