Return Of The Beer Hunter
A few, very few, have wondered what the seasonal artisanal brewing company of Scobby Dobby Doo Brewery GmbH got up to in early 2022, especially after the stupendous season that was last year.
Category Life As We Live It
Taxing Times In Rotterdam
Elisabeth and I spent a week in the Netherlands during April. Ostensibly, we went to see our daughter, Xenia, during her studies in Delft. We were a bit miffed to find out there were no rooms at the inns of…
In Memoriam, Dad
Another Michael Mainelli, my Dad, passed away over the weekend, at home, peacefully in his 87th year, with all of the family able to see him the week before. While other windows will open anew for all of us, a…
Biodiversity Shouldn’t Have To Pay Its Way
Remarks to: Pollinating London Together, Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers & others, 16 September 2021, Mansion House, by Alderman & Sheriff Professor Michael Mainelli. Lady Mayoress, Masters, Aldermen, Ladies & Gentlemen: As a teenager, I worked in a family bee…
Alderman & Sheriff Professor Michael Mainelli’s Ride Round The Range Of The City, 15 September 2021
We, Michael & Elisabeth, must thank everyone most warmly for their fantastic support last week. We truly appreciate everyone’s contributions, whether financial, organisational, or libational. We had a simply wonderful time, and a terrific closing event for our two years…
Baking On Technology
Remarks to: Worshipful Company of Bakers Livery Lunch, Wednesday, 1 September 2021, Bakers’ Hall, London, by Alderman & Sheriff Professor Michael Mainelli. Master, Alderman, Brother Sheriff, Warden, Ladies & Gentlemen, Well, we are back at a physical event at last…
For all intensive purposes
Johnson’s wry note suggested replacing “one fell swoop” with “one foul swoop”. Macduff wails in Macbeth, “Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam, At one fell swoop?” Shakespeare is using an avian…
E-taxes
Mike Godwin’s law of Nazi analogies states that as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one. A corollary adage might be that as an economic discussion grows longer, the probability of…
The Future Of Industry In The City Of London
Remarks to: National Liberal Club – Livery Dinner, Monday, 24 May 2021, London by Alderman & Sheriff Professor Michael Chairman, Fellow Aldermen, Fellow Liverymen, Ladies & Gentlemen. The Real Time Club, a group of computer geeks I once had the…