Cultural historian Peter Stead in conversation with Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach and Dan Boucher.

This Institute of Welsh Affairs event is being held to launch Dan Boucher’s new book, The Big Society in a small country: Wales, social capital, mutualism and self-help, published by the Institute of Welsh Affairs. The book argues that, far from being an alien, English import that Wales can well do without, the big society concept is, in a real sense, more Welsh than English. It contends that Wales can certainly add value to the development of big society ideas in practice and at the same time renew its own economic life, identity and traditions.

Dan Boucher was the Welsh Conservative Assembly Candidate in Swansea East in the 2011 election. Today he works in public affairs at Westminster, also managing a team covering Stormont, Holyrood, Brussels and Strasbourg. Lord Griffiths, former Head of the Cabinet Office Policy Unit in Downing Street, has written a Foreword to the book.

Light refreshments will be served.

The event is free but to attend please register your details with the IWA on (029) 2066 0820 or email