From the Hand & Shears to the Royal Hospital Chelsea – How a Chance Meeting in a Pub Changed Everything
“All of the following incidents are true. I accept full responsibility for my actions.” Before I get into this, I should probably give you a little context. Those of you who know me well will know that long before...
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The Simple Things
What did you do in lockdown? I wish I had a pound for every time someone asked me “how have you been affected by COVID-19” or even “have you been affected by COVID-19?” I am not an avid news...
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Apprenticeships offer amazing opportunities, just ask Nathan Lee
National Apprenticeship Week 2020 – Nathan Lee Today sees the start of National Apprenticeship Week and there are almost 400 events celebrating apprenticeships around England. These include: open days, award presentations and engagements with schools and colleges. I started...
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Social Mobility, Digital Inclusion – linked and vitally important
Social Mobility has featured very highly for many years in the pro-bono work I am involved with through my Livery Company – the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists’ (WCIT). I have had the privilege of meeting people who have...
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The Princess, the Countess and the Court Liveryman
October 10 was a very special day for me. I became a Court Liveryman in the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists – WCIT. I feel very privileged to have been given the responsibility that goes with this, especially as...
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Camp Cando 2018
Camp Cando 2018 New kids, new leadership, same values, same fantastic outcomes and an important lesson in culture and transformation from an unexpected place Last week I did my, now annual, pilgrimage to the woods in Kent to help...
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Astro sponsors Worshipful Company of Information Technologists’ (WCIT) Lyke Wake Walk Team 2018
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Astro sponsors Worshipful Company of Information Technologists’ (WCIT) Lyke Wake Walk Team 2018 On Saturday 30 June 2018 a team of Information Technologists set out to complete the Lyke Wake Walk within a 24...
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Under Attack – The day cybercriminals launched an attack on me
I think I am generally aware of the potential of a cyber-attack at all times. I also believe I know what to do in the event of an attack. However, the moment I realised I was under attack I...
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Lightning – can we really protect against it?
Many of us in the British Isles witnessed a spectacular display of lightning during what meteorologists referred to as the mother of all storms. Headlines reporting up 20,000 lightning strikes with some areas experiencing a month’s rainfall in one...
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The Explosion, the Mentor and the Apprentice
This week is National Apprenticeship Week and as I am so passionate about apprenticeships I thought it might be a good time to share my story. I was an only child being raised by my mother who had to...
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