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Peter Hennessy
Lunch with Peter Hennessy: Distilling the Frenzy
11:00am | Saturday 15 September 2012Tickets: | Duration: | Venue: |
£N/A | 2 Hours 30 Minutes | La Galleria |
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We are delighted to welcome Britain’s leading contemporary historian Lord Peter Hennessy to talk about the grand themes running through the 20th and 21st centuries. Hennessey’s new work, Distilling the Frenzy, looks at all the main trends of the post-war era, including Britain’s impulse to punch above its weight, the consequent desire for a nuclear weapons policy and the secrecy around it, the contrasting styles and achievements of prime ministers from Attlee to Cameron, and the success and failure of constitutional reform. Hennessy uses his own experiences to tell the story through his own eyes, lending added poignancy to the large historical themes.
Peter Hennessy, Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield, is Attlee Professor of Contemporary History at Queen Mary, University of London. He is author of many bestselling works including Whitehall; Never Again: Britain 1945-51; Having it so Good; The Secret State; and The Prime Minister.
Meet Lord Hennessy over a three-course lunch at La Galleria in the heart of Woodstock.