by Andrew Bailey | Nov 4, 2025 | Articles, Book Reviews, Fifth Edition, Reviews
Andrew Bailey reviews books challenging our response to Covid and our alleged neglect of the future To this day I can vividly recall my first meeting with Jeremy Heywood over lunch at the IMF staff canteen in Washington DC in the late 1980s. Jeremy struck me then, and... 
by Peter McDonald | Oct 28, 2025 | Articles, Fifth Edition, Interviews
In this edited summary of an extensive discussion, Peter McDonald talks to the former Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office about the art of diplomacy, organisational resilience, the importance of collaboration across... 
by Chris Whitty | Oct 21, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Fifth Edition, Policy Insights
Chris Whitty demonstrates how people who live longer do not necessarily spend more time in ill health This chart, showing data about the age and health of females in the most and least deprived areas of England, contains several key points for public policy. ... 
by Mario Pisani | Oct 14, 2025 | Articles, Economy and Industry, Fifth Edition
Mario Pisani on a history lesson that is relevant to all civil servants Money is one of the best examples of a human-inspired idea which has endured since the beginning of civilisation. Indeed, sterling is the oldest currency in the world still in continuous use... 
by Amanda Spielman | Oct 6, 2025 | Articles, Fifth Edition, Leadership and Reflections, Policy Insights
Amanda Spielman, former Chief Inspector of Schools, describes how she approached the challenge at Ofsted “What does impartiality mean and how should it look in practice?” These questions constantly preoccupied me during my seven years as Chief Inspector of Schools,... 
by Lucy Heywood | Oct 1, 2025 | A Day in the Life of…, Articles, Fifth Edition, International Perspectives
Lucy Heywood describes a day in the life of Victoria Harrison – and her “Ambassadog”, Otto Victoria Harrison, Britain’s first blind Ambassador, has been in post in Slovenia for just over a year. Her historic appointment in August 2024 was the culmination...
