Some more shots to help publicise the BBC documentary ‘Meet The Lords’, this time of the hard working staff in the kitchens preparing for a lunch event. I made sure I fully utilised all the perks of my job on this one..
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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!
Late October London
London looking amazing from the penthouse at the top of the New Zealand consulate
Boxes and Beer and Bits and Bobs
A night at the Museum
An evening for the Children In Need charity at the Natural History Museum last night. Treated to dinner with the dinosaurs and a performance by the English National Ballet.
Mudlarking on the Thames
Spent yesterday afternoon keeping it ‘old skool’ with just a 40mm fixed lens – forces you to get closer to the action/talk to people – like these ‘Mudlarkers’ beach-combing on the Thames. The first guy Alex had arranged a holiday from Australia and had his official permit from the Port of London Authorty to do just that. He assured me that the pins in his hand were from gentleman’s  Elizabethan dress and that the bits of smoker’s clay pipes that I found for the last photo date back to the 16th Century – there were lots of them in the mud, apparently they were sold pre-filled with tobacco and were thrown away once used by the dock workers.
Gherkin Views
Some stunning views from an Alzheimer’s Research reception at the top of the amazing ‘Gherkin’ building in the City of London – the Shard and the BT tower look positively tiny, and window cleaning suddenly looks like one of the best jobs in the world..
State Opening Rehearsal 2014
Trying to catch up here with a few of the more interesting jobs of late..
London Mayor Boris Johnson
A morning with London’s ever entertaining Mayor, Boris Johnson, for Square Mile Magazine on a visit to Smithfield’s meat market in East London. He initially received quite a mixed reaction from the workers there, most unhappy at having to pay Congestion Charge to get home in the mornings after working all night, but his slightly ‘bumbling’ style won most over – and you have to hand it to him, he does cycle everywhere, complete with Sellotaped helmet, something I can’t imagine his New York equivalent doing. Positioning of B.J. Meats sign a bit of a godsend, and did his arch-nemesis Ken Livingstone leave something behind?
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