A gay king and his lover Monday, 25 November, 2024 The book review that follows was published in Parliament’s magazine The House on 25 November. Its editor was kind enough to say that “your review of Buckingham is the best thing in the magazine.” The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham By Lucy Hughes-Hallett Published by 4th Estate King James I of England and VI of Scotland(1566-1625) liked men around him, lots of them... Articles
Thatcher painting mystery published 7th December 2020 Earlier this year, Alistair Lexden wrote up the results of prolonged researches, undertaken with an art dealer, Daniel Hadden, into a mysterious painting of Mrs... Articles
300th letter in the Times 7th December 2020 A letter by Alistair Lexden in The Times on December 7 about a terrible statue of Mrs Thatcher was the 300th that he has had published in the paper, appearing... Recent News
Mrs Thatcher demeaned by statue 7th December 2020 A ten-foot tall bronze statue of Mrs Thatcher, said to have cost £300,000, by an award-winning sculptor, Douglas Jennings, has become the subject of heated... Articles
Neutral on the Union? 6th December 2020 Alistair Lexden has criticised the Government in the Lords for failing to counter the serious Nationalist threat in Scotland with a vigorous and determined... Speeches
Conservatives and AIDS 1st December 2020 World AIDS Day falls on 1 December each year. Thirty-five years ago in 1985, deaths from AIDS in Britain seemed likely to reach, and remain, at enormously high... Recent News
Defenders of the Slave Trade 29th November 2020 On November 21, an article in The Times mentioned the first announcements of births, marriages and deaths to appear in the paper when it began publication in... Recent News
Young people and the ballot box 27th November 2020 On 8 October, Alistair Lexden backed a successful cross-party Lords amendment to the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill to help young people coming up to the age... Recent News
Continuing Unionist despair in the Lords 24th November 2020 The Government gave a poor account of itself in answer to an oral question from Alistair Lexden about Scotland’s position in the United Kingdom on 4 November... Recent News
Carrie's novel inspiration? 22nd November 2020 In a letter published in The Sunday Times on November 22, Alistair Lexden wondered if a famous novel had contributed to the extraordinary events at 10 Downing... Articles
