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
Justice for sibling couples - continuing the campaign in Parliament 12th April 2019 Having raised the key areas of discrimination suffered by cohabiting sibling couples in an oral question in the Lords on 21 March ( see below), Alistair Lexden... Speeches
Prejudice against British India 11th April 2019 Alistair Lexden’s letter about the Amritsar massacre a hundred years ago this month, published in The Daily Telegraph on 3 April ( see below), drew comments... Articles
Northern Ireland - yet more talks 10th April 2019 On 10 April, the Lords approved regulations which provide another five months for discussions on the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland. Two... Speeches
Presenting prizes to outstanding students 7th April 2019 Each spring Alistair Lexden hosts an awards ceremony on the terrace of the House of Lords for the 24 independent sixth-form colleges which comprise the Council... Recent News
Sir Robert Peel and Theresa May 5th April 2019 As the Brexit crisis deepened still further at the start of April , an earlier Tory crisis was recalled in the media—that caused by Peel’s repeal of the Corn... Articles
Centenary of the Amritsar massacre 5th April 2019 On 13 April 1919 British Indian Army troops under the command of Col. Reginald Dyer fired into a crowd that had gathered in a public garden at Amritsar in the... Articles
On the fortieth anniversary of Airey Neave's murder 30th March 2019 The article below was published on the ConservativeHome website on 30 March. In it, Alistair Lexden reviews a new biography, and writes about his own memories... Articles
The worst Prime Minister 28th March 2019 In its editorial on 23 March, The Spectator declared that ‘Lord North is one of the few beneficiaries of the May premiership: he is now no longer the worst... Articles
Airey Neave - Personal and historical elections forty years after his murder 27th March 2019 The following article, published in Parliament’s House Magazine on 25 March, draws on both Alistair Lexden’s personal recollections and on an admirable... Articles
