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
Comfort for Prince Andrew 25th November 2019 Alistair Lexden recounted what happened to an earlier Duke of York in a letter published in The Times on November 25. Sir, The current Duke of York is not the... Articles
Celebrating the success of the Independent Schools Association 25th November 2019 In February, Alistair Lexden, President of the Independent Schools Association (ISA), held a reception at the House of Lords to celebrate the continuing steady... Recent News
Lloyd George and the Versailles Treaty 100 years on 21st November 2019 In February, Alistair Lexden addressed the annual conference of the Lloyd George Society on the collapse of his coalition government in 1922. The text can be... Articles
Costing Labour's Manifesto 11th November 2019 The main front-page article in the Financial Times on November 6 was devoted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s fury over the Treasury’s refusal to cost... Articles
Bercow, Buckingham and the Lords 10th November 2019 The convention that the major parties do not put up candidates against a Commons Speaker seeking re-election is widely believed to be of long-standing; in fact... Articles
Rights for sibling couples - restating the case 6th November 2019 On 5 November, the last day before Parliament was dissolved, Alistair Lexden returned to an issue which has preoccupied him a great deal in the last two years... Speeches
Was George IV a bad king? 6th November 2019 George IV has had few admirers. He is remembered for running up colossal debts, becoming grossly fat, feuding constantly with his father, George III, and... Articles
Unfulfilled hopes after the First World War 5th November 2019 It was not, as everyone hoped a century ago, ‘the war to end all wars.’ The League of Nations has frequently been blamed for failing to fulfill the world’s hope... Articles
Northern Ireland Budget 1st November 2019 Billions of pounds were approved for public expenditure in Northern Ireland after no more a short debate in the Lords on 31 October. This illustrated vividly... Recent News
