Dear member, We're writing to tell you that regrettably it's been necessary to cancel the prestigious 19th October visit to the Dragon Hall and literary dinner. Three members dropped out at short notice - making the cost for the remaining participants too high. Despite a further publicity push last week, the lack of […]
FCDOA is organising an Online Talk on ZOOM by Lord Peter RICKETTS with a title Britain at a Crossroads: The Case for a New National Strategy on 26 October at 11.00 – 12.00 on ZOOM Ticket is £5 Peter Ricketts will talk about the themes of his book Hard Choices: What Britain Does Next. In […]
FCDOA Annual Lecture (to be delivered online) by Rt Hon Sir David Lidington The United Kingdom as a European power: "The post-Brexit challenge" on Friday 19 November 2021 at 12.00 Sir David will speak about the UK's place in Europe and the part that our own region should play in strategy for "Global Britain". Tickets are […]
FCDOA is organising an online talk by Dr Helen Fry with the title Spymaster: the man who saved MI6 on 11 January at 11.00 on Zoom Tickets are £10 each available to buy here or by cheque payable to the "FCDO Association" The author Helen Fry, who gave a superb talk last year on MI9, […]
FCDOA is organising an online talk by Jon Sopel former BBC North America Editor with the title America in the era of Biden, America in the shadow of Trump US Domestic politics and its impact on Foreign Policy and the UK relationship: one year on on 8 February 2022 at 11.00 am Moderator: Sir Peter […]
The FCDOA is organising an online talk by Lord David Owen Riddle, Mystery, and Enigma: Two Hundred Years of British-Russian Relations on 23 February 2022 at 11.00am - 12.00 noon Tickets are £5 each. The moderator will be Sir Roderic Lyne, former ambassador to Moscow. David Owen, one of the FCDOA patrons, will talk about […]
The FCDOA Online talk by Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles with the title The Fourth Anglo-Afghan War: A Preliminary Post Mortem on Wednesday 2 March 2022 from 11.00 am - 12.00 noon on ZOOM The talk is under Chatham House Rule Under the Chatham House Rule, anyone who comes to a meeting is free to use information […]
FCDOA is organising an online talk by John Ashton CBE with the title Climate Diplomacy and Politics after Glasgow on 15 March 2022 at 11.00 Cost is £5 per ticket available to buy here or by cheque made to 'FCDO Association' John Ashton CBE John is a speaker, writer and activist, mainly but […]
The FCDO Association is organising an online talk by a journalist, film maker and a writer Annette Dittert with the title Politics of Lies and the Erosion of the Rule of Law on 27 April at 11.00-12.00 noon on ZOOM Annette Dittert is the London bureau chief and senior correspondent of the German public broadcaster ARD. […]
A lunch at the Clink Restaurant HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF was postponed because of Covid the new date is set to Thursday 28 April at 12.00 Cynthia Butterworth is contacting those concerned.
