Football For Peace
My remarks at the Guildhall for Football For Peace this evening: Welcome, each and every one of you, to Guildhall, and to the City of London! I am delighted to be representing the Lord Mayor this evening, not only at…
Category Life As We Live It
From Archives To Modern Lives – Deep In The King’s College Scientific Archives
From Archives to Modern Lives: Frontiers of Trade and Technology A survey of past and present innovation in association with King’s College London Archives, Wednesday, 15 November 2017 Surprisingly for some, London is, and almost always has been, a science…
Foundations Of Fellowship
Remarks to: Worshipful Company of Mason’s Livery & The Associate Companies Toast from the Guests by Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli, 1 November 2017, Mercers’ Hall Master, Wardens, Aldermen, My Lord, Masters, Fellow Liverymen, Ladies & Gentlemen. May I start by…
Master Of The World! … Traders…
What an honour, and a delight! I was so pleased to be installed as Master of the World Traders on Wednesday, 25 October. The Installation Dinner was a significant event for Elisabeth, my daughters Maxine and Xenia, our friends, and…
London Forever! Reality Or Rhetoric?
The Financial Services Group of Livery Companies asked me to provide an inaugural FSG Lecture in memory of its Founding Convenor, Jeremy Goford, Past Master Actuary“London Forever! Reality or Rhetoric?” I was pleased to deliver it on Wednesday, 20 September 2017 at…
Equilex – 22 September 2017
So there you are, waiting for the Christ’s Hospital annual St Matthew’s Day parade through the City of London. St Matthew’s Day, traditionally 21 September, is held to save the souls of accountants, bankers and tax collectors, i.e. money men…
Liquidity Ditty – LiquiDitty – The Poem Drops
Ten years ago I gave a lecture on liquidity at Gresham College – “Liquidity: Finance In Motion Or Evaporation?” (5 September 2007). I recommend the transcript as easiest to read with the slides. The lecture was actually scheduled back in February…
British Red Cross Christmas Market @ Guildhall, 27 & 28 November 2017
Every other year the City of London hosts the British Red Cross Christmas Market at Guildhall. For 2017, the Guildhall Christmas Market will take place on Monday & Tuesday, 27 & 28 November. Monday is a gala preview evening with…
Hartley? Hartley? Who The Heck Is Hartley?
I was delighted to be asked to give a ‘vote of thanks’ to my dear friend Archie Galloway, a former Common Councilman for Broad Street Ward: “David Hartley – Arsonist By Appointment” Vote Of Thanks To Historian Archie Galloway Guildhall…