Charlie Skelton's Bilderblog

Covering issues from Europe to terrorism and IT, the lesser known Bilderberg policy conference includes prime ministers, CEOs from banks, airlines, oil and the arms industry, and even George Osborne

As the Scandinavian sun almost but not quite sets on Bilderberg 2014, we can finally take a breath and look back at a significant year. So what did we learn?

After terrifying John Major, Sir John Kerr has moved on to well-connected boardrooms and the heart of Bilderberg

A gathering of those who stand to make a killing out of knowing where and when the bombs might fall, how many and on whom

George Osborne, Lord Mandelson, Ed Balls and Eric Schmidt arrive for day two of the conference in Copenhagen

Photographers play an important part in bringing the faces of the powerful at the Copenhagen conference to a wider world

Cosy elite get-together may never be the same again after Hertfordshire became the focus of world attention

Relax: thanks to Goldman Sachs and other 'donors', this year's conference will be cost-neutral for Hertfordshire – despite the construction of the Great Wall of Watford

Another conference over. Charlie Skelton talks to some of the 800 activists outside the gates to find out what they learned

Britain's lord chancellor Ken Clarke looks a little weary as he makes a late appearance at a pleasantly chaotic Bilderberg

In Charlie Skelton's latest, a surprise guest slips into Bilderberg, and gets a warm reception from the 'Golden Bullhorn'