An article in the Court and Social Section of The Times celebrating Alistair Lexden's birthday:
"Alistair Lexden, formerly Alistair Cooke, is a familiar name on this page as an indefatigable letter writer. He says, 'I have had 103 letters published in The Times, 170 in The Daily Telegraph, which I always regard as a softer touch'.
"He is the official historian of the Conservative Party and says that his name change in the House of Lords has 'liberated me after a lifetime’s sense of inferiority' from his late namesake, the international broadcaster."