Tory peer Alistair McAlpine was attracted to property and art down under A BRITISH lord with a passion for property development, who "put Broome on the map" and supported the careers of some of Australia's most talented artists, has died in Italy aged 71. Lord Alistair McAlpine's friend Tom Stephens described yesterday how the Tory peer liked to find what people could agree on, rather than focus on their differences.