That is one way in which Lord Rothschild likes to describe the Think Tank of which he was the first Director. It was also supposed to 'think the unthinkable' and 'to rub Ministers' noses in the future'. What did it do?
Peter Hennessy examines the thinking of the Central Policy Review
Staff 1971-83 with some of the people involved. These include, from those inside the Tank,
SIR KENNETH BERRILL , PROFESSOR JOHN ASHWORTH , DR TESSA
BLACKSTONE,
HECTOR HAWKINS and DAVID YOUNG and among those outside, LORD HUNT, LORD TREND, SIR
FRANK COOPER ,
DR DAVID OWEN , SIR JOHN HOSKYNS and SIR ALFRED SHERMAN. Producer ANNE WINDER