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Strand Group KCL @strandgroup.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Fantastic podcast from @fioncudmore.bsky.social & @tomjturner.bsky.social. Demonstrating the depth our students’ understanding and their access to our fabulous network. First episode with Ed Balls. Listen: open.spotify.com/show/033vuT0... Join the cohort in 26/27: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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In a State

Podcast · Fion Cudmore and Tom Turner · For young people in the UK, ‘political stability’ is an oxymoron. Our generation has grown up alongside a series of so-called ‘once-in-a-generation’ crises, and...

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Strand Group KCL @strandgroup.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Join us on 23 July when Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Permanent Secretary & our Visiting Professor Emran Mian will give his inaugural lecture on 'Building UK advantage in science and technology'. Apply for places here: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/emran-...

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Emran Mian: ‘Building UK advantage in science and technology’ - The Strand Group

The eighty-first Strand Group event, where our new Visiting Professor Emran Mian will give his inaugural lecture.

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Jack Brown @jwbrown.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Only on @strandgroup.bsky.social's MA Government Studies @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social can you ask a former British Prime Minister to help you with your essays. A huge privilege to chair an exceptional final session of our No.10 and Conservative Years modules with Lord Cameron this year.

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Can Gökçen @cangokcen.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Delighted that Visiting Prof Sir Iain Lobban, former Director of GCHQ, joined our class on PMs and National Security to talk about the long history of cyber security. Applications for the next academic year are open: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr....

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Strand Group KCL @strandgroup.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We are delighted to announce that @emranmian.bsky.social, Permanent Secretary of DSIT, joins us as Visiting Professor Applications now open for this Autumn’s MA Government Studies: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Strand Group KCL @strandgroup.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We are delighted to announce @suzannahb.bsky.social, Editor-in-Chief of @civilserviceworld.bsky.social, joins us as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow & will be a guest lecturer on our ‘History of the Civil Service’ postgraduate module MA Government Studies: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Can Gökçen @cangokcen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Chuffed to have Sir Simon Gass, former Chair of the UK Joint Intelligence Committee at Visiting Prof Lord Simon Case and I’s class on the History of Defence, Intelligence and Security Decision-Making. Superb insight on intelligence in UK government decision making on Ukraine and much more!

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Can Gökçen @cangokcen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Delighted to have the inimitable Visiting Prof Sir Kevin Tebbit to talk all things UK Defence at our class on Defence, Intelligence and Security Decision-Making with Visiting Prof Lord Simon Case. Applications for the 2026/27 academic year now open: lnkd.in/e27J7UHC. @strandgroup.bsky.social

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Can Gökçen @cangokcen.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Together with Visiting Prof Simon Case and Sir Jonathan Phillips, former Perm Sec of the Northern Ireland Office, this week our students dived into the political, security & diplomatic history behind “The Troubles”. Applications for 2026/27 are now open! www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Can Gökçen @cangokcen.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Great to have the masterful Professor Sir David Omand at our class on the History of Prime Ministerial and Whitehall Defence, Intelligence and Security Decision Making. This week students learned about how governments have survived crises in the recent past. @strandgroup.bsky.social

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Strand Group KCL @strandgroup.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Join us @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social on 26 February when David Williams (Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence 2021-25) will be in conversation with Visiting Professor Lord Case (Cabinet Secretary 2020-24) Tickets: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/event/in-con...

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In Conversation with David Williams - The Strand Group

The seventy-ninth Strand Group event, where David Williams, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence from 2021-2025, will be in conversation with Visiting Professor Lord Simon Case, Cabinet Secr...

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Can Gökçen @cangokcen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Great to kick off "Prime Ministerial & Whitehall defence, intelligence and security decision-making", co-taught with Lord Simon Case. This week’s guest was Professor John Bew, former Chief Foreign Policy Adviser to the PM. Applications open for MA Government Studies 2026/27 👇 lnkd.in/e27J7UHC

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Jack Brown @jwbrown.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

So pleased to be joined for the first time by ace new teacher and @strandgroup.bsky.social PhD @clearys.bsky.social for our 'Conservative Years, 2010-24' module. And what better way to kick off than discussing the inner workings of the Coalition with former Deputy Chief of Staff Baroness Fall...

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Jack Brown @jwbrown.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

All smiles as we're back underway with our 'London: Governing the Global City' module on @strandgroup.bsky.social MA Government Studies - Prof Tony Travers delivering his masterful '2000 years of London history in 45 mins' lecture to kick off... (1/2)

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Can Gökçen @cangokcen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

PhD thesis is finished, checked, and ready for one final proof read. 🥳

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Looking forward to discussing my new book ‘The Art of Delivery: The Inside Story of How the Blair Government Transformed Britain's Public Services’ with Sir Michael Barber 28 May 1830 @strandgroup.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Do join us! Sign up here 👇

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Reality check. Thank you, Financial Times.

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Nick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

It's like how a lot of people think historians' job is to memorize historical facts!

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Cartoon Steve Bould. @cartoonstevebould.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Myles Lewis-Skelly, by the way, is unreal.

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Can Gökçen @cangokcen.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Restores my faith in brutalism (pun intended)

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

'Beigel Bake, Brick Lane' (2020) by Marc Gooderham marcgooderham.co.uk

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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

“The working class did not rise like the sun at an appointed time. It was present at its own making.” EP Thompson. Were he still alive he would have been 100 today.

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Can Gökçen @cangokcen.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

Looks fascinating! Straight on to my ‘read once the PhD is (finally) finished’ reading list.

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Can Gökçen @cangokcen.bsky.social · 22/01/2024

Calling all potential students! King’s College London’s MA in Government Studies launches this September.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

“Doctors in Gaza said that children, weakened by lack of food, had died from hypothermia and that several newborn babies with mothers who were undernourished had not survived for more than a few days.” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...

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Aid officials believe there are ‘pockets of famine’ in Gaza

UN agencies issue joint plea for entry routes to Gaza, where Israeli attacks have destroyed swaths of territory

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