At the March lunch, Ambassador Paul Arkwright entertained us with his background, together with some insights on the current focus of interest between the two countries. Holland is the second largest market for the UK in Europe, and the third…
Excellent warm and sunny weather, the inspiring venue of the Olympic Stadium, nearly 200 cheering young people from the British School of Amsterdam, 15 elite runners from CADS (and many others from the Embassy, the Dutch police, as well as…
Mike Carn, Jean Carn, Craig Welsh, Mike Lyonette, Guy Thornton (in a leg brace), Mike Waters (in a bunny suit), Jamie Poot (in a buggy), Allan Poot (pushing a buggy), Titia Csanky, John Richardon, Ilse van den Meijdenberg, and guests Tessa…
THE FEBRUARY LUNCH was hosted by Mike Carn, as I was absent in London and Manchester on family matters. It was a welcome return, and Marti ten Sijthoff gave an intriguing address concerning debate and dialogue. John R wrote an…
Interesting address from William Hague about working for the EU. It seems that the UK is massively under represented in the EU, with only 5% of the jobs, despite having 12% of the people (and contributing nearly 20% of…
The January lunch produced a good crop of members to listen to Julian Tangaere tell us about Antarctica. You can find some of the amazing facts he gave us via John Richardson’s blogs on the new CADS website – check…
The December Jokeathon was great fun, with over 40 in attendance; we started with an introduction sent by Bernhard Garside, who is now Deputy Ambassador in Algeria. And then made Willem honorary CAD number 8, and donated 1,300 Euros to John Cameron-Webb for his Benevolent Fund.…
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.…
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