FCDOA is organising an online talk on 23 January 2024 at 11.00-12.00 on ZOOM by Dr Helen Fry with the title The Spies who should be Remembered: Women in Intelligence across Two World Wars Moderator: Tim Dowse A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the […]
Event: Visit to the Government Art Collection Location: Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London SW1A 2BL Date: Thursday 25 January 2024 at 15.00 Places: 15 A tour of the Collection has been arranged for 25 January at 3 pm. There is no charge and the tour by the Curator lasts about one hour. The […]
DFID Alumni/FCDO Association Joint Webinar Climate Change: What is really happening and what should the UK do? Wednesday 31 January 2023 at 1400 UK time Admission free. Climate change is now well recognised as a major challenge facing the world. The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) has just concluded. But what did it really […]
FCDO Association is organising an online talk by Chris Mullin with the title Didn't You Used to be Chris Mullin? on 6 February 2024 at 11.00 on ZOOM Tickets £5 Moderator: Bharat Joshi, former PS to Chris Mullin No longer in the tent, but not quite out of it, celebrated diarist Chris Mullin gives his […]
Event: Holbein at the Tudor Court Location: The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace Road, London Date: Thursday 8 February 2024 at 11.00 Price: £19 Places available: 15 A visit has been arranged to see the exhibition Holbein at the Tudor Court at the Queen’s Gallery on Thursday 8 February 2024 at 11.00 Hans Holbein the Younger […]
FCDO Association is organising an online talk by Martyn Roper OBE former British Governor of the Cayman Islands with the title Role of Governor in a British Overseas Territory: senior politician or ceremonial figurehead? on 21 February 2024 at 11.00 on ZOOM Admission is free Moderator: Kathryn Colvin Martyn Roper, former Governor of the Cayman […]
FCDOA Online Talk by Sir Vincent Fean Israel and Palestine: what price the two-state solution? on Wednesday 28 February at 11.00 am on ZOOM Ticket £5 Moderator: Richard Makepeace The UK has “form” on Palestine/Israel, from the Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate through to Resolution 242 and the present dismal day. Spurred on by […]
FCDOA is organising an Online Talk by Michael Cockerell on 10 April 2024 at 11.00 am London time on ZOOM with the title Unmasking our leaders: confessions of a political documentary maker Ticket £5 The moderator: Richard Smith, FCDO deputy chief historian An accomplished British broadcaster and journalist, Michael Cockerell is the BBC’s most established […]
The FCDO Historians are organizing an online talk by Prof Helen McCarthy Title: Last Post: Cultures of Retirement at the post-war Foreign Office on Thursday 18 April @ 13:00 on TEAMS Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 351 697 418 […]
FCDOA Online talk by Sir Anthony Seldon On Tuesday 23 April at 11.00 on ZOOM with the title 'Is The Job of PM now Impossible?’ Tickets £5 In his book, "The Impossible Office?: The History of the British Prime Minister " examines the role of the Prime Minister in the context recent political chaos enfolding […]
