“The City is a financial knowledge hub, trading in ideas just as much as in goods” – City AM
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Bermuda’s Beautiful People
After an enormously long and enjoyable day of meetings, we went to a great restaurant, Wahoo, in St George’s (St George is a recurring theme this year). What does our chauffeur, Nigel Richardson, show us when we emerge to make us feel at home? Vandalism! Graffitti!!
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City Festival Of Music, Invention & Knowledge – 10 October till 24 October
An enormous range of events from this year’s biggest City of London Festival are now available to book online – https://www.musicinoffices.com/cityfestival!
To help you pick among the many treasures, check out the opening concert on 10 October with Julian Joseph at Mansion House with his world class jazz band, and the special Milton Court concert on 16 October with the Eklectric Duo (sic) from Genoa performing an exciting programme from Paganini to Daft Punk.
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Pepys Day – Numero Uno!
We were delighted to celebrate our very first City of London “Pepys Day”.
225 people participated in a series of wonderful walks led by City of London Guides, leading from the Monument at 10:00 and ending at Mansion House at noon, whereupon we had a glass of champagne in celebration, and many decamped to The Hydrant for lunch.
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Article: Helping Businesses Connect To Prosper
“Helping Businesses Connect To Prosper” – London Business Matters, London Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Article: The City’s first Pepys Day celebrates a great Londoner and a resilient capital
Ringing The Bell At Lords
Regular readers know that I try to avoid having more than one post a day, but this was special, the very first Lord Mayor of London ringing the 5 minute bell at Lords Cricket Ground to reopen England versus Sri Lanka. Chris Hayward in shot, but masterminded so kindly by Mark Berman.
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Fratercula – A Whisky Like No Brother
A highlight of the mayoral year arrived at Mansion House today, the 695th Lord Mayor’s Whisky (or whiskey to us Irish). With the immense help and support of the magnificent Braeburn Whisky (Scottish) team, we have a very very limited edition for charity fundraising purposes.
And doesn’t it look spectacular:
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Beyond Borders: Exploring the soft power of London’s universities
I was delighted to provide a foreword for this report by London Higher reflecting much of my thinking too. Full report here.
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