The rebirth of Sutherland's portrait of Churchill Tuesday, 23 April, 2024 In a letter to The Daily Telegraph published on 23 April, Alistair Lexden drew attention to the existence of a copy of Graham Sutherland’s remarkable portrait, painted for Churchill’s 80th birthday in 1954, which his wife later arranged to have destroyed. SIR -- Graham Sutherland’s preliminary work for his controversial portrait of Churchill possesses all the qualities which made this great artist... Articles
Unusual manifesto accolade 2nd June 2017 An article in The Spectator of 27 May was complimentary about some of the language used in the Conservative manifesto. Alistair Lexden responded in a letter... Articles
The Primrose League - a priceless Tory asset before 1914 1st June 2017 Alistair Lexden was recently commissioned to write a thousand word article on the Primrose League for a new independent website that will be launched in due... Articles
Catching the Editor's eye 24th May 2017 A point made in Alistair Lexden’s piece about the Conservative election manifesto (see below) appeared in TMS, The Times diary column, on May 24 under the... Articles
The 2017 Conservative Manifesto - the new and the old 19th May 2017 The general election manifesto, published on 18 May, breaks with Tory tradition in at least two major respects. First, one of its central pledges is to create a... Articles
A tragic Tory leader and his diaries 19th May 2017 Few people today have even heard of Sir Stafford Northcote. He was a prominent late nineteenth century politician whose career ended in failure after nine years... Articles
The most personalised Tory campaign 16th May 2017 At this election the name and image of the Tory party leader are everywhere-- on battlebuses, campaign literature, advertisements and so on. The Conservative... Articles
Misrepresenting Thatcher 16th May 2017 A new statue of Margaret Thatcher has been completed; it is due to be erected in Parliament Square. Alistair Lexden does not think much of it, as he made clear... Articles
Sutherland's portrait of Churchill 13th May 2017 In June 2016 (see previous article), Alistair Lexden published an article about Graham Sutherland’s acclaimed, but deeply controversial portrait of Winston... Recent News
Nazis and Royals 9th May 2017 The issue of access to the royal archives has become a subject of growing concern among historians and journalists in recent months. Alistair Lexden, who has... Articles