The Society was pleased to have Ms Victoria Schofield, British author, biographer and military historian as its Fireside chatter on 24 October 2016 paired with good food and wine.

Ms Schofield is a renowned scholar on Pakistan and the disputed Jammu/Kashmir region. A close friend of the late Benazir Bhutto whom she succeeded as President of the Oxford Union Society, Schofield has written widely on South Asia and spent considerable time in the region, including walking across Afghanistan to interacting with the various tribes. She is an alumnus of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and was a visiting fellow at St Antony’s, Oxford in 2004-2005.

Ms Schofield spoke to members on her postulations of current India-Pakistan challenges, including the likelihood of war.