The fascists' press baron Friday, 22 November, 2024 The following letter was published in The New Statesman on 22 November. Lord Northcliiffe was the greatest press baron of his time, but cannot be censured for supporting fascism. It got substantial press backing from elsewhere. Alison Phillips (The Critics, 8 November) states that “Northcliffe supported Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts and the Nazis”. That would have been difficult since Northcliffe... Articles
No united Ireland 3rd February 2024 The appointment of a Sinn Fein first minister in Northern Ireland has led to speculation that a united Ireland is now a serious prospect. Alistair Lexden... Articles
Critics of the Empire 30th January 2024 A full and accurate understanding of the British Empire is impeded by the unremitting hostility of many writers and commentators. As Alistair Lexden stressed in... Articles
Stepping out - backwards 20th January 2024 This was a skill that the most senior royal courtiers needed until recently. Some managed better than others, as Alistair Lexden noted in a letter published in... Articles
The first Whigs and Tories 19th January 2024 The attached article was published in Parliament’s magazine The House, to which Alistair Lexden contributes regularly, on 15 January. It is an abridged – and... Articles
Ted Heath: will a great wrong ever be righted? 18th January 2024 For over five years Alistair Lexden has been campaigning alongside others to get an independent inquiry into a deeply flawed police investigation of child... Speeches
A Conservative history essay: how the Tory Party was born some 340 years ago 22nd December 2023 The modern histories of the Conservative Party do not provide a full account of how it first came into being as the Tory Party in the early 1680s. This essay... Articles
Edward VIII speaks out 18th December 2023 Few people have come under more sustained attack . Some have accused him of being a Nazi collaborator. The King’s side of the story, drawing on hitherto... Articles
Should the Elgin Marbles be loaned to Greece? 15th December 2023 George Osborne, Chairman of the British Museum Trustees, has been in discussion with the Greek Government for some time about a loan. Alistair Lexden brought... Speeches
Who created the NHS? 1st December 2023 The Labour Party want us to believe that they deserve all the credit, constantly boasting that Nye Bevan was the sole architect of the NHS. But Labour only... Recent NewsSpeeches
