I was invited by the Master Educator to one of her regular seminars on education-related issues.   The Master and members of the Company hosted Cara (the Council for At-Risk Academics).  It provides urgently needed help to academics in immediate danger – for instance those forced into exile, and many who…...

This webinar followed seamlessly from the dinner with Sir John Armitt on infrastructure.  In order to meet the needs of customers and the environment there will need to be significant investment over the coming decades in the water sector in England and Wales. Helen noted that the sector has various…...

The Venice Bienniale is well-known.  Within the City of London, another artistic bienniale is the famed Basketry Showcase – so good that Masters, Consorts and other members of the Livery braved the very wet weather to visit the Dutch Church at Austin Friars for this unusual exhibition of an ancient…...

This was another in the series of Lord Mayor’s Coffee Colloquies held at Mansion House, promoting connections that help address the leading issues of the day.  This was the first led by the Royal Society and discussed how to align better the needs of the economy with the capabilities of…...

The Water Conservators are active regular members of the Group where we share information and experience about our Companies’ charitable and support work.  At our recent meeting we focused on how we can enhance collaboration across Livery Companies, both in the short term and the longer term.   We started…...

This was a super presentation by the Water Conservators’ Thames Warden, Professor Carolyn Roberts.  She pointed out that many people in London are living in a floodplain and flooding is a matter of probability: it does and will happen. Issues include the length of warning time, and time of day…...

Immediate Past Master Mike Shapiro and his Consort Jill organised an event at Goodenough College to mark International Women’s Day, on the evening beforehand.  The theme was unrecognised and invisible women throughout history. The college, on Mecklenburgh Square in Camden, is a beautiful building, providing accommodation for postgraduate students, some…...

The Company are also generous in support for members of the armed services and during the evening winners from each of the sections supported by the Company were presented with their prizes. The Company trace their origins back to an Act of Parliament in 1654 but they are a modern…...

Susan Jagelman organised a Consorts’ Lunch in support of Treloar’s, with guest speaker Nicola Doran, Treloar’s Livery Relationship Manager.  Participants were mostly current Consorts, but included the Immediate Past Actuaries Consort Sandra Jones, Clerk Alex Hayward and Master Rodney Jagelman. Enabling education for disabled young people In 2023 the Livery…...

One of the pleasures of being involved with the Company and with the Water Conservation Trust is the opportunity to meet the students whom the Trust supports.  Past Master Peter Hall and Court Assistant Trevor Harrington went with me to Imperial. It has recently dropped College and London from its…...