The decline of British politics? Reflections of a political biographer
- đ¤ Speaker: John Campbell
- đ Date & Time: Friday 24 February 2023, 17:30 - 18:45
- đ Venue: Jock Colville Hall, Churchill College
Abstract
John Campbell is one of the UK’s leading political biographers. He has published ten books, including award-winning biographies of Edward Heath (1993) and Roy Jenkins (2014) and a landmark two-volume study of Margaret Thatcher (2000-03). He has also written If Love Were All: The Story of Frances Stevenson & David Lloyd George (2006) and Pistols At Dawn: Two Hundred Years of Political Rivalry from Pitt & Fox to Blair & Brown (2009).
In this talk, John will reflect on his career as a biographer and explore how British politics and policy-making have changed over the last century.
All welcome.
Series This talk is part of the British Politics seminars series.
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John Campbell
Friday 24 February 2023, 17:30-18:45