Speech by Malcolm Brinded CBE FREng at the Company’s Banquet
Master, Wardens, The Representative Lord Mayor, Alderman and Sheriff, Ladies and Gentlemen I will start with some good news…. Hands up please – if you were born before 1955 and are willing to admit it? Now can everyone please look at us young baby-boomers –…
Livery Climate Action Group: Master Gordon Masterton
The City and Corporation of London launched a Climate Action Strategy in late 2020. It sets out a series of Actions in three areas to: Support the achievement of net zero greenhouse gas emissions Build climate resilience Champion sustainable growth By then, we had already…
Launch of HMS Anson
Our affiliated submarine, HMS ANSON, has been launched at BAESystems Barrow In normal circumstances, the Company would have been invited to join the crowds to witness two important milestones in the life of our affiliated submarine, HMS ANSON: Mrs Weale, wife of the former Rear…
How the Brunel Dynasty engineered the City of London: Liveryman Martin Knights
The Thames Tunnel built during the first part of the 1800’s is an international landmark project which celebrates the world’s first subaqueous tunnel; and is the birthplace of tunnelling that has shaped cities all over the globe. The huge 18m diameter machines that now build…
The Chaplain’s Easter Message to the Livery
‘Spring is Sprung’ and, as you can see, the daffodils are out in full force in West Sussex. The picture is of Gravetye Manor – a country hotel – with a garden originally designed by William Robinson in the 1880’s. The grass, with its daffodils,…
More Chaplain’s Ramblings!
Well into our third Lock-down and it’s easy to get fed up and weary with it all. Nothing like as quiet as the first one and traffic levels are reputedly only a little less than normal, so there is still a lot of movement by…
That Was 2020 – That Was: Master Gordon Masterton
Was 2020 a year to remember or a year to forget? Most of us would say the latter. It’s easy to find the downsides in 2020, harder to find the upsides, especially if grief has become personal. But many have also made big transitions in…
Engineering Ethics: Liveryman Prof David Bogle
We Engineers like to think of ourselves as working ethically. The good news is that a recent IPSOS-MORI survey found that 89% of the public trust engineers, putting us third highest in the list behind only nurses and doctors. But a few high profile disasters…
London Bridge: PM Richard Groome
Past Master Richard’s interest in the story of London Bridge had a great deal of personal affinity; his father Leonard (one of our Founding Members) had been the City of London’s project engineer for the latest bridge, and Richard had assisted as a teenager in…
More Chaplain’s Ramblings
A further lock-down has now started, certainly for those of us in England. This will affect some members who might just have been plucking up courage to go out a bit more, even if only to eat in a local pub! Fiona and I are…