Past events

The New Protective State

Professor Peter Hennessy launched his edited collection of essays regarding ‘The New Protective State’ at the thirty-fourth meeting of the Mile End Group

War Cabinets

At the thirty-third meeting of the Mile End Group renowned diplomat Sir Robert Wade-Gery discussed War Cabinets

Good and Bad Power

At the thirty-second meeting of the Mile End Group Geoff Mulgan discussed ‘Good and Bad power’

30th Anniversary of the British IMF Negotiations

The thirty-first meeting of the Mile End Group brought together a panel of Lord Donoughue, Baroness Williams, Lord McNally, Adam Raphael, William Keegan, Hugh Stephenson, Peter Jay and Sir Alan Bailey to discuss the IMF crisis in 1976

Power, Premiers and the Press

Editor of The Guardian Alan Rusbridger and Professor Colin Seymour-Ure gave the thirtieth Mile End Group on ‘Power, Premiers and the Press’

Having It So Good: Britain In The Fifties

At the twenty-ninth meeting of the Mile End Group Professor Peter Hennessy launched his book ‘Having It So Good: Britain In The Fifties’ he was introduced by the first man to run the sub-four minute mile Sir Roger Bannister

Terrorist challenge: the long term context

Sir Kevin Tebbit, former Permanent Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence discussed the long-term context of the terrorist challenge at the twenty-eight meeting of the Mile End Group

Protecting the citizen in the 21st Century – issues and challenges

At the twenty-sixth meeting of the Mile End Group Sir richard Mottram discussed ‘Protecting the citizen in the 21st Century – issues and challenges’

The Ethics of Intelligence

At the twenty-sixth meeting of the Mile End Group Sir Michael Quinlan, Sir David Omand and Sir Kevin Tebbit discussed ‘The Ethics of Intelligence’