Location
Magdalen College Auditorium
Event type
Alumni, College, Library, Public
Date
25 October 2024
Time
5pm
Daniel Finkelstein’s mother and father were both victims of the rise of dictatorships in Europe in the twentieth century, a story he shared in his bestselling memoir Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad. Now he asks if what happened to them could happen again and considers ways of preventing that eventuality.
Lord Finkelstein OBE Daniel Finkelstein is a columnist for The Times newspaper. He has previously been its Executive Editor and Chief Leader Writer. He is also the author of the award-winning bestselling book Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad. His writing is mainly on political and social affairs, although he is also well known for his football column, the Fink Tank, which ran for 17 years.
He has won multiple awards, including being named political commentator of the year four times. He is well known to viewers of programmes like Newsnight and Politics Live and to listeners of Radio 4’s News Quiz. Lord Finkelstein is also a member of the Board of directors of Chelsea Football Club.
During his career he has provided political advice to prime ministers John Major, David Cameron and Theresa May and, as director of policy, to William Hague as opposition leader. He has been on the inside of many budgets and prime ministers questions, attended meetings of Cabinet and has been secretary to the Shadow Cabinet. In August 2020 he published Everything in Moderation, a collection of his writing.
He was awarded the OBE for services to the prime minister in 1997 and made a member of the House of Lords in 2013. Lord Finkelstein is the son of Mirjam Wiener, a survivor of Bergen-Belsen and a grandson of the holocaust archivist Alfred Wiener. His father Ludwik survived Soviet exile to Siberia.
The lecture includes a Q&A and is due to finish at 6.10pm. The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception in the Auditorium foyer. Please use the form below to register.
