Thames Day
I had long desire that we celebrate the Thames’ connection with the City forcibly each year as part of the Totally Thames Festival each September. We lit upon World Rivers Day, the fourth Sunday of every September as most appropriate,…
Category Life As We Live It
Bermuda’s Beautiful People
After an enormously long and enjoyable day of meetings, we went to a great restaurant, Wahoo, in St George’s (St George is a recurring theme this year). What does our chauffeur, Nigel Richardson, show us when we emerge to make…
Pepys Day – Numero Uno!
We were delighted to celebrate our very first City of London “Pepys Day”. 225 people participated in a series of wonderful walks led by City of London Guides, leading from the Monument at 10:00 and ending at Mansion House at…
Eurozone Views On “Financing Our Future” By Paschal Donohoe
It was a privilege to host Eurogroup President, Irish Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery & Reform, and former Irish Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe at Guildhall and Mansion House for an important talk in London on liberalism and…
Ringing The Bell At Lords
Regular readers know that I try to avoid having more than one post a day, but this was special, the very first Lord Mayor of London ringing the 5 minute bell at Lord’s Cricket Ground to reopen England versus Sri…
Fratercula – A Whisky Like No Brother
A highlight of the mayoral year arrived at Mansion House today, the 695th Lord Mayor’s Whisky (or whiskey to us Irish). With the immense help and support of the magnificent Braeburn Whisky (Scottish) team, we have a very very limited…
Article: The Thames is a gateway to growth
“From water bailiffs to maritime finance the Thames connects London to the past” – City AM
40 Remarkable Individuals Awarded Freedom Of The City Of London In Group Ceremony – Number 2
For only the second time since 1899, dozens of people have been awarded the Freedom of the City of London today. The ceremony saw 40 recipients from a broad spectrum of sectors honoured at the Mansion House for their outstanding…
Lord Mayor’s View Of The Thames – Sunday, 30 June 2024, Staines-upon-Thames
More smiles than stains, we held a wonderful recreation of a very old tradition. It was something long in the planning, and only possible with enormous help from a huge variety of people, not least my Water Bailiff (Chris Livett)…