by Mike | Dec 25, 2011 | Cartoons, UK news
Gerald Scarfe has now been political cartoonist for the London Sunday Times for 44 years, and has also worked for The New Yorker magazine for 21 years.
by Mike | Dec 25, 2011 | Photography
Westerdok, Amsterdam
by Mike | Dec 20, 2011 | Photography, UK news
by Mike | Dec 16, 2011 | Greetings from the Chair
DECEMBER 2011 We had a lovely lunch last month, addressed by Tim Cooke with a slide show on the merits and potential pitfalls of micro-finance projects in Kenya and Tanzania. Apparently one essential is a personal Masai warrior armed with bow and poison arrows. Such a...
by Mike | Dec 16, 2011 | Events Blog
This year’s CADS Jokathon was a huge success with over 40 members turning up to deliver new, dusted down, inappropriate, brilliant, terrible and sometimes funny jokes for the 2011 Jokathon. This year’s deserved winner went to ex chairman and music pirate...
by Mike | Nov 26, 2011 | Greetings from the Chair
I missed our October lunch due to our brief holiday in Egypt. Mike Carn was kind enough to step in as chair, John Bright gave a good introduction to the work of the British Legion and Poppy Fund, and we raised 200 Euros for the fund from a rather sparse attendance....
by Mike | Nov 25, 2011 | CADS Blog
First of all do not be fooled by our name. We are neither commercial nor a society that provides any joint usefulness. Our purpose is either pointless or well hidden. We are not sure which. You could say, if pushed, that we are a community of individuals who are...
by Mike | Oct 26, 2011 | Greetings from the Chair
Our September lunch was the first of the autumn season, and we enjoyed a pleasant lunch back in our usual surroundings of the terrace room. Our speaker Millicent Odongo gave us an interesting introduction to the FOR organisation which has set up ‘one stop shops’ for...
by Mike | Sep 26, 2011 | Greetings from the Chair
As they say, August can be changeable. Two hours before our August lunch at the Dutch International Cricket Ground, the heavens opened and dumped 15mm of water on the Amsterdamsebos in 30 minutes. Fortunately the superb ground irrigation at the club had cleared nearly...
by Mike | Aug 26, 2011 | Greetings from the Chair
Ladies and gentlemen, We had a very pleasant, well-attended lunch last month, with a short debate on the BBC World Service radio, proposed by yours truly after the fashion of Mark Anthony at Caesar’s funeral. After a spirited rebuttal by Allan Poot based on the...
