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 large boxes of kimchi, some thirty-plus…
Category Life As We Live It
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…
Work, Work, Work!
Whilst I’m known to claim that emails from my portable devices emanate from “one of my work/life imbalance machines”, I do believe that if you don’t enjoy your job most of the time, you’re being unfair to yourself. So despite…
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…
Science In The Interests Of Justice
The Science in the Interests of Justice conference brought together leading scientists and prominent members of the legal community to discuss approaches used by courts in their consideration, evaluation and management of scientific evidence and expert witnesses. I was delighted…
Taking Off – The Lord Mayor’s Show Flyer
We went to print and distribution on the Lord Mayor’s Show brochure for the public. Do come on Saturday, 11 November 2023, for the oldest, noisiest, and most fun parade! For history buffs, two great Gresham lectures with Pageant Master…
Election As Lord Mayor
Today was an an enormously emotional day for Elisabeth and me as, not only was it Michaelmas (!), I was elected as the 695th Lord Mayor of London for the ‘year ensuing’, from 10 November 2023 till 10 November 2024.…
“Hierarchy Of Purpose”
Remarks to: the South Georgia Heritage Trust on the occasion of the return of the crow’s nest from Shackleton’s Quest after its three year tour and return to All Hallows By The Tower on Thursday, 7 September, before a dinner…
ChatKGB
TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORYAlderman Professor Michael MainelliFriday, 28 July 2023The Garrick Club Annual Conference of the Dickens Fellowship: Barnard’s Inn, London (26-29 July 2023) Chairman, Distinguished Guests, Ladies & Gentlemen, Although there is a wealth of Dickensian material to mine,…