On November 21, an article in The Times mentioned the first announcements of births, marriages and deaths to appear in the paper when it began publication in...

On 8 October, Alistair Lexden backed a successful cross-party Lords amendment to the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill to help young people coming up to the age...

The Government gave a poor account of itself in answer to an oral question from Alistair Lexden about Scotland’s position in the United Kingdom on 4 November...

In a letter published in The Sunday Times on November 22, Alistair Lexden wondered if a famous novel had contributed to the extraordinary events at 10 Downing...

Asquith, the Liberal Party leader, is said to have described Bonar Law (1858-1923), in much quoted words, as “the unknown Prime Minister”. Alistair Lexden...

On 9 November, the Lords amended the Government’s controversial Internal Market Bill by removing from it the clauses that would authorise the breaking of...

Chamberlain is the most misunderstood statesman in modern British history. Alistair Lexden tackled the misconceptions in his booklet, Neville Chamberlain...

Boris Johnson is in deep trouble. Will he be able to rescue his reputation and his political authority? In a letter published in The Sunday Times on November 8...

Is the Union between Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom going to survive? A question that would once have been regarded as utterly absurd is now being...