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From The Master. In February Ian and I attended the World Traders Tacitus lecture at Guildhall. A truly scholarly and gripping lecture was given by Professor David Olusoga. After dinner we were privileged to attend a small group for dinner with him and other Livery Masters, together with the sponsors.
This is the email and photograph that the Master has received from the Commanding Officer of HMS Bangor thanking the Company for the Port that we presented to the ship. Dear Master, I hope this email finds you and the Company well. I’m getting in touch to say that I took Command of HMS Bangor […]
The Company will be entering a team for the Pancake Races to be held at Guildhall Yard on 1 March 2022. The Master will be competing and leading the team but we also need two liverymen (One male and one female) to take part as well as a novelty runner in fancy dress! All those […]
The Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers 25th Anniversary Playing Cards In support of the Tax Advisers’ Charitable Trust (TACT), as part of The Worshipful Company of Tax Advisers 25th Anniversary Appeal, The Charities Committee of The Company has sourced the design and production of a commemorative twinset of playing cards. There is still time to […]
In January 2021, Past Master Erica Stary published her paper – Women in the Livery and High Civic Office in the City.
Once more, fine weather greeted us for another weekend walk. This time the route was along the Regent’s Canal, taking in both familiar landmarks, and not-so-familiar locations along the way. The initial meeting point was the concourse of Paddington Station, busy even in the middle of a Sunday morning. Then UP the stairs to Paddington […]
A very fun day was had by Company spectators and runners alike who attended and competed at Guildhall on Shrove Tuesday for the 16th Inter-Livery Pancake Races. 21 livery company teams entered runners who competed in this very colourful event with frying pan trophies awarded to the winner of each class. We entered each of […]
Our walk along the Regent’s Canal continued in late July, starting off from where we had left off in May – Angel station on the Northern Line, with its remarkably long escalator to the surface. At this point, the Canal itself is also buried in a tunnel, and where it emerges once more into the […]
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