Past events

Book Launch – The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain’s Public Services

Join us on the 28 May when Dr Michelle Clement and Sir Michael Barber will be launching Dr Clement’s new book ‘The Art of Delivery.’

Wars, fires and pandemics: how events have shaped 350 years of Treasury buildings

The seventy-fifth Strand Group event, where Mario Pisani gave a lecture inside HM Treasury on ‘Wars, fires and pandemics: how events have shaped 350 years of Treasury buildings’.

What should the UK and Europe learn from “Bidenomics”? 

This event launched a new paper for King’s College London and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. A distinguished panel discussed the findings of the report, which provides a “first draft of history” based on on-the-record interviews with outgoing senior Biden administration policymakers and other leading commentators.

Rachel Blake MP: ‘Delivering Change Through Uncertain Times’

The seventy-third Strand Group event, where Rachel Blake, the first ever Labour MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, gave a lecture on: ‘Delivering change through uncertain times’.

Simon Case: “Portraits of a Profession: The Civil Service of Today”

The seventy-second Strand Group event, where our Visiting Professor Simon Case gave his final lecture as Cabinet Secretary on “Portraits of a Profession: The Civil Service of Today” .

Gareth Davies ‘The Industrial Strategy: What it is, what it isn’t, and lessons from history’

The Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business and Trade gave his inaugural lecture as Visiting Professor at King’s College London.

We Are The Treasury

Panel discussion and edited viewing of the legendary 1997 STV documentary ‘We Are The Treasury’

MA GOVERNMENT STUDIES OPEN EVENING

Join our taster session ‘Transitions of Power to Labour: Lessons from History’ featuring Professor Ed Balls and Visiting Professor John Rentoul

‘Purely Academic?’: 20 Years Teaching the Contemporary History of British Government

The sixty-ninth Strand Group took place at 18.30 on Wednesday 20th March 2024 when Professor Jon Davis gave his Inaugural Lecture as Professor of Government.