Royal D-Day command to Churchill 7th October 2020 On October 3, The Times reported that a former railway station at Droxford in Hampshire, visited by Churchill shortly before D-Day, was about to be sold. Its... Articles
Slave trade obsession comes to Westminster 6th October 2020 On 1 October, The Daily Telegraph reported that the parliamentary art collection, which has already been weeded of many portraits with slave trade connections... Articles
Does Boris Johnson have a brilliant mind? 21st September 2020 He is undoubtedly extremely clever, but his flaws are numerous. Alistair Lexden pointed out some of them in a letter in The Sunday Times on September 20—the... Articles
Boris Johnson and the Lords - more trouble ahead? 7th September 2020 His list of 36 new peers published on 31 July attracted widespread criticism on account of its size and of the unsuitability of a number of those on it... Articles
The Second Festival of Britain 2nd September 2020 2022 is the date that has been fixed for it, just over 70 years after the first Festival of Britain in 1951. On August 31, The Daily Telegraph reported that the... Articles
Anthony Lester QC - A great champion of human rights 20th August 2020 No one has ever worked more tirelessly to combat discrimination in all its forms, or to uphold freedom of expression in all its forms, than the leading human... Articles
On this day, 15 August, 75 years ago - VJ Day at Westminster 15th August 2020 This is the third article by Alistair Lexden marking the 75th anniversary of great events in 1945. The others, which covered VE Day ( 8 May) and Churchill’s... Articles
Address on Lloyd George and Ireland published 14th August 2020 In April, Alistair Lexden prepared an address on the centenary of Lloyd George’s Government of Ireland Act 1920 for a dinner at the Reform Club, which could not... Articles
Boris Johnson and the Lords 3rd August 2020 For some years, there has been concern — voiced frequently in the media — about the size of the House of Lords. In 2016, there were 824 members, significantly... Articles