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Monday 5 October 2026

War Is Interested in You: Gideon Rachman on Conflict in the New Age, Hosted by UCL Debating Society

05/10/2026 | 17:45 - 19:00

Gideon Rachman is Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent at the Financial Times and an award-winning analyst of global geopolitics.The event features a speaker address by Mr Rachman, in which he draws on his upcoming book *'War Is Interested in You'* to offer a balanced take on the erosion of the rules-based diplomatic order and what will succeed it. Following the speaker address, we will open the…

Monday 12 October 2026

Purpose or Paycheck: UCL Debating Society Public Debate

12/10/2026 | 18:15 - 20:00

Each year, some of the world’s brightest graduates leave university hoping to change the world — only to find themselves pulled towards the same three careers: finance, consulting and corporate law.