Armed To The Sessions
The Old Bailey originated as the sessions house of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of the City of London and of Middlesex. There are two sheriffs and I had the honour, with Chris Hayward of being the first two-term sheriffs…
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“Bright Lights, Open Minds, Robust Community”
Pollinating Common Council Together
Achieving carbon neutrality should go alongside steps to promote green spaces in the City as places for human well being as well as biodiversity. I hope you all saw the Pollinating London Together exhibition in the Ambulatory on your way…
Article: Square Mile and Me – Michael Mainelli on becoming Lord Mayor and bringing more pubs to the City
“Square Mile and Me: Michael Mainelli on becoming Lord Mayor and bringing more pubs to the City” – City AM
Article: Optimistic London
“I’ve lived in many places – but nowhere compares to the City of London” – City AM
Article: Philanthropy
“It’s not all banking and dealmaking, charity’s big business in the Square Mile too” – City AM
First Off The AI Chocks
It was great to award The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) Certificate in Ethical Artificial Intelligence to our first student, Philip Chamberlain. Philip works in Saudi Arabia but flew to Dubai where we were attending COP 28 to…
Article: The World’s Coffee House
“Forget Starbucks, the Square Mile needs to be the coffee shop for cultural ideas” – City AM
Faith Forum For London
One of my most personal events occurred today, having three distinguished faith leaders try to bring our communities closer during divisive times.
Connect To Prosper – Theme Launch
Today we had a lovely group of people presenting their contributions to this year’s theme, “Connect To Prosper – Celebrating The Knowledge Miles Of Our Square Mile, The World’s Coffee House”. 150 people turned up to hear what our plans…
Connect To Prosper – Lord Mayor’s Banquet Speech
The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli’s speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet Monday, 13 November 2023 Guildhall Remarks to: My Late Lord Mayor, Your Grace, My Lord Chancellor, Prime Minister, Mr Speaker, Lord Speaker,…