Power Of Inclusion – Accent Bias
Dan Robertson, Mahari Hay, and Michael Mainelli struggle towards mutual comprehension (!)
Category Life As We Live It
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.…
A ‘Glove Actually’ Christmas
The Worshipful Company of Glovers, never knowingly under-gloved, presented me as Lord Mayor with a seasonal portfolio of manual enhancements: a baseball glove for nostalgia, a golf glove for precision, and barbecue gloves for that most perilous of civic duties—turning…
Fanfare For The Lord Mayor Of London
Every Lord Mayor needs an anthem, fan fare (geddit?). We’re not deprived! 0:02 / 1:44 Bliss: Fanfare For The Lord Mayor Of London Philip Jones Brass Ensemble – Topic Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group, Bliss: Fanfare For The Lord Mayor…