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Hosted by LSE Festival: Shape the World

Shaw Library, Old Building

Speakers

Lord MacPherson

Lord MacPherson

Professor Kai Spiekermann

Professor Kai Spiekermann

Chair

Dr Angus Wrenn

Dr Angus Wrenn

Has the British elite’s role changed over a century?

This evening’s event will investigate the changing role of the political elite in the period of almost a century since Noel Coward produced his one act comedy Hands Across the Sea. For this play Coward drew upon his intimate friendship with Lord Mountbatten and his wife Edwina, who went on to preside over British withdrawal from India.  The decades since Coward’s play have seen World War II, the Suez Crisis, the Winds of Change, and entry into Europe in 1973, as well as now, in the 21st century, Britain’s withdrawal from the EU. Our panel will discuss whether the composition of the British political elite and its role has changed over this period.

The  panel discussion will be followed by a student-led production of Coward’s one act comedy Hands Across the Sea, by the LSE Student Union Drama Society and the LSE Language Centre.

Lord MacPherson is former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury.

Kai Spiekermann is Professor of Political Philosophy and the Doctoral Programme Director in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics.  

Dr Angus Wrenn is Co-ordinating Language Teacher (EAP) with special responsibilities for Literature.

Twitter hashtags for this event: #LSEFestival #ShapetheWorld

This event is part of the LSE Festival: Shape the World running from Monday 2 to Saturday 7 March 2020, with a series of events exploring how social science can make the world a better place.

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