State Opening of Parliament 2016

Some shots from the Queen’s Speech which I was lucky to get to cover for parliament again for the 5th year last week, rehearsal and the main event.

President Joko Widodo of Indonesia

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Bio fuel entrepreneur

Some shots that were used in the Guardian newspaper this week of a young entrepreneur Arthur Kay, CEO of Bio-Bean, a company that produces biofuel from coffee waste grounds. To be honest it looked better in the on-line version, as it was slightly over-powered by a giant kebab in the print version..

President Carter

The ever smiling ex US President Jimmy Carter talking to Parliament about the amazing work that his Carter Center has done over the last 30 years to almost eradicate cases of the parasitic Guinea worm from 3.5million to just 22 reported last year.

The late great Sir Terry Wogan

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Sad to hear of passing of the national treasure of broadcasting that was Sir Terry Wogan, lucky to get chance to get a snap last year with fellow broadcasting legend John Humphrys. He was of course friendly, polite and as courteous as expected.

Kids on fire..

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Hanoi folk…volume 3..

It really was a fruitful 48hrs in Hanoi, so here’s yet more pictures of the locals and yes, some of them are on bikes of course..

Hanoi graduation

Sheltering from an impending monsoon style downpour, literally stumbled upon the Temple of Literature in Hanoi, Vietnam’s first national university dating from 1070. I was also lucky to stumble into some wonderfully colourful graduation celebrations.

Hanoi biking

Had an amazing few days in Vietnam last week, including a couple of days walking the streets of wonderful Hanoi where it’s impossible not to be impressed by the sheer range of things that people manage to transport on two wheels. If it’s not nailed down, you can get it on your bike. If it is nailed to something, put that on the bike too.

Tea with world leaders

The leaders of the world’s two most populous countries in two weeks for Parliament – President Xi of China and Prime Minister Modi of India, who between them lead over a third of the world’s population!