Pepys Encounters Of A Third Kind
Pepys Day has turned out to be quite the fun occasion. For a third time (see Pepys Day! Part Deux & Pepys Day! Part Deux) we have had a wonderful celebration of the City of London and its most famous…
Category Life As We Live It
Artificial Intelligence: The Hand We’re Dealt Makes Life Worth Living
JOINT LUNCHEON Remarks to: Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers&Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards Professor Michael MainelliThursday, 30 July 2026Dyers’ Hall
Pepys Day 2026: There He Goes Again!
Pepys Day 2026 takes place on Friday, 4 September 2026. The event features guided walking tours and historical ceremonies commemorating the diarist’s accounts of the Great Fire of London – In September 1666 the Great Fire of London swept…
Europeana Twin.it!
One of our intended-to-be-swift-but-resulted-in-longer-term projects as Lord Mayor was to get the Guildhall scanned in 3D as part of Europeana’s Twin-it.
Space-Junk Bonds
“Tax heavens” (May 30th) looked at how to tax businesses that operate in space and the growth of offplanet finance. The more immediate market failure is not untaxed Martian income, but unpriced, man-made orbital debris; there are 140m pieces up…
Ordinary Wisdom For Extraordinary Machines
Remarks to: World Technology Congress, Thursday, 23 April 2026, Lake Como, Italy Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, I want to begin with a confession. I came to Lake Como this week telling myself it was a professional duty. But with…
Grill That Backfisch
Spending poisson d’avril by the French Alps and now able to marry it with German Backfisch, I was also able to hone my Holmes’ skills and solve one of life’s circular mysteries before noon.
What’s In A Ward?
Remarks To: The United Wards Club Professor Michael Mainelli, Guildhall, 16 March 2026 President, Past President, Past Past Presidents, Chairmen, Masters, Ward Club members, distinguished guests all:
Blow Hard – Piping The Haggis & Clearing The Pipes
Thirty-two Broad Street Ward Club members and guests attended a special whisky tasting at the Guildhall during Burn’s Week, hosted by Chairman Richard Muir with excellent tutoring from John McCheyne, Master Brand Ambassador at the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.