Past events

The Michael Young Memorial Lecture (in association with the Young Foundation): ‘On Meritocracy’

Professor George Steiner and Professor Peter Hennessy gave the The Michael Young Memorial Lecture (in association with the Young Foundation): ‘On Meritocracy’

A Bridge Too Far: Foreign Policy from Suez to Basra

The Financial Times’ Philip Stephens and Professor Peter Hennessy discussed British foreign policy from Suez to Basra at the nineteenth meeting of the Mile End Group

The Butler Report One Year On

Lord Butler of Brockwell discussed his report ‘The Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction’ at the eighteenth meeting of the Mile End Group. Sir David Omand acted as respondent

How Do Central Governments Think? Lessons from British History and Abroad

Dr Geoff Mulgan discussed ‘How Do Central Governments Think? Lessons from British History and Abroad’ with Dr William Plowden as respondent

The Need for an Impartial Civil Service

Gillian Shephard MP gave the sixteenth Mile End Group on ‘The Need for an Impartial Civil Service’. Professor Rodney Lowe was the respondent

The Changes to the Civil Service from Thatcher to Blair

MEG 15 was given by Sir Christopher Foster and Sir Robin Mountfield

The Aides of British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Blair, 1721 to 2005

Professor George Jones (LSE), discussed ‘The Aides of British Prime Ministers from Walpole to Blair, 1721 to 2005’. David Willetts MP acted as the respondent

How the Prime Minister gets things done; Peter Riddell

At the thirteenth meeting of the Mile End Group Professor Michael Barber the head of the Prime Minister Delivery Unit and Associate Editor of the Times Peter Riddell discussed ‘How the Prime Minister gets things done; Peter Riddell’

Rab, ROBOT and the Fork in the Road

Lord Lawson, Professor Peter Hennessy and Sir Samuel Brittan discussed economic policy in the 1950s at the twelfth meeting of the Mile End Group