FCDOA NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION Friday 12 January 2024 12.00-14.00 The Locarno Suite King Charles Street Tickets £28 Regrettably we are unable after 13 December to refund the cost of cancelled tickets for this event. This date is the point at which we have to make firm and final commitments regarding the provision […]
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 […]
