Past events

Sir David Omand: ‘How to Survive a Crisis: Lessons in Resilience and Avoiding Disaster’

Book launch in partnership with King’s Intelligence & Security Group and Penguin Books

Michael Heseltine & Ken Clarke: ‘Memories of government – and of Britain’s membership of the EU’

At the sixty-first Strand Group event, in partnership with the Edward Heath Charitable Foundation, Michael Heseltine gave a speech on: ‘Memories of government – and of Britain’s membership of the EU.’ Kenneth Clarke was the respondent.

Professor Tony Travers: London at a crossroads? The city’s government, economy and place within the UK

The sixtieth Strand Group event took place at King’s College London on Wednesday 1 March at 18.30. Professor Tony Travers gave a lecture on ‘London at a crossroads? The city’s government, economy and place within the UK.’

Cabinet Secretary Annual Lecture

Simon Case’s annual lecture at Bristol University, in partnership with The Strand Group

Sarah Healey: The Future Challenges for Digital Policy Making

The fifty-eighth Strand Group event where the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Sarah Healey gave a lecture on ‘The Future Challenges for Digital Policy Making.’

Lord Macpherson of Earl’s Court: ‘Treasury orthodoxy: fact or fiction?’

The fifty-seventh Strand Group event took place on the 1 November in Edinburgh where the former Permanent Secretary of the HM Treasury, Lord Macpherson gave a lecture on ‘Treasury orthodoxy: fact or fiction?’

Sarah Healey ‘The History of Digital Policy Making’

At the fifty-sixth Strand Group event the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Sarah Healey gave a lecture on ‘The History of Digital Policy Making’.

Clare Lombardelli ‘COVID & the UK Economy’

The UK’s Chief Economic Adviser Clare Lombardelli gave her inaugural lecture as Visiting Professor on ‘COVID & the UK Economy’.

Food, Family & Politics

Ed Balls (King’s College London Professor & winner of the BBC’s Celebrity Best Home Cook), Angela Hartnett (Restaurateur and TV chef) & Rachel Johnson (Journalist and finalist on BBC’s Celebrity Best Home Cook) discussed their lives in food, family & politics.