Pen Portraits of our monarchs Monday, 29 April, 2024 A brilliant collection of them has been republished in an updated edition . Alistair Lexden reviewed it in Parliament’s magazine The House on 29 April. Gimson’s Kings & Queens: Brief Lives of the Monarchs since 1066 By Andrew Gimson Published by Square Peg Andrew Gimson, who is well-known to readers of The House, writes with a most attractive astringency. This quality is an immense asset in... Articles
Judging the House of Lords fairly 23rd March 2019 A strong case can be made for replacing the existing unelected House of Lords by an upper chamber with a membership determined by the votes of the people. But... Articles
Another stage in the 'Justice for siblings couples' campaign 18th March 2019 On 15 March, Alistair Lexden returned to his campaign on behalf of sibling couples who have made their lives together in jointly owned property. The Second... Speeches
Why the media fail to portray independent schools accurately 15th March 2019 That was the theme of an article by Alistair Lexden in a special spring schools supplement to The Spectator, published on 16 March. He was General Secretary of... Articles
The worst Government defeats in Parliament 14th March 2019 The Commons vote of 149 against Mrs May’s EU withdrawal agreement on 12 March was described in many parts of the media as the fourth worst government defeat... Articles
The Tories and Europe 14th March 2019 How did the Tories, who described themselves proudly as the party of Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, get themselves into a state of civil war over our membership... Articles
Airey Neave's Northern Ireland plan forty years ago 13th March 2019 On 12 March, the Lords discussed two important Northern Ireland Bills under highly unsatisfactory fast-track procedures, which Alistair Lexden criticised... Speeches
Letters from Queen Victoria go astray 13th March 2019 On March 9, The Times reported that a letter from Queen Victoria to Tennyson was up for auction in New York. For years it had been available in Lincoln, with... Articles
How Churchill's father wooed Irish nationalists 4th March 2019 On 15 December 1882, an Irishman, Myles Joyce, was hanged for the murder of a family of five in Maamtrasna on the Mayo/Galway border. He was an Irish speaker... Articles
Queen Victoria and her youngest daughter 2nd March 2019 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on 1 March under the heading, “That’s my Baby”. SIR - It is hard to think of short, stout Queen... Articles