by Mike | Feb 19, 2014 | CADS Blog, Dutch News, Events Blog, Photography
by Mike | Feb 3, 2014 | CADS Blog, Events Blog
In December, a weekend with the new Tesla Model S executive saloon was auctioned to Jan Derwort. This revolutionary car runs solely on batteries, and has breathtaking performance, with 100km coming up in under 4 seconds and a top speed of 240km/hr. The proceeds...
by Mike | Jan 23, 2014 | Events Blog, UK news, CADS Blog, Greetings from the Chair, Dutch News
Best wishes for a healthy and successful 2014. The Jokathon again provided an excellent crop of jokers, notably John Richardson, Toni Scriven, Louise Hunter, and of course the eventual winner John Donnelly, who reserved his best moments until the final act then...
by Mike | Dec 2, 2013 | CADS Blog, Greetings from the Chair, Dutch News, Events Blog, Photography
Earlier this year, CADS board member Sue Bennion was taken from us by particularly cruel pancreatic and liver cancers. Sue had been a staunch supporter of many charities, including Hulphond which trains helper dogs to enable disabled people to live more independent...
by Mike | Nov 21, 2013 | Dutch News, Events Blog, CADS Blog, Greetings from the Chair
Dear fellow CADS After last month’s erudite and bittersweet recollections by Maarten Frankenhuis of Artis in WWII, and his relationship with our founder Gerard Metzelaar, we have been busy in November. Last Friday, Judge Greenwood entertained 18 of us at the Peace...
by Mike | Nov 21, 2013 | Greetings from the Chair, Dutch News, Events Blog
Dear fellow CADS Last month’s lunch saw us entertaining not one but two speakers. First; as and with our appetiser, BBC and ESU Award winner Frederike Brockhoven gave us a highly entertaining, passionate, professional and articulate argument for how innovation...
