Professor Jane Martinson "You May Never See Us Again: The Barclay Dynasty - A Story of Survival, Secrecy and Succession"

Join us for this joint flagship event between Bayes Business School and the Department of Journalism, City, University of London, to celebrate the publication of You May Never See Us Again, a ground breaking book on the Barclay brothers by Jane Martinson, Marjorie Deane Professor of Financial Journalism.

Professor Jane Martinson will discuss the book as well as the state of the media industry with two senior journalists and executives, Sir William Lewis and Kamal Ahmed. The three met in 1990 when studying at City, University of London.

Sir William Lewis and Kamal Ahmed are the two co-founders of The News Movement, which offers news for the next generation.

Previously, Sir William Lewis was CEO of Dow Jones and Company and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, Chief Creative Office as NewsCorp and Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Telegraph. Sir William also has an Honorary Doctorate from Bayes Business School.

Kamal Ahmed was former Editorial Director and Economics Editor of the BBC and Head of News of the Observer.

The untold story of post-war Britain. Told through the lives of the two men who helped shape it: Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay.

You May Never See Us Again is the only definitive story of David and Frederick Barclay - commonly known as the Barclay brothers. Born poor, these enigmatic twins built one of the biggest fortunes in Britain together from scratch and spent six decades at the epicentre of British business, media and politics. Their empire, said to be worth £7bn at its height, included Littlewoods, the Ritz Hotel, The Daily Telegraph and the channel island of Brecqhou. They were major advocates for Brexit and well-connected with influential politicians including Margaret Thatcher, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage.

And yet despite their fortune and influence, their fiercely guarded desire for privacy has meant that their story remained largely unknown - until a very public family dispute pitched Barclay against Barclay in the High Court.

Journalist Jane Martinson unravels the fascinating story of these once inseparable billionaire brothers. Through their lives she offers compelling insights into post-war Britain, from the conditions that enabled their way of doing business to thrive through to the tightly enmeshed webs of influence between capitalism, politics and the media that shape Britain today.