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
A Lords Question which precipitated a minister's resignation 17th September 2020 On September 8, Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland Secretary, plunged Boris Johnson into yet another crisis when he confessed in the House of Commons that the... Recent NewsSpeeches
A rejected peer 11th September 2020 During a short debate in the House of Lords on 7 September, reference was made (inaccurately) to the exclusion of a newly created peer from the House in the... Recent News
Condemning Chinese oppression 9th September 2020 Alistair Lexden has joined a large cross-party initiative in both Houses of Parliament to condemn the Chinese government’s systematic oppression of its Uighur... Recent News
Boris Johnson and the Lords - more trouble ahead? 7th September 2020 His list of 36 new peers published on 31 July attracted widespread criticism on account of its size and of the unsuitability of a number of those on it... Articles
The Second Festival of Britain 2nd September 2020 2022 is the date that has been fixed for it, just over 70 years after the first Festival of Britain in 1951. On August 31, The Daily Telegraph reported that the... Articles
A house of scandals 27th August 2020 A rather fine country house in Shropshire with a shady past found itself in the news again for unwelcome reasons on 25 August. The Times reported that Chyknell... Recent News
Anthony Lester QC - A great champion of human rights 20th August 2020 No one has ever worked more tirelessly to combat discrimination in all its forms, or to uphold freedom of expression in all its forms, than the leading human... Articles
On this day, 15 August, 75 years ago - VJ Day at Westminster 15th August 2020 This is the third article by Alistair Lexden marking the 75th anniversary of great events in 1945. The others, which covered VE Day ( 8 May) and Churchill’s... Articles
Address on Lloyd George and Ireland published 14th August 2020 In April, Alistair Lexden prepared an address on the centenary of Lloyd George’s Government of Ireland Act 1920 for a dinner at the Reform Club, which could not... Articles
