When you turn up for a City event dressed as a pencil you might be forgiven for feeling self-conscious but Communicator Jon Woodburn looked relatively normal in Guildhall Yard. The Shrove Tuesday inter-livery pancake races field saw everything from strawberry, a spider, a plumber in lederhosen and a someone dressed as Tower Bridge. A chap […]

Congratulations to Dame Susan Langley on becoming the 697th Lord Mayor of London today and to everyone involved in the wonderful Lady Mayor’s Show. Not sure whether it’s the greatest show on earth but it’s certainly the oldest civic procession, dating back to the 13th century.

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On a grey May afternoon, the anticipation was building at Dickerage Sports and Community Centre in Kingston upon Thames as a crowd awaited a former local boy who spent much of his childhood here: the Arsenal and England footballer Declan Rice. The youngsters were more excited than when the King visited last year. Many clutched copies of Declan’s […]

The annual United Guilds Service at St Paul’s Cathedral celebrates the work of the City of London’s livery companies. The Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, the Dean of St Paul’s Andrew Tremlett and Lord Mayor Michael Mainelli gave readings at the service. Ward Beadles of the City of London. One of the duties of […]

Congratulations to Alderman Michael Mainelli on becoming the 695th Lord Mayor. As well as being super smart (professor, studied at Harvard, PhD from LSE, multi-lingual), he is a really nice guy and I wish him all the very best in his year in office.

King Charles III visited New Malden in SW London on November 8 to spend time with the area’s Korean community. Alicia Jean Heilbron presented the King with flowers. His Majesty also visited the war memorial and met members of the local Royal British Legion branch and two Korean veterans, before greeting the crowds who had […]