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
Politics and the Stage 7th February 2016 It is often said that politics and the theatre have much in common. A new book about the oldest amateur dramatic society in the world explores the connection... Articles
Macmillan and the Profumo Affair 3rd February 2016 It is often said that the Profumo scandal in 1963 made Harold Macmillan’s resignation as Prime Minister inevitable. It is an ill-founded view, as Alistair... Articles
A Wonderful Prize Winner 2nd February 2016 The Whitbread Memorial Prize is one of the two leading awards made annually by the Independent Schools Association, of which Alistair Lexden is President. Recent News
A Unionist policy for Northern Ireland 30th January 2016 Before the 1979 election, with Airey Neave as Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary assisted in the Commons by Ian Gow (later Mrs Thatcher’s brilliant PPS) , the... Articles
In Defence of a Great Bishop 29th January 2016 George Bell (1883-1958), Bishop of Chichester, was one of the most important and influential figures in the Anglican Church in the 20th century. He repeatedly... Speeches
Tribute to Cecil Parkinson 27th January 2016 Cecil Parkinson, who died on January 22, was a brilliant politician who would have made a great Prime Minister. His work as Conservative Party Chairman was the... Articles
London's Political Clubs 22nd January 2016 At the start of the 20th century there were some 200 London Clubs, mainly in the area between Pall Mall and Piccadilly. Around 20 were explicitly political in... Recent News
Britain and Poland 19th January 2016 Members of the House of Lords reflected on our country’s close relations with Poland, particularly during the Second World War, in the course of oral questions... Speeches
Schools Together 17th January 2016 On 15 January Alistair Lexden addressed a conference organised by the Independent Schools Association (of which he is President) for heads who have recently... Recent News
