The 2026 Roskill Lecture, titled ‘Do we still need the special relationship?’, will be delivered by Dame Karen Pierce DCMG. In this twenty-first Roskill Memorial Lecture, Dame Karen will be drawing on her experience within the UN and her time as Ambassador to the USA to talk about the special relationship with the USA. Dame […]
Free lecture by Richard Vinen, Professor of History at King’s College London. British history is often seen as being, as David Cannadine once put it, ‘In Churchill’s Shadow.’ It is, therefore, revealing to put Churchill alongside de Gaulle because de Gaulle is the one politician in a democratic country to have enjoyed a stature comparable […]
Free talk by Dr Kathy Davies Until the late 1960s, Britain powered its homes, industries, and empire with coal. Coal consumption reached its peak in the postwar period, but by the end of the century, the national energy landscape had dramatically changed. Over 90% of households used gas-fired systems and Britain was a net exporter […]
