Andrew Gimson on Gimson’s Heroes: Brief Lives from Boudicca to Churchill Wednesday, 17 December, 2025 A talk by Andrew Gimson Members of the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council (CFCC) attended a talk at the House of Lords on Monday 8th December to hear Andrew Gimson discuss his recently published book, Gimson’s Heroes: Brief Lives from Boudicca to Churchill . Catherine, Lady Meyer, Chairman of the CFCC, warmly welcomed Gimson, introducing him as a former Parliamentary sketch writer for the... Reports
Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council launches new website 2nd April 2014 Thank you for your support at the last election. Because of you, David Cameron is the first Conservative Prime Minister in 13 years and the Government’s plans... Articles
Obituary Sir Colin William Carstairs Turner, CBE, DFC 28th March 2014 CFCC Vice President, Sir Colin William Carstairs Turner, CBE, DFC (born 4 January 1922; died 21 March 2014) passed away peacefully at home in West Runton... Articles
Ambassador of Poland 25th March 2014 The Ambassador of the Republic of Poland, HE Mr Witold Sobkow, addressed the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council last night following its Annual... Reports
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali 25th February 2014 Let us begin with the Cylinder of Cyrus in the British Museum. It is the Proclamation of Freedom by Cyrus the Great (Kourosh-i-Kabir as he is called by the... Reports
Charles Tannock MEP: The role of MEPs in EU Foreign policy 20th December 2013 The EU has 28 Member States and 24 official languages. The UN, with 193 Member States, operates with just six, and the 47-Member-State Council of Europe has... Reports
Ambassador of Paraguay 10th December 2013 The Ambassador of Paraguay, HE Miguel Angel Solano-Lopez Casco, addressed the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council last night in central London. Reports
Ambassador of Costa Rica 19th November 2013 The Ambassador of Costa Rica, HE Pilar Saborio de Rocafort, addressed the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council last night in central London. Reports
Mina Al-Oraibi, Assistant Editor in Chief of Asharq Alawsat 15th October 2013 Mina Al-Oraibi, Assistant Editor in Chief of Asharq Alawsat, the international pan-Arab daily newspaper, spoke to the assembled Conservative Foreign and... Reports
Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of Chile 24th September 2013 Mr Rodrigo Espinosa, Minister Counsellor for Chile, gave a fascinating wide ranging briefing about UK-Chile links particularly touching on the history and... Reports
