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
New partnership proposals from the Independent Schools Council 15th December 2016 Academic and other partnership activities between independent and state schools are flourishing—and expanding—in many parts of the country. In September the... Speeches
Northern Ireland: Gay equality advances 13th December 2016 On November 9 (see below) Alistair Lexden introduced amendments to a Bill under discussion in the Lords to extend to Northern Ireland a scheme for England and... Speeches
Edward VIII's abdication eighty years on 9th December 2016 Edward VIII became king on 20 January 1936; he abdicated on 11 December 1936. In an article (attached below) published in Parliament’s House Magazine to... Articles
Calling the police to account 9th December 2016 On November 8, an independent report by Sir Richard Henriques QC was published on Operation Midland, the name given to the Metropolitan Police’s investigation... Speeches
"Lower than vermin" 3rd December 2016 One of the most famous insults in political history, levelled at the Tories by Aneurin Bevan in the late 1940s, was recalled in The Spectator on 19 November... Articles
The school run 2nd December 2016 On December 2, Alistair Lexden completed a series of visits under the aegis of the Lord Speaker’s “Peers in Schools” Outreach Programme. The visits took him to... Recent News
Churchill and Ireland (again) 30th November 2016 Lord Lexden's review of Churchill and Ireland by Paul Bew (Oxford University Press, £16.99) appeared on the ConservativeHome website in June. It has now been... Articles
The Windsors' wedding 28th November 2016 Seven months after giving up the throne in December 1936, the former Edward VIII, now the Duke of Windsor, married the former Mrs Wallis Simpson, who reverted... Articles
Risking Royal Wrath 24th November 2016 King George V (1910-36) had only two pastimes: stamp collecting and killing game birds (he was said to have been the best shot in the country). On November 21... Articles