A great Prime Minister's early death Thursday, 11 July, 2024 Prime minister at the age of 24, the Younger Pitt died when he was 46 in 1806 after serving in the highest political office for eighteen years, a term exceeded in length only by Walpole. His health was never robust. It is well-known that he added to his problems by drinking heavily, and it is often said that drink killed him. Far from that being the case, the illness that proved fatal to him can... Articles
Slashing suffragette 2nd February 2018 At the end of January,the National Portrait Gallery announced that, for the first time in twenty years, a portrait of Thomas Carlyle slashed by cleaver-wielding... Articles
Ulster-Scotland link 27th January 2018 On January 24, The Times reported that the Democratic Unionist Party wanted “ a 25-mile bridge or tunnel” (costing some £20 billion) between Northern Ireland... Articles
That statue again 26th January 2018 After telling the readers of The Times what he thought about the statue of Margaret Thatcher designed for Parliament Square (see below), Alistair Lexden... Articles
Justice for Bishop Bell 23rd January 2018 Alistair Lexden is a member of the George Bell Group, which was formed after the Church of England decided in 2015 to pay compensation to an unnamed woman who... Recent News
An insult to Margaret Thatcher 19th January 2018 For some months, a plan to erect a statue of Margaret Thatcher in Parliament Square has been under discussion. The statue has been described by its sculptor... Articles
Prince Charles at Gordonstoun 8th January 2018 A recent episode of the popular Netflix series on the royal family featured Prince Charles’s schooldays at Gordonstoun. Was he badly treated? Alistair Lexden... Articles
Prince Charles, the busiest royal 8th January 2018 On December 29, an article in The Times carried the headline ‘Princess Anne crowned busiest royal’. This was seriously misleading, as Alistair Lexden made clear... Recent News
Airey Neave remembered 2nd January 2018 In a recent interview, one of the new Tory MPs elected last year, Kemi Badenoch, who is already making her mark, revealed that her political hero is Airey Neave... Articles
Dick the Bad: History's Most Famous Murder Suspect 31st December 2017 An excellent, well-written new life of King Richard III by a Conservative MP was published recently. A review of it by Alistair Lexden follows. Richard III... Articles