Julian Fellowes's error 21st December 2016 Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey, is supposed to be an expert on all aspects of upper-class society. Some of the finer details of rights of succession... Articles
Protecting press freedom 20th December 2016 How is the freedom of the press—a crucial element of the British way of life—to be reconciled with the individual’s right to privacy on a new, permanent basis... Speeches
Prime Minister on a Tricycle 20th December 2016 The third Marquess of Salisbury became Tory Prime Minister for first time in 1885; he retired from public life in 1902, having spent all but four years of the... Articles
A historian's verdict on 2016 16th December 2016 How will history view the astonishing events of this year? Parliament’s House Magazine asked ten historians from Commons and Lords to give their assessments... Articles
New partnership proposals from the Independent Schools Council 15th December 2016 Academic and other partnership activities between independent and state schools are flourishing—and expanding—in many parts of the country. In September the... Speeches
Northern Ireland: Gay equality advances 13th December 2016 On November 9 (see below) Alistair Lexden introduced amendments to a Bill under discussion in the Lords to extend to Northern Ireland a scheme for England and... Speeches
Edward VIII's abdication eighty years on 9th December 2016 Edward VIII became king on 20 January 1936; he abdicated on 11 December 1936. In an article (attached below) published in Parliament’s House Magazine to... Articles
Calling the police to account 9th December 2016 On November 8, an independent report by Sir Richard Henriques QC was published on Operation Midland, the name given to the Metropolitan Police’s investigation... Speeches
"Lower than vermin" 3rd December 2016 One of the most famous insults in political history, levelled at the Tories by Aneurin Bevan in the late 1940s, was recalled in The Spectator on 19 November... Articles