The Mainelli Coat of Arms
Did you ever hanker after a coat of arms? Well, in preparation for the role of Sheriff, one arrived today from the College of Arms:
Category Life As We Live It
Gresham’s Law – The Full Mounte-Bank
With our promotion of Dr John Guy’s excellent biography, “Gresham’s Law: The Life & World Of Queen Elizabeth I’s Banker“, we get flak from time to time for saying that Gresham’s Law is best expressed as “good money drives out…
Our Serial Friend
Toast To The Immortal Memory Of Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli Remarks to the City Pickwick Club at the George & Vulture, London, 25 March 2019
Declaring My Candidature For Sheriff Of The City Of London 2019/2020 –
17 March 2019 Election of Sheriffs for the City of London – Monday, 24th June 2019 Candidature of Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli FCCA Chartered FCSI(Hon) FBCS To the Liverymen of the City of London My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, Common…
Charles T Ross – Deep Rapids Towards Better Waters
Some reflections on an old friend who has floated downriver…
Gresham Professors – Stand-up or Stand-down?
A talk given to one of my favourite communities: “Stand Up Or Stand Down” Gresham Society AGM & Dinner 14 February 2019, National Liberal Club The Gresham Society is a very serious organisation. A Gresham lecture is supposed to be…
Obverse and Reverse – Flip The Coin
I was delighted to see the final struck coin for next year’s quincentenary celebrations of Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579). We, Z/Yen, ordered them to contribute to the celebrations. The coin was designed by Xenia Mainelli (yes, a relation, one of…
World Record For World Traders
London, 29 October 2018: The Worshipful Company of World Traders is delighted to announce that it has broken the Guinness World Record for the “most nationalities in a simultaneous popular music sing-along”. On 8 October 2018, with support from Goodenough…
Lecture Me Up Scotty!
I finished my year with a fantastic “Master’s at Home” event at Gresham College. The evening was given some extra zest by the appearance of the Lord Mayor’s Sheriffs, Elizabeth Green and Alderman Vincent Keaveny to receive a cheque for…
Philosophical musings
Your essay on reinventing liberalism for the 21st century was a wide-ranging, refreshing reminder of where we’ve been, where we are and how we need to improve (September 15th). As you said, “the core liberal causes of individual freedom, free…