What has happened to the world order that Edward Heath helped to create? Lord Patten of Barnes @INSIGHTSPublicLecturesNCL

Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Recorded on Wednesday 4 May 2022

Edward Heath Lecture:
What has happened to the world order that Edward Heath helped to create?
Lord Patten of Barnes

Hosted by Dr Martin Farr, Co-Chair of the Public Lectures Committee

Chris Patten was Chairman of the Conservative Party 1990-92, Secretary of State for the Environment 1989-89, and a Minister of State in several departments during the 1980s. A former Chancellor of Newcastle University, he was also the last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 when sovereignty was transferred to China, the experience of which led to his book East and West.

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