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Professor Simon Heffer: 'Asquith, Lloyd George and the coup of 1916’

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Professor Simon Heffer, Political History Lecutre - 'Asquith, Lloyd George and the coup of 1916’

 

Professor Heffer pursued a career in journalism, becoming deputy editor of The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph. He still writes for the Daily and Sunday Telegraphs. He has written biographies of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Vaughan Williams, and a political biography of King Edward VII. He was the authorised biographer of Enoch Powell, and Cambridge University awarded him a PhD in modern history for the book. 

Subsequent historical works include 'A Short History of Power' (2010), 'High Minds – the Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain' (2013), and 'The Age of Decadence – Britain 1880 to 1914'. His next book, 'Staring at God – Britain 1914 to 1919' was published by Random House on 19 September 2019. He is currently editing the complete edition of the Diaries of Sir Henry ‘Chips’ Channon, to be published from 2020. He has been a Professorial Research Fellow since 2017.

Free. Everyone welcome.

Nov 25 2019 -

Professor Simon Heffer: 'Asquith, Lloyd George and the coup of 1916’

Professor Simon Heffer will give a lecture as part of the programme for the Political History Research Group on 'Asquith, Lloyd George and the coup of 1916’.

Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL