Article: If space is the ultimate frontier how do you explain all the rubbish?
“If space is the ultimate frontier how do you explain all the rubbish?” – City AM
Category Life As We Live It
A Witter Shade Of Ale
Having teased Elisabeth these many years about her hair slowly becoming a ‘whiter shade of blonde’, we had to placate her with a wheat beer this year. Not a lot of brewing time given all the Mayoralty commitments, but off…
Power Of Inclusion – Accent Bias
Dan Robertson, Mahari Hay, and Michael Mainelli struggle towards mutual comprehension (!)
Article: The transformative effects of AI
“The transformative effects of AI” – London Business Matters (London Chamber of Commerce & Industry)
What Happens If We Burn All The Carbon?
I am delighted that Dr Kevin Parker’s and my paper has come out, “What happens if we ‘burn all the carbon’? carbon reserves, carbon budgets, and policy options for governments“, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in Environmental Science:…
Valuing Nature – Launching Three ‘Connect To Prosper’ Coffee Colloquies
Remarks to: Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 by The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli
A Trinity Of Trinities
As the third Irish Lord Mayor in a row, and the third Irish Lord Mayor with a strong Trinity connection – studied Mathematics, Engineering & Computer Science for a year there in the early 1980s – it was a delight…
Article: Anglo-Irish Friendship
“Brexit certainly caused some bumps, but the Anglo-Irish friendship remains strong” – City AM
Remembering Christmas
The Lady Mayoress and all of the Aldermanic consorts pulled together a host of presents for refugee children. Here she is getting them ready to take to the charity for distribution.
Kimchi
One of the earliest highlights of being Lord Mayor was hosting the President of South Korea at our State Banquet on 21 November. Imagine my delight when a week later we received two generous boxes of kimchi, some 30 packages.…