# Event Details - **Event Name**: Defence Lecture: The end of the holiday from history by Iain Martin - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 05 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm - **Event Description**: Iain Martin, journalist, broadcaster and authorAbout this EventRussia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine shattered lazy assumptions about defence. What should have been obvious about the autocracies since Crimea in 2014 and Xi Jinping in 2012 is now unavoidable. The West needs to spend more on defence and do much more to safeguard our security in the face of conflict, globalisation, technology, supply chains, resilience, alliances and the way we live.Biography: Iain Martin, journalist, broadcaster and authorIain Martin is the director and co-founder of the London Defence Conference, the annual international geopolitical gathering. He is also Director of Engelsberg Ideas, following a long career in media during which he was an editor and columnist for a range of leading newspapers. Including The Times, the Sunday Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday._________________________________________________Ticket InformationClick on the 'Reserve a spot' button and add your name and contact details to the short form.This event will be held in the Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building at Newcastle University (NE1 7RU).We operate a paperless ticketing system, so you do not need to print your tickets. 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