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February 2025
I will start the February blog on 31st January, the occasion of a Burns Night extravaganza with the City Livery Club which provided the...
Mar 44 min read
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Yuletide 2024
November opened with the City Livery Club Installation Dinner at Apothecaries’ Hall, where I had myself been installed back in May. This...
Jan 254 min read
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October 2024
The Learned and Gallant Clerk and I began the month as guests of the Clockmakers at the Harrison Lecture followed by dinner at...
Jan 254 min read
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September 2024
The Livery world tends to follow academic terms as regards activity. After seven rather hectic weeks from installation I had much less to...
Jan 255 min read
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July 2024
Charity Awards Luncheon My first July event was the Company of Arts Scholars Charitable Trust Awards Luncheon on 1st July in Founders’...
Jan 256 min read
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May/June 2024
Installation My installation on 30th May at Apothecaries Hall was a splendid event, masterminded with his usual precision by the Clerk. I...
Jul 23, 20246 min read
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April/May 2024
Captain’s log, stardate 2024 nearing the end of an amazing intergalactic journey through the City cosmos….. Sorry, dear readers, I was...
May 11, 20248 min read
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February/March 2024
For the remainder of my Master’s blog, dear reader, I shall write about selected highlights rather than running the risk of boring you by...
Apr 4, 20249 min read
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January 2024
17th Jan: In the morning, I visited Goldsmiths Hall with the Clerk and the Beadle to talk through the logistics of the forthcoming...
Feb 9, 20248 min read
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November/December 2023
1 November: The first event of the month was Joanna attending an afternoon Consorts’ event at Goldsmiths Hall – always a splendid venue....
Dec 17, 20235 min read
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October 2023
4th October: to Mansion House for the Glovers’ Banquet. It was good to see John and Mary Spanner there looking very splendid. We took...
Nov 4, 20236 min read
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September 2023
1st September: to the City University Club for a Fish & Chip lunch organised by Sonya Zuckerman. This was a delightful occasion with...
Oct 9, 20236 min read
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July 2023
4th July: AGM of the Sheriffs and Recorders Fund at the Old Bailey. Founded in 1808, the Fund gives grants to ex-prisoners and their...
Aug 4, 20239 min read
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May - June 2023
25th May Apothecaries Hall was the wonderful venue for the day’s events – this being the oldest extant Livery Hall in the City. Firstly,...
Jul 3, 20239 min read
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January - May 2023
9th January. First event of the year to the Glaziers’ Company for an early celebration to herald in the Chinese New Year, the year of the...
Jul 3, 20233 min read
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September - December 2022
7 September. Back after six weeks away in Spain, too long really, missed an invite to the Bakers’ Company dinner today. 8 September. A...
Jan 3, 20234 min read
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May - July 2022: Reflections from our new Master
19 May Well, there I was on the 19th May installed as the 16th Master of our fantastic Company, an emotional ceremony for me, no more so...
Jul 30, 20223 min read
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March - May 2022: The last one. Ever.
My diary is now frighteningly empty, the emails have reduced to a trickle, and the mantlepiece no longer groans with elegantly engraved...
Jun 5, 20226 min read
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January - March 2022: Eating, Eating, Always Eating
Normality has returned, and I have been proudly (some might say hubristically) representing the Arts Scholars at various City do’s,...
Apr 3, 20226 min read
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November 2021 - January 2022: Carry on Carrying on Regardless
Yes! Invitations are coming in, and being accepted with alacrity; the dark miasma is still there (is the “dark” tautological in this...
Jan 30, 20229 min read
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