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Writing in The Spectator about the State Opening of Parliament on 7 November, Charles Moore, now a colleague in the Lords, mentioned that he was seated near...

Ted Heath has been betrayed by the Home Office and the government – we need a new independent review of the allegations against him. Read Lord Lexden's most...

Labour want to slap VAT on independent school fees. This would be a tax on education and learning. There is no precedent for such a thing in British history...

In a letter published in The Daily Telegraph on 7 November, Alistair Lexden questioned whether Churchill would have approved of the strident way in which some...

A new history of Britain between the wars by Simon Heffer covers a huge amount of ground. It deserves particular praise for showing how greatly the country...

Alistair Lexden has a long connection with the independent schools. He is currently President of the Independent Schools Association (ISA), which has some 650...

There has been much speculation about this Liberal prime minister, who held the highest political office briefly in 1894-5. Suspicions intensified after a...

The two future Kings were Edward VIII and his brother who succeeded him after the 1936 abdication, George VI. The mistresses were both upper-class women: Mrs...

In the year of the Committee’s centenary, a fine account of its evolution and its role today has been written by Philip Norton, Professor Lord Norton of Louth...