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
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