Lord Peter Hennessy

'A feeble minister blames the civil service for not delivering his policies' - William Waldegrave interviewed by Peter Hennessy
05 Aug 2015 Policy
"A feeble minister blames the civil service for not delivering his policies" - William Waldegrave interviewed by Peter Hennessy

A connoisseur of the Whitehall machine and an expert on the British prime ministers he has known, William Waldegrave has had a remarkable political career. Peter Hennessy meets him
Lord Hennessy meets...Sir Robert Rogers
09 Feb 2015 Policy
Lord Hennessy meets...Sir Robert Rogers

A 40-year love affair with Parliament has turned former clerk of the House of Commons Sir Robert Rogers into a kind of social anthropologist. Peter Hennessy meets him.  
Lord Hennessy meets...Baroness Manningham-Buller
08 Dec 2014 Security & Defence
Lord Hennessy meets...Baroness Manningham-Buller

Peter Hennessy interviews former MI5 chief Eliza Manningham-Buller about the three decades she spent tackling the Soviet threat, the IRA and Islamist terrorism
Lord Hennessy meets... Lord Richards
01 Oct 2014 Security & Defence
Lord Hennessy meets... Lord Richards

Journalist and historian Peter Hennessy meets former chief of the defence staff General Sir David Richards to discuss Whitehall’s internal wars, and the need for truly strategic thinking in Whitehall