Remarks to Panel: Can the UK Truly Become a Sustainability Superpower — or Is That Political Rhetoric? CC Forum, Mayfair Hotel, London Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, First my sincere thanks to CC Forum for all their hard work, especially…
Forty years after Big Bang, on a Ruby Tuesday, I skipped the early morning event at the London Stock Exchange where nearly 200 people arose to ring the bell. However, my good friend George Littlejohn was undeterred from making sure…
Pepys Day has turned out to be quite the fun occasion. For a third time (see Pepys Day! Part Deux & Pepys Day! Part Deux) we have had a wonderful celebration of the City of London and its most famous…
JOINT LUNCHEON Remarks to: Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers&Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards Professor Michael MainelliThursday, 30 July 2026Dyers’ Hall
Pepys Day 2026 takes place on Friday, 4 September 2026. The event features guided walking tours and historical ceremonies commemorating the diarist’s accounts of the Great Fire of London – In September 1666 the Great Fire of London swept…
One of our intended-to-be-swift-but-resulted-in-longer-term projects as Lord Mayor was to get the Guildhall scanned in 3D as part of Europeana’s Twin-it.
“Tax heavens” (May 30th) looked at how to tax businesses that operate in space and the growth of offplanet finance. The more immediate market failure is not untaxed Martian income, but unpriced, man-made orbital debris; there are 140m pieces up…
Remarks to: World Technology Congress, Thursday, 23 April 2026, Lake Como, Italy Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, I want to begin with a confession. I came to Lake Como this week telling myself it was a professional duty. But with…
Spending poisson d’avril by the French Alps and now able to marry it with German Backfisch, I was also able to hone my Holmes’ skills and solve one of life’s circular mysteries before noon.
