Awards for outstanding international students 8th April 2016 Every year the Council for Independent Education (CIFE), of which Alistair Lexden is President, holds an awards ceremony at the House of Lords to recognise... Recent News
A Prince of Wales at war 1st April 2016 A letter written in 1916 by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) was quoted in The Daily Telegraph on March 30; it shows his discomfort at being awarded... Articles
The first Tory leadership election (cont.) 1st April 2016 A newly devised system to enable Tory MPs to elect the Party leader was used for the first time in July 1965. A letter published in the New Statesman on March... Articles
Palmerston not Pankhurst 30th March 2016 On March 28 The Times reported that an irate golfer at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire was thinking of resorting to civil disobedience like the suffragettes... Articles
The betrayal of a great bishop by his church 29th March 2016 On two occasions (see posts for 28 January and March 14 below) Alistair Lexden has challenged the Church of England bishops sitting in the House of Lords to... Articles
The first Tory leadership election 22nd March 2016 The first Tory leader to be elected was Edward Heath in July 1965 when Sir Alec Douglas-Home stepped down. Under the rules at the time, voting was confined to... Articles
A second tragedy at a historic home 21st March 2016 A fire at a mansion outside Manchester reported in The Daily Telegraph on March 19 led Alistair Lexden to recall an earlier tragedy in a letter published in the... Articles
International prize-winning students at the Lords 17th March 2016 On March 16 Alistair Lexden was visited at the Lords by a star group of students from a niumber of different countries who are being prepared for university... Articles
Winston's wager 16th March 2016 On March 11 The Times reported the forthcoming sale of a rare wager slip recording a bet made by Winston Churchill in January 1901. Alistair Lexden cast further... Articles