Alistair Lexden has 200th letter published in The Times 5th January 2015 This milestone in his career as a contributor to the newspaper's famous letters page was passed on January 5 with the publication of a letter about an... ArticlesRecent News
Alistair Lexden hails a remarkable contribution to women’s history 5th January 2015 Six well-known women writers who studied at Newnham College, Cambridge have combined to produce an outstanding collection of miniature biographies of six... ArticlesRecent News
Alistair Lexden deplores delay in settling new arrangements for English laws 2nd January 2015 How is legislation that applies to England alone to be dealt with by Parliament? The government recently published a White Paper which sets out a number of... Recent NewsArticles
UKIP's historic victory 30th December 2014 Laura Pitel underestimates Ukip’s achievement by describing it as “the first non-mainstream party to win a national poll in 100 years when it topped the... Articles
Alistair Lexden raises some key issues about the role of ministerial special advisers 24th December 2014 The news on December 19 that the Home Secretary’s two special advisers had been removed from the Conservative Party’s official candidates’ list stirred a great... Recent NewsArticles
Alistair Lexden recalls the antics of Winston Churchill’s budgie 20th December 2014 After his return to Downing Street in 1951, Churchill had a pet budgie, called Toby, who was thoroughly spoilt by his master. Alistair Lexden provided a little... ArticlesRecent News
Royal Assassin - Roderick MacLean 1st December 2014 Queen Victoria scarcely turned a hair when on March 2, 1882, Roderick Maclean became the seventh person to try and kill her (“ Mad poet who shot at Victoria”... Articles
Who invented the dinner jacket? 20th November 2014 The DJ was not invented by New York’s Tuxedo Club in 1886 (letter, Nov.14). One of the club’s members, James Potter Brown, was introduced to it in England by... Articles
Telegraph: Putin's rewriting of history 11th November 2014 President Putin claims that "Britain and France had destroyed any chance for an anti-fascist front with the Munich Agreement"("There was nothing wrong with the... Articles