Whitehall Group lunch with Sir Laurie Bristow KCMG, former British Ambassador to Afganistan – 15th September, 2022
The Whitehall Group are delighted to be welcoming Sir Laurie Bristow KCMG, former British Ambassador to Afghanistan as guest speaker during lunch on Thursday, 15th September. During lunch Sir Laurie will be discussing “Lessons from Afghanistan as we assess Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?”. Sir Laurence Bristow KCMG is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to […]
Whitehall Group lunch with Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS Chair of the Adaption Committee on the CCC
The Whitehall Group are delighted to be welcoming Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS, Chair of the Adaption Committee on the CCC as guest speaker for lunch on Wednesday, 22nd June. During lunch Julia will be discussing ‘Climate Risk and UK Climate Policy Evolution post COP26’. Baroness Brown is an engineer, with […]
CULS University Challenge – Results of the Final
In this year’s University Challenge 8 College teams were whittled down to 2 finalists, former champions Fitzwilliam/Corpus against Robinson/Pembroke. This year’s challenge had thrown up some very competitive matches and the final was no different. Fitzwilliam/Corpus prevailed in the first 20 minutes to establish a healthy 45 point lead with 10 minutes to go. However […]
Whitehall Group lunch with Lord Stephen Greenhalgh, Minister of State for Building Safety and Fire
The Whitehall group are delighted that Lord Stephen Greenhalgh, Minister of State for Building Safety and Fire will be joining them for lunch on Friday, 10th June. During lunch Lord Greenhalgh will be discussing “The ongoing cladding crisis impacting the residential property sector and retrofitting challenges to improve energy efficiencies of the UK’s housing stock” […]
Whitehall Group lunch with Sir Tony Brenton KCMG, British Diplomat and formerly British Ambassador to Russia
Whitehall Group Members and guests were able to hear Sir Tony Brenton’s views on the evolving situation in Ukraine first hand when Sir Tony joined them for lunch on 11th May. During lunch Sir Tony Brenton KCMG, former British Ambassador to Russia discussed “The Ukraine war; why and whither?”. Sir Tony Brenton is a distinguished […]
Whitehall Group Lunch with Ambassador Dr. Ferenc Kumin, Hungarian Ambassador to the Court of St. James
The Whitehall Group were delighted to welcome Ambassador Dr. Ferenc Kumin, Hungarian Ambassador to the Court of St. James as guest speaker on 28th April. During lunch Dr. Kumin discussed ‘The current situation in Hungary and an insight on the politics surrounding the recent election’. Dr. Ferenc Kumin is the Hungarian Ambassador to the Court of […]
CULS University Challenge – Results of Second Semi-Final
The second semi-final of the CULS University Challenge 2022 was contested between past winners Fitzwilliam/Corpus against a new team from Downing/St Catharine’s. After a competitive and closely fought first half, Fitzwilliam/Corpus established a good lead in the second half and eventually prevailed with a score of 285 to 135 points. Fitzwilliam/Corpus will meet Robinson/Pembroke in […]
Past President Cycling from Land’s End to John o’ Groats for Charity
Society members may be interested to hear that past President John Symes-Thompson is shortly to cycle over 1200 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats in May using the Sustrans route – this will be way out of his comfort zone as it includes over 52,000 feet of ascent in total! John is fundraising for Practical Action which is […]
CULS University Challenge – Results of the First Semi-Final
The first semi-final of the CULS University Challenge 2022 took place on the evening of Monday, 5 April. Previously participants have joined from New York, and on this occasion one competitor joined from Phuket, Thailand where the clock had just struck midnight. The competition was tense, and the team from Caius/Girton/St Catherine’s took an early […]
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