Past events

Cabinets and the Bomb

Professor Peter Hennessy gave the first Sir Michael Quinlan memorial lecture in the House of Lords on the subject, ‘Cabinets and the Bomb’

The Tories and the Lords

Lord Hurd of Westwell gave the seventy-first Mile End Group discussing the history of the Tories and the Lords

Being Chancellor

Former Chancellor Lord Healey discussed Being Chancellor at the seventieth meeting of the Mile End Group

The Parliament Act of 1911

The Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon John Bercow gave the sixty-ninth Mile End Group in the Houses of Parliament discussing the The Parliament Act of 1911

The Secret State: Preparing for the Worst 1945-2010

Professor Peter Hennessy gave the sixty-eighth Mile End Group discussing his research on The Secret State: Preparing for the Worst 1945-2010

Securing the State

Sir David Omand, the first UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator, addressed the sixty-seventh meeting of the Mile End Group to discuss his book, Securing the State

100th Anniversary of MI6

The official historian of MI6 discussed the 100th anniversary of the Secret Intelligence Service at the sixty-sixth Mile End Group

The Physiology of British Government

Prof. Anthony King gave the sixty-fifth Mile End Group discussing ‘The Physiology of British Government’ at Canary Wharf’s Level 39 venue

Reflections on Intelligence

The former head of MI5 Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller gave the sixty-fourth Mile End Group discussing her personal reflections on intelligence.