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30th July 2010 London, UK
Answering your questions
Thank you to everyone who posted a question in response to my invitation last week. I was impressed by the number of responses and the variety of topics. You can see my answers to the questions in the video below, covering a range of the topics raised. I’m interested in your views on how I […]
28th July 2010 New York, USA
Summer calendar
It’s been some time since I wrote here. I’d like to say that my return is in response to overwhelming public demand, but basic respect for the truth prevents me. Since my last piece, we have had a few events worth noting: HM The Queen paid a short visit to New York on 6 July, […]
26th July 2010
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Extreme climbing in Kyiv
There’s sometimes an inverse relationship between the quality of an experience you’re undergoing and your ability to photograph it. Especially when the experience involves scrambling up a ladder inside the arm of a giant statue; squeezing through a trapdoor; then sticking your head out of the top of a stainless steel shield far above the […]
21st July 2010 London, UK
Questions please!
I’d like to receive your views and questions about Britain’s policies on Europe. It seems sensible to do this through my blog. Watch the video below to find out more about the issues I’ve been working on, and then submit your questions using the comment function at the bottom of the blog page. I look […]
20th July 2010 London, UK
A blog from Kazakhstan
Find out about the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in this week’s video blog.
16th July 2010 New York, USA
The Queen opens the British Garden
Guest blog by Sheila O’Connor, Her Majesty’s Consul. I was proud and privileged to have been asked to coordinate the practical arrangements for Her Majesty The Queen’s visit to the British Memorial Garden on 6 July. The Garden in Hanover Square has been built in memory of the 67 British citizens who lost their lives […]
14th July 2010 London, UK
A trip to Budapest
Here’s my latest video blog, this time reflecting on my recent trip to Budapest!
7th July 2010
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
How to stop censorship in Ukraine
Is there a risk of an upsurge in censorship in Ukraine? If there is, what can Ukrainians do about it? And what if anything should outsiders such as foreign governments and diplomats be doing? These are all questions which come up when I host a lunch at the Residence for Ukrainian journalists and media activists. […]
5th July 2010 Islamabad, Pakistan
A deep partnership
The Cabinet Ministers of the new British coalition government are queuing up to come to Pakistan. In the past three weeks I have hosted both our new International Development Minister, Andrew Mitchell, and our new Foreign Minister, William Hague. It makes sense. Pakistan is already Britain’s second largest development programme and this is quite likely […]
28th June 2010
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Pumps, turbines & degrees – from Pune to Warwick & Glasgow
The British Business Group in Pune invited me to their AGM (Annual General Meeting) in mid June. Pune is Maharashtra State’s second largest city and I have heard estimates of a population between four to six million. The national census this year should give the figure. Pune is the major centre for the automotive sector […]
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