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In March 1924, the first Labour Government was in office. Winston Churchill, then a Liberal, had been defeated at the last two general elections. He was...

The Tory Prime Minister, Arthur Balfour, is remembered above all for the famous Declaration he made as Foreign Secretary in 1917 supporting the creation of a...

“We are not amused”, Queen Victoria is supposed to have said (there is no evidence that she ever did). However, a smile might have been brought to her lips if...

Everyone has heard of the Profumo scandal which did such damage to Harold Macmillan’s Government in 1963. It is often forgotten that his Government had been...

The following letter was published in The Times on 7 February. Sir, It is immensely poignant that the King’s cancer diagnosis should have been announced the day...

The appointment of a Sinn Fein first minister in Northern Ireland has led to speculation that a united Ireland is now a serious prospect. Alistair Lexden...

A full and accurate understanding of the British Empire is impeded by the unremitting hostility of many writers and commentators. As Alistair Lexden stressed in...

This was a skill that the most senior royal courtiers needed until recently. Some managed better than others, as Alistair Lexden noted in a letter published in...

The attached article was published in Parliament’s magazine The House, to which Alistair Lexden contributes regularly, on 15 January. It is an abridged – and...