Who Says A Doctorate Is Hard Work?
I was delighted to receive two honours today. The first is to have been appointed as Rector (Vice-Chancellor) of City University.
Category Life As We Live It
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 large boxes of kimchi, some thirty-plus…
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…
State Visit – President Of The Republic Of Korea
I suspect anyone’s first hosting of a state visit is a big thing, but in my case I have thoroughly enjoyed my many dealings with Korea and was pleased that Koreas was the first country to pay a state visit…
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…