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 new bill to help cohabiting sibling couples 14th January 2020 During the last two years, Alistair Lexden has campaigned in the Lords to end the gross unfairness with which cohabiting sibling couples are treated by the... Recent News
Appeasement: Never-ending controversy 13th January 2020 There are many books about Neville Chamberlain and his search for a peaceful settlement with Germany in the late 1930s. Passions still often run high in... Articles
George III - a most conscientious king 8th January 2020 George III tends to be remembered for two things: his periods of insanity and the loss of the American colonies. There was much more to him than that, as... Articles
Watch: A visit to Stanley Baldwin's country home 24th December 2019 Three times Prime Minister, Baldwin dominated British politics during the inter-war period. Applauded while he was in office, he was later criticised severely... Articles
One Nation Conservatism - Created by Baldwin, boosted by the ghost of Disraeli 22nd December 2019 One Nation Conservatism has never been more fashionable, thanks to Boris Johnson. Alistair Lexden discusses the phenomenon in this article, which was published... Articles
Keeping the working classes out 21st December 2019 It is widely assumed that democracy in Britain stemmed from the Reform Bill of 1832. Alistair Lexden takes a different view, as he made clear in a letter... Articles
Why the election campaign lasted so long 13th December 2019 Writing in The Spectator on 7 December, Charles Moore noted that the February 1974 election campaign was over in three weeks, but ‘now six weeks is the law of... Articles
Privy Councillors to the rescue? 6th December 2019 Dissatisfaction wiith all the party leaders at this election led a Times reader to suggest that the Privy Council should be given a bigger role. In a letter... Articles
Neville Chamberlain - a man whose reputation has languished for too long 29th November 2019 On 28 November, Alistair Lexden contributed to a run of letters in The Daily Telegraph putting the case for Neville Chamberlain’s handling of the Munich crisis... Articles
