To celebrate the
release of his new book Robert
Peston will be helping us make sense of the significant events which are
changing our lives.
It has never been a scarier
time and never has there been more uncertainty in every arena of public life.
Peston will go through it all, answering the questions everyone is asking
around their breakfast tables. He will explain what happened, how it happened
and where we might be going. Peston will be in conversation with LSE
Director Minouche Shafik.
Robert Peston () is
ITV's political editor, presenter of the politics show Peston on Sunday and
founder of the education charity, . He has written three
books, How Do We Fix
This Mess?, Who
Runs Britain?, and Brown's
Britain. For a decade until the end of 2015, he was at the BBC, as
economics editor and business editor. Previously he was City editor at
the Sunday Telegraph,
political editor and financial editor at the FT, a columnist for the New Statesman, and at
the Independent in
various roles. Peston has won more than 30 awards for his journalism, including
Journalist of the Year from the Royal Television Society. His blog is .
Minouche Shafik is Director
of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to this she was
Deputy Governor of the Bank of England.
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the world's leading centres of public policy. We aim to debate and address some
of the major issues of our time, whether international or national, through our
established teaching programmes, our research and our highly innovative
public-engagement initiatives.
Details: Monday 06
November 2017 6:30pm to 8:00pm, Hosted by
The Institute of Public Affairs, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE.