3 October 2009
For those readers who are interested in the progress of my gadgets — an update. You may recall that I attempted to enlist the help of three knights of the realm who, by virtue of the previous posts they held, were very well connected with the City of London. I say were, because they are […]
2 October 2009
A very enjoyable lunch with a past pupil friend, Jon Miller, chewing over old times, at that great little restaurant in Bishopsgate, Boisdale. Clearly it has some history as one reads on their cigar match box: Dandelion Co Heritage Boisdale 1780 Fetch me a pint wine Robbie Burns 1780 And on the other side: Let […]
28 September 2009
A repeat of the Indian Summer days we have enjoyed over the weekend as I walked round the golf course at Worlington. My arms might be giving up but so far my legs are holding out. It seems that I might have been too pessimistic about England’s prospects in the cricket world series in South […]
26 September 2009
With the Irish commitment out-of-the-way my thoughts have begun towards the lectures in China and wondering how well I will manage even with the good doctor’s support – certainly, there will be no liquid lunches on those three days! I suppose I started thinking about this as I sat, in a deckchair, in the warm […]
25 September 2009
After catching up with my backlog of e-mails I had a home visit from a very nice member of the AbilityNet team – Jodie Parkes. This was so much more satisfactory than the ‘remote assist’ telephone conference which I had previously. Jodie was very quickly able to assess my limitations and future needs. He was […]
24 September 2009
Fortunately I recovered overnight and awoke reasonably refreshed and after a hearty breakfast we set off to explore Trinity College University and the 20th-Century paintings at the National Gallery which my lovely was particularly keen to see. On the way she very kindly bought me a beautiful pale lemon Donegal tweed waistcoat. There was a […]
23 September 2009
Alice and I flew to Dublin today for me to give the Ken McQuillan Memorial Address to the Irish Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. We stayed in an extremely comfortable hotel, the Radisson Royale, and were wonderfully looked after, throughout the visit by our hosts. Rather too well, as it turned out at […]
21 September 2009
The City Branch of the Arbitration Club lunch today. This one at the offices of Clifford Chance’s in Bishopsgate, so not too far to travel from Liverpool Street Station. Although I enjoy these lunches I am not sorry that this present round is coming to an end as they are not doing much good to […]
20 September 2009
To East Dulwich for lunch with Chloe, Karl and the grandchildren. Managed to walk the mile or so from London Bridge to Liverpool Street station without too much effort. England managed to scrape an unconvincing win in the seventh of the one-day series against Australia, mainly due to Swann’s 5 for 28 – one win […]
19 September 2009
The Griggs’ and Ensoms came to lunch and we were able to eat in the garden. A rare event for summer….
D. Mark Cato
D. Mark Cato