FoDL: Last Man Standing - Jack Straw

 Mon 18 February: Jack Straw, long-term Kennington resident, an MP for 33 years and a senior minister throughout the 1997-2010 Labour government, will talk about his recently published memoirs, Last Man Standing, which describe his life from his childhood in Epping Forest to his long ministerial career.

Events are normally held on the third Monday evening in the month at

6.45 for 7.15pm at the Durning Library

Light refreshments.  Everyone welcome.

No admission charge, but a £2 donation towards costs is invited.
 
Friends of Durning Library

167 Kennington Lane
London SE11 4HF
friendsofdurning@gmail.com

http://www.durninglibraryfriends.org.uk

Last Man Standing: Memoirs of a Political Survivor

Jack Straw

Format: Hardback
Publication Date: 27/09/2012
ISBN: 9781447222750

As a small boy in Epping Forest, Jack Straw could never have imagined that one day he would become Britain's Lord Chancellor. As one of five children of divorced parents, he was bright enough to get a scholarship to a direct-grant school, but spent his holidays as a plumbers' mate for his uncles to bring in some much-needed extra income. Yet he spent 13 years and 11 days in government, including long and influential spells as Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary. This is the story of how he got there.

Friends of the Durning Library is a voluntary organisation which exists to promote and support our local library.

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