Pen Portraits of our monarchs Monday, 29 April, 2024 A brilliant collection of them has been republished in an updated edition . Alistair Lexden reviewed it in Parliament’s magazine The House on 29 April. Gimson’s Kings & Queens: Brief Lives of the Monarchs since 1066 By Andrew Gimson Published by Square Peg Andrew Gimson, who is well-known to readers of The House, writes with a most attractive astringency. This quality is an immense asset in... 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
Bishop George Bell - Justice denied 15th March 2016 At the end of January (see below) Alistair Lexden raised the serious case of Bishop George Bell in the Lords. One of the most distinguished and admired bishops... Speeches
Somme Commentary 15th March 2016 This year marks the centenary of the Battle of Somme in which so many soldiers died or sustained grave injuries. The Battle began on 1 July 1916 and finally... Speeches
Today's two leading Tories at the start of their careers 7th March 2016 Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not exact contemporaries, but both started their careers in earnest at the same time, as Alistair Lexden pointed out in a... Articles
The Daily Telegraph's postbag 1st March 2016 The Daily Telegraph, which began in 1855, published its 50,000th edition on February 25. To mark the event, the paper produced a special supplement which... Articles
The Lords abandons vellum 27th February 2016 Controversy arose recently when the House of Lords announced that the centuries-old practice of printing Acts of Parliament on vellum would cease. Speeches
Marketing and the Lords 26th February 2016 Alistair Lexden hosted the annual dinner of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Food, Drink and Agriculture Group which was held this year in the dining room... Recent News
Ted Heath and the Police 20th February 2016 On February 19 The Times reported that Ted Heath’s private papers, now in the Bodleian Library Oxford, had been impounded by the police who plan to go through... Articles