Past events

Ministers and Permanent Secretaries

The sixty-eighth Mile End Group featured a panel discussion Sir Nicholas Montagu, John McAuslan, Mark Addison discussing the relationship between Ministers and Permanent Secretaries

Transitions of Government

Peter Riddell, Assistant Editor of The Times delivered his paper ‘Transitions of Government’, as part of an event organised by The Mile End Group

100th Anniversary of MI5

The Official Historian of MI5, Professor Christopher Andrew gave the sixty-first Mile End Group discussing his authorised, official history of MI5

The World in 2050

Astronomer Royal, Professor Martin Rees gave the sixtieth Mile End Group in the House of Lords, discussing his vision of the world in 2050

Arts and the Media

Lord Melvyn Bragg was the guest speaker at the fifty-ninth Mile End Group

British Constitutional Changes: Trivial or Transforming?

Professor Robert Hazell, Professor of Government and the Constitution at University College London gave the fifty-eighth Mile End Group

A Comparison of London and New York Public Transportation Systems

Professor Tony Travers gave a lecture on ‘A Comparison of London and New York Public Transportation Systems’ at the fifty-seventh meeting of the Mile End Group. The event was held at The Guildhall in the City of London

Energy and the Middle East

Sir Mark Allen addressed the fifty-sixth Mile End Group on the topic of ‘Energy and the Middle East’

Diaries

Lord Donoughue, Lord McNally, William Keegan discussed the importance of keeping a diary at the fifty-fifth meeting of the Mile End Group