Gladstone and slavery Friday, 23 August, 2024 Ever since the dangerous left-wing movement, Black Lives Matter, started making wild allegations about various people in the past, William Gladstone has been subject to grave slurs about his attitude to slavery. Alistair Lexden responded to the most recent of them in a letter published in The Daily Telegraph on 22 August. SIR - “Decolonisation training experts” in Wales (report, August 20) will... Articles
Lord Lexden opens Peel Society’s History Fair 9th June 2014 The Peel Society, based at Tamworth in Staffordshire and now in its 35th year, promotes interest in, and fuller understanding of, the career of Sir Robert Peel... Recent News
Lord Lexden recalls the last hotly contested Tory victory in Newark 6th June 2014 It was in 1832—and the Tory candidate was none other than Gladstone, then on the right of the Conservative Party. Alistair Lexden describes the election in a... Recent News
Lord Lexden joins Independent/ State School Partnership Forum 3rd June 2014 Lord Lexden has joined the Independent/ State School Partnership Forum. This important Forum, at which Alistair Lexden spoke in January (see above), promotes... Recent News
Prince ‘right to speak out about dangers of dictatorships’, says Lord Lexden 24th May 2014 The Prince of Wales stirred considerable controversy when he suggested on May 19 that some of President Putin’s actions bore a resemblance to Hitler’s. Alistair... Recent News
'Double President’ praises successful college 23rd May 2014 On May 23 Lord Lexden was guest of honour at the annual prize-giving ceremony at Brooke House College in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Recent News
PM on the Tube - The Times 22nd May 2014 One especially modest prime minister took care to retain his anonymity as he travelled home to Baker Street by underground from Westminster (letter, May 21). Recent News
Lord Lexden and fellow peers publish a report on the Scottish referendum 16th May 2014 The report from the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution, of which Alistair Lexden has been a member for two years, was launched on May 16. Recent News
Lord Lexden presents prestigious education award 15th May 2014 The thriving Independent Schools Association (ISA), of which Alistair Lexden is President, has instituted a new series of 14 awards recognising the high... Recent News
Lord Lexden backs improvements to coalition government 14th May 2014 In February, the Lords Constitution Committee, of which Alistair Lexden is a member, published a major report on the constitutional implications of coalition... Recent News