9/11 attack - Historical reflections in 2001 and 20 years on Monday, 13 September, 2021 Alistair Lexden (then Alistair Cooke) wrote to The Daily Telegraph about Afghanistan in September 2001. The paper asked him to reflect in a further letter on what he had said then in the light of the American decision to withdraw before the 20th anniversary of its invasion. Both letters were published online by the Telegraph on September 11. Original letter - 12 Sep 2001 SIR – Although Britain’s... Articles
The Great Duke as Prime Minister 10th September 2021 The following letter was published in The New Statesman on 10 September. Philip Collins (The Public Square, 27 August) states that Wellington “became prime... Articles
Reparation for gay servicemen 8th September 2021 Over several centuries, many homosexual members of the Armed Forces – it is impossible to know exactly how many — were convicted and punished under appalling... Speeches
Falsifying history - the BBC and the Nuremberg trials 3rd September 2021 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on 3 September. SIR - Charles Moore (Notebook, August 31) is right to castigate the playwright who has... Articles
A cricket captain's electoral disaster 31st August 2021 Ted Dexter, a memorable England cricket captain in the early 1960s, had an unfortunate encounter with the electorate in a Cardiff seat at the 1964 general... Articles
Churchill defeats the historians 20th August 2021 Around a thousand books have been written about him, and yet Churchill still lacks a really satisfactory biography. That is partly because his life had so many... Articles
Stop knocking independent schools 13th August 2021 When this year’s A-level results were published on 10 August, the success of independent schools was greeted sourly in the Daily Mail. ‘Fury over Grade Gap’, it... Articles
Sir Henry Wilson: the MP the IRA assassinated - and the Commons forgot 9th August 2021 There are memorial shields in the House of Commons commemorating MPs who have been killed in action or by terrorists. One is missing. A campaign has been... Articles
Our first Olympic medal-winner 9th August 2021 As the Olympic Games in Tokyo ended after many memorable British successes, Alistair Lexden recalled the very first medals won for Britain in the modern Games... Articles
A famous historian with a remarkable sex life 6th August 2021 One of the most widely read historians of his time, Arthur Bryant, continued to write successful books in old age, and to enjoy a very active sex life with a... Articles
