Past events

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.

The making of ‘Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution’

Liz Mermin (director of episode 2), and series consultants Prof. Jon Davis and John Rentoul were joined by Ed Balls to discuss the making of the recent BBC 2 series. 

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case – Inaugural Lecture

On Wednesday 13th October the Cabinet Secretary Simon Case gave his first lecture at the University of Newcastle in partnership with the Strand Group.

Sir Dave Ramsden: Navigating the economy through the Covid crisis

The fifty-first Strand Group event, held in conjunction with the Bank of England and the King’s Business School. Sir Dave Ramsden gave a speech entitled: ‘Navigating the economy through the Covid crisis’

Book Launch: ‘The London Problem: What Britain Gets Wrong About Its Capital City’, Dr Jack Brown & Catherine McGuinness

The fiftieth Strand Group event, held in conjunction with Haus Publishing, took place on Tuesday 27th April. Dr Jack Brown, author of ‘The London Problem: What Britain Gets Wrong About Its Capital City’, discussed his new book with Catherine McGuinness, Policy Chair at City of London Corporation as respondent.

Book Launch: ‘Accomplishment’, Sir Michael Barber in Conversation with the Rt Hon Tony Blair & Dr Michelle Clement

The forty-ninth Strand Group event, held in conjunction with Allen Lane, took place on Thursday 22nd April. Sir Michael Barber, author of ‘Accomplishment: How to Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things’, discussed his new book in conversation with the Rt Hon Tony Blair and King’s lecturer and researcher on reform and delivery in government, Dr Michelle Clement.