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75th Anniversary Debate: Archaeology, Politics and the Future of London's Past
The second 75th Anniversary Debate on 'Archaeology, Politics and the Future of London's Past' will take place at the Institute on 27 February.
The 'Question Time' style debate will bring together prominent figures engaged with the political environment to comment on contemporary heritage policy and the implications for the historic environment of future party political policies.
The Institute is very grateful to CgMs Consulting for their sponsorship of the series of Anniversary Debates.
Panel
- Mark D'Arcy (Chair) is a Parliamentary Correspondent presenting BBC Radio 4's Today in Parliament and blogs on parliamentary issues on the BBC News website. His career includes spells at LWT's Weekend World, the Leicester Mercury and BBC regional news in the East Midlands.
- Bridget Fox read History and French at Balliol College, Oxford before training as a librarian at the British Library. A former Deputy Leader of Islington Council, she now works on planning and regeneration schemes and one of the team of Liberal Democrat candidates for the London Assembly.
- Jenny Jones is an ex-archaeologist and former chair of the Green Party. She has been a member of the London Assembly since 2000 and was elected as the first Green member on Southwark Council in 2006. In 2009-10, Jenny was appointed Chair of the Planning and Housing Committee in the Assembly and has overseen reports such as Cultivating the Capital, looking at urban agriculture in London. She also sits on the Transport Committee. Jenny was a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority for 11 years, and has consistently called for greater police resources for the enforcement of road traffic laws, for stronger protection of civil liberties, and for a better police response to violence against women. In the previous mayoral administration Jenny was the Chair of London Food, the Mayor’s road safety ambassador, and the Mayor’s green transport adviser. Jenny is also a former Deputy Mayor of London and in 2004, she was named as one of 200 'women of achievement' by Her Majesty the Queen.
- Neal Ascherson is a Scottish journalist and writer who has written for The Guardian, The Scotsman, The Observer and the Independent on Sunday. His books include The King Incorporated (1963), The Polish August (1981), The Nazi Legacy (1985), The Struggles for Poland (1987), Games With Shadows (1988), Black Sea (1995) and Stone Voices: The Search for Scotland (2002).
The debate, which will commence at 6.15pm in the Archaeology Lecture Theatre G6, will be followed by a drinks reception in the A.G. Leventis Gallery.
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