Women and hereditary titles 5th December 2017 The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 introduced gender equality in the monarchy: males no longer take automatic precedence over females in inheritance rights to... Articles
Another young prince whose bride had a husband living 28th November 2017 Prince Harry’s father made a second marriage in middle age to a woman in the lifetime of her previous husband. Centuries have elapsed, however, since the last... Articles
Gladstone and slavery 23rd November 2017 On November 16, The Times reported that students in Liverpool were campaigning to have Gladstone’s name removed from a university building because he was not a... Articles
Online voting 8th November 2017 As a historian, Alistair Lexden devotes much time to thinking and writing about the past, but he does not neglect the future. He is a Patron of the Institute of... Articles
Oscar Wilde's prison books 3rd November 2017 A prominent Liberal politician came to Oscar Wilde’s aid after his conviction and imprisonment in 1895. An article in TLS: The Times Literary Supplement on... Articles
The Balfour Declaration 2nd November 2017 On 2 November 1917, Lord Balfour, then Foreign Secretary, signed a short 67-word letter to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British-Jewish community, containing... Articles
250th letter in The Times - and a record 31st October 2017 Alistair Lexden’s letter in The Times on October 30 (see below) was his 250th in what is generally regarded as the most famous letters page in the world. The... Articles
Too many Privy Councillors 30th October 2017 There is widespread agreement that Britain has too many MPs and too many peers with seats in the Lords. The excessive number of Privy Councillors— people who... Articles
Books and indexes 27th October 2017 Books need proper indexes if the reader is to be able to find his or her way around them. A letter published in The Spectator magazine on 21 October stated:... Articles