When the lamps went out in 1914 Thursday, 14 January, 2021 They analogy between the extinguishing of lamps and the end of peace in 1914 is well-known. It was made by Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary at the time. He is the subject of a fine new biography. Alistair Lexden’s review of the book is attached. Statesman of Europe: A Life of Sir Edward Grey By T. G. Otte Allen Lane, £35 Sir Edward Grey (1862-1933) was Foreign Secretary from December 1905 to... Articles
Final words on that Thatcher Statue 15th December 2020 On a number of occasions since 2017—most recently on 7 December (see below)—Alistair Lexden has castigated a truly dreadful statue of Mrs Thatcher. In a letter... Articles
Times letters - claiming the record 11th December 2020 The publication of Alistair Lexden’s 300th Times letter on 7 December(see below) led a number of people in the House of Lords and elsewhere to ask whether this... Recent News
Can we trust the National Trust? 8th December 2020 An Act of Parliament, passed in 1937, defined the objectives of the National Trust in the following terms: the preservation of buildings of national interest... Speeches
Thatcher painting mystery published 7th December 2020 Earlier this year, Alistair Lexden wrote up the results of prolonged researches, undertaken with an art dealer, Daniel Hadden, into a mysterious painting of Mrs... Articles
300th letter in the Times 7th December 2020 A letter by Alistair Lexden in The Times on December 7 about a terrible statue of Mrs Thatcher was the 300th that he has had published in the paper, appearing... Recent News
Mrs Thatcher demeaned by statue 7th December 2020 A ten-foot tall bronze statue of Mrs Thatcher, said to have cost £300,000, by an award-winning sculptor, Douglas Jennings, has become the subject of heated... Articles
Neutral on the Union? 6th December 2020 Alistair Lexden has criticised the Government in the Lords for failing to counter the serious Nationalist threat in Scotland with a vigorous and determined... Speeches
Conservatives and AIDS 1st December 2020 World AIDS Day falls on 1 December each year. Thirty-five years ago in 1985, deaths from AIDS in Britain seemed likely to reach, and remain, at enormously high... Recent News
Defenders of the Slave Trade 29th November 2020 On November 21, an article in The Times mentioned the first announcements of births, marriages and deaths to appear in the paper when it began publication in... Recent News
