Past events

The Official History of the Cabinet Secretaries

To launch Ian Beesley’s book, ‘The Official History of the Cabinet Secretaries’, the current Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood was joined by four of his predecessors, Lord Wilson, Lord Turnbull, Lord Armstrong and Lord Butler.

Ken Clarke: Kind of Blue

Ken Clarke MP joined the Strand Group on Tuesday 15 November to celebrate the launch of his new memoir, Kind of Blue

The IMF Crisis: 40 Years On

On Wednesday 26 October The Strand Group and HM Treasury remembered one of the most momentous and traumatic episodes in its institutional history. Academics, politicians and officials past and present came together to mark 40 years since the UK government’s request for financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund in the autumn of 1976.

The Treasury and the Supply Side

On Thursday 20th October 2016, Sir John Kingman the former second permanent secretary gave a lecture to the Strand Group entitled; ‘The Treasury and the Supply Side’

Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: ‘The Future of the Commonwealth’

On Wednesday 5 October the Hon. Julia Gillard spoke at the fifteenth event of the Strand Group on ‘The Future of the Commonwealth.’

Ed Balls – Speaking Out: Lessons in Life and Politics

Ed Balls, former Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and King’s Visiting Professor, launched his new book, Speaking Out, at the 14th meeting of the Strand Group on the 12th September 2016.

The sixth Sir Michael Quinlan Memorial Lecture: Sir Max Hastings – ‘Secret War Becomes Future War’

The journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings gave the sixth Sir Michael Quinlan Memorial Lecture on Wednesday 13 July, at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Irish Ambassador to the UK Daniel Mulhall: ‘The UK, Ireland and Europe – a productive partnership’

Daniel Mulhall, the Irish Ambassador to the UK spoke at the 12th event of the Strand Group on Wednesday 11 May 2016, where he set out the Irish case, as a concerned neighbour, of the impact of Britain leaving the European Union.

Lord Willetts: 100 Years of Science Policy

Lord Willetts the former Minister of State for Universities and Science gave his inaugural lecture on Thursday 28 April 2016, setting out 100 years of science policy. He was joined by the President of the Royal Society Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan.