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…...
Worshipful Company of Plaisterers, Sapphire Charity Dinner Dance, Plaisterers’ Hall
Sometimes raising money for charity is hard work and time-consuming. This was not one of those occasions! Courtesy of the Plaisterers’ Livery Company, Masters and Company members and guests gathered in the Plaisterers’ Hall for a super evening of good food and fellowship to raise money for the Plaisterer’s Charitable…...
37th Annual Tacitus Lecture Worshipful Company of World Traders
The Tacitus Lecture is named after the Roman Senator and orator Publius Cornelius Tacitus who described Londinium as “a town of the highest repute and a busy emporium for trade and traders”. This year’s speaker was John Browne, the Lord Browne of Madingley. Lord Browne is Chairman of Beyond NetZero,…...
Discussion Dinner with Sir John Armitt at the Oxford and Cambridge Club
Visiting Masters, members of the Company and guests joined together for a super dinner with Sir John Armitt CBE FREng FICE. Sir John is well known as the Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission. He also has considerable experience of managing large businesses and infrastructure projects as Chairman of John…...
Mistress Paviors’ Luncheon at Watermen’s Hall
To mark the impending conclusion of her period in office, and, as we were later to discover, her birthday, Lizette May, Mistress Pavior, invited a cross-section of friends from the Consorts, the Worshipful Company of Paviors, and the Professional Ladies’ Club to a delightful lunch, held at the Watermen’s Hall.…...
Worshipful Company of Constructors Livery and Awards Dinner
Eileen, my Consort, and I, were honoured to be invited by the Master Constructor to the Company’s Livery and Awards Dinner. It was an important occasion in their Livery year when they recognise achievements and contributions across the Company. There were awards for architecture, building and other facets of the…...
Moorland Restoration and Natural Flood Management webinar
Our Webinar was presented by Tom Spencer, Research Scientist at Moors for the Future Partnership. Tom gave us a fascinating presentation on how the severe erosion of blanket bogs in the Peak District following the industrial revolution has led to degradation of key ecosystem services at the headwaters of regional…...
