Primroses for the immortal Dizzy Monday, 19 April, 2021 Benjamin Disraeli, first and last Earl of Beaconsfield, died on this day 140 years ago at the age of seventy-six from bronchitis contracted three weeks earlier in bitterly cold weather. Up until then, he had continued to lead the Conservative Party from the Lords with undiminished skill. The suddenness of his death deepened the impact that it made. Gladstone, who was then in power, immediately... Articles
British history for immigrants 16th April 2021 All those who apply for British citizenship are required to study an official handbook on life in the United Kingdom, and answer questions that it poses. The... Speeches
Strengthening the United Kingdom 13th April 2021 An article in The Times on April 12 deplored Downing Street’s failure to give adequate consideration to the interests of the devolved parliaments and... Articles
The election of a new Lord Speaker to preside over the Lords 12th April 2021 Votes will start to be cast on 13 April to elect a new Lord Speaker who will take over from Lord Fowler, elected in 2016, before the end of the month. There is... Recent News
Prince Philip and Parliament 11th April 2021 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on April 10, the day after the Duke of Edinburgh’s death. SIR – Parliament did not always treat the... Articles
Honour and dishonour 7th April 2021 A very small proportion of those who receive honours from the Queen subsequently bring disgrace upon themselves, and forfeit the distinctions that have been... Articles
A drubbing for Justin Welby 6th April 2021 One of the many sad and sorry features of Justin Welby’s time as Archbishop of Canterbury has been his failure to admit that he was wrong in condemning the... Articles
At the top of the greasy pole - Disraeli's first premiership, February to December 1868 3rd April 2021 On 25 February 1868, Mary Anne Disraeli, whose adoration of her husband knew no bounds, wrote excitedly to her friend, Lady Charlotte de Rothschild: ‘By the... Articles
Sex and politics in inter-war Britain 23rd March 2021 Henry Channon, always called Chips Channon (though no one knows why), was one of the 20th century’s greatest diarists—some say the greatest of all. A heavily... Articles
Met child abuse scandal unredressed 17th March 2021 On 13 March, the Met was plunged into a fresh crisis when some of its officers overreacted in policing a peaceful vigil on Clapham Common. Their conduct will be... Recent NewsSpeeches
