In her own words 
THE LOOK, THE BOW, THE BOND – THE POWER OF (RWC2019) SPORT
It is incredible how smile-inducing it can be. And connecting. Suddenly, unexpectedly, excitedly, conversations spark: a stranger in an elevator wearing a national team jacket, a fellow passenger with the accent of the opposition, those all around with a desperate...
HUSSSSSHHHH. PROTECTING AND RESPECTING THE POWER OF TRAVEL PILGRIMAGE
There's something very different about an attraction versus a place of pilgrimage. Yes, both can be icons immediately identifying a place, a people. Yes, both attract visitors, often numbering in their millions. Yes, both require preplanning, often involving tour...
CLIMATE ACTION/SDG 13 – INSPIRING ACTION THROUGH UNDERSTANDING, NOT SHAMING
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) takes place each year in September in New York City. Uniting 193 Member States, the UNGA is, as stated by the UN, a “unique forum to discuss and work together on a wide array of international issues covered by the UN Charter,...
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
11:00am, London time. 24 07 2019. To look at any global news television screen at this precise moment one will see aerial coverage of Prime Minister Theresa May performing her final responsibilities in office: final PMQ in Parliament...
A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. x
One year ago, on what was a milestone day, I received the most incredible gift from someone who is a central part of my heart and who understands my heart - Al Merschen. The shock was immense. I understood what it was, but I couldn't quite absorb its enormity: its...
IIPT – WHY IT MATTERS, NOW MORE THAN EVER
Not one to feel comfortable using the word “I” in writing, on this occasion I will absorb the discomfort and make an exception. Reason being, in this sharing the ‘I’ extends far beyond me. In brief, on May 16th, 2019. the United Nations’ International Day of Living...
COMMITTED TO SERVING, COME WHAT MAY
And so arrived the moment so many had been waiting for, betting on, planning towards, wondering when…...and at the same time, worrying about. The day when British Prime Minister the Right Honourable Theresa May, stepped out of one of the most recognised and...
DO IT NOW, However Your Heart Decides
Paris. 15 04 2019. 18:50 local time. Flames. And suddenly the world shifted its gaze. Hearts and minds moved, swiftly, from local headlines to the lines of firefighters forming at the doors of Notre Dame to extinguish flames which evacuating priceless pieces of...
STANDING OUT BY STANDING WITH
It is said that one's true colours are most vividly exposed when faced by challenge - colours reflecting: Darkness vs. light.Cowardice vs. courage. Hopelessness vs. hope. Separation vs. unity. Them vs. us. In the midday hours of March 15th, a time when many of New...
“HEY, I SEE YOU” – Words of a Truly Class Act
He could have been egotistical, but he wasn't. He could have become political, but he didn't. He could have been ungrateful, especially to is early critics, but he chose to be refrained. He could have been reserved, closed, inaccessible, but instead he was open,...