Ulster-Scotland link 27th January 2018 On January 24, The Times reported that the Democratic Unionist Party wanted “ a 25-mile bridge or tunnel” (costing some £20 billion) between Northern Ireland... Articles
That statue again 26th January 2018 After telling the readers of The Times what he thought about the statue of Margaret Thatcher designed for Parliament Square (see below), Alistair Lexden... Articles
An insult to Margaret Thatcher 19th January 2018 For some months, a plan to erect a statue of Margaret Thatcher in Parliament Square has been under discussion. The statue has been described by its sculptor... Articles
Prince Charles at Gordonstoun 8th January 2018 A recent episode of the popular Netflix series on the royal family featured Prince Charles’s schooldays at Gordonstoun. Was he badly treated? Alistair Lexden... Articles
Airey Neave remembered 2nd January 2018 In a recent interview, one of the new Tory MPs elected last year, Kemi Badenoch, who is already making her mark, revealed that her political hero is Airey Neave... Articles
Dick the Bad: History's Most Famous Murder Suspect 31st December 2017 An excellent, well-written new life of King Richard III by a Conservative MP was published recently. A review of it by Alistair Lexden follows. Richard III... Articles
Book review: Back from historical oblivion 24th December 2017 The 5th Marquess of Lansdowne had a long and important career at home and abroad which ended abruptly a century ago in November 1917. A sudden fall from grace... Articles
Who got women the vote? 21st December 2017 The standard answer is Mrs Pankhurst and her law-breaking suffragettes. The credit really belongs elsewhere, as Alistair Lexden explained in the main letter... Articles
Churchill's fascist friend 15th December 2017 Writing in The Spectator on 2 December, Charles Moore referred to a most cordial meeting between Churchill and Mussolini in 1927. In a letter published in the... Articles