Winston's wager 16th March 2016 On March 11 The Times reported the forthcoming sale of a rare wager slip recording a bet made by Winston Churchill in January 1901. Alistair Lexden cast further... Articles
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
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
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
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 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
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