Friday night. Normally I would be at home, but on this particular Friday I had been invited to a charity dinner (a first time for me) as a guest of PWC.
The dinner was held at the House of Commons in aid of The Children's Trust. Before dinner, a tour of the buildings. We had an excellent guide - who managed to be informative and amusing, but not frivolous. The buildings and the history are quite incredible, really. A couple of things that struck me immediately were (i) how small the Commons' chamber is and (ii) how close the Commons' and Lords' chambers are to each other.
Nominally, we were all guests on the night of Sir Paul Beresford. He gave a witty introduction, and Suzanne Dando was the headline speaker, with a short speech also from someone who had been helped by the charity. Put together with a very acceptable 3-course meal, it was pretty good fun in fact, in fantastic surroundings. The event was concluded with - of course - a charity auction. I managed not to buy anything, but helped some of the furious bidding along.
A few of the people in the room looked a little familiar - as if I should know them. But I suspect they were, in fact, people that just looked a little familiar. However, right at the end of the dinner I discovered by accident that the person sitting next to me had, in fact, read maths at St. John's College - that's a considerable coincidence although admittedly being on a table of actuaries did narrow down the odds somewhat !
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