This is footage from one of the TV news channels that i did interviews for whilst in Moradabad with Rotary International, Nov 2007. I would like to return to the city of brass one day and see how everyone is doing…hint hint Rotary!!!
Sunday 27th April 2007 was spent at the City of London School for boys, on the North side of the River Thames looking across from The Tate Modern building. Myself and Cherie Blair would be judging a youth speaking competition. Continue reading ‘A day with Cherie Blair / Huw Edwards and Countess Howe’
Cherie Booth & Gautam Lewis has said “Yes” to an invitation to be a Judge in the Rotary Youth Speaks Competition taking place at The City of London School for Boys on Sunday 27th April 2008. In assessing the presentations, attention will be paid to the following:All team members: Effective use of voice, easy manner, natural gestures and whether the personality of the individual comes over to the audience. Humour, in the right context, will be appreciated. Notes can be used, but they should not be too obvious; simply reading written content will be penalised. Audio-visual aids are NOT permitted. Continue reading ‘Youth Speaks – The Final 27 April 2008′
For more then 30 years, the Rotary Club of JFK International Airport, New York, USA has taken over a major runway to raise thousands of dollars through a 5k race.
“It is a unique race, as the main runway is actually closed to aircraft landing and taking off,” says Emmlynn Taylor, the group/sponsorship chair for this year’s Thomas Carmody Memorial JFK Rotary Club 5K Runway Run, held on 13 April at John F. Kennedy International Airport, which serves the New York City area. Planes are routed to a secondary runway during the event.
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Craig Robertson called me up a few weeks ago prior to his departure for India with Rotary. He was working on a article for Scotland’s Sunday Post. Continue reading ‘Sunday Post Scotland: March 2008′
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A painting by Rosa Branson, one of London’s foremost painters, entitled Service above Self, was unveiled yesterday evening by Baroness Hayman, The Lord Speaker, in the River Room at The House of Lords, in front of an audience of politicians, business people and diplomats. Continue reading ‘Rosa Branson’s painting unveiled at House of Lords’
Rotary International and Freedom in the Air have teamed up to set up a Photographic exhibition
Continue reading ‘Freedom in the Air – Photographic Exhibition’
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Lord Shutt of Greetland has invited me to attend the House of Lords for a Rotary event. Should be fun…It will be in the River Room overlooking the Thames. The Speaker of the House of Lords will also be there. Baroness Hayman will unveil the painting by Rosa Branson titled service before self, on the global humanitarian work of Rotary International. In her 70th year and a non-stop painter for 53 of them, who paints large canvases free for charities as fundraising levers. “Of course I still paint for money, but this takes up a lot of time now – I’ve had so much fun painting all my life, it’s a way of giving something back.”
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