“It’s feels like Caribbean weather out there,” says Guy Hewitt, the High Commissioner…
Barbados
Author: Embassy Network
Argentina
As Argentina celebrates its bicentennial year, there has never been a better time to be…
Hung parliament means soft Brexit, say envoys
Having accurately predicted a bad election night for the Conservatives, London’s diplomats…
Convention to curb illicit antiquities trade
Heads of mission joined Cyprus High Commissioner Euripides Evriviades at a meeting in Parliament to hear about the Nicosia Convention on Offences relating to Cultural…
Media and inter-faith dialogue
The Embassy of Albania held a panel discussion with Albanian academic Dr Gëzim Alpion and Mr Aaqil Ahmed (right), former head of ethics and religion…
God of small things
Heads of Mission joined Bolivian Ambassador Mr Roberto Calzadilla to celebrate Alasitas, Bolivia’s festival of miniatures, at the Lord Mayor of Westminster’s reception rooms. The…
Downton Diplomacy
Diplomatic spouses toured Highclere, the stately home of the Earl Carnarvon and the setting for the TV drama Downton Abbey. Lady Carnarvon (the real Lady…
Europe wins Dunking Diplomats
The inaugural Dunking Diplomats charity basketball tournament was a slam-dunk, bringing 50 diplomats and their families from a dozen nations together and raising £10,000 for…
Identity politics makes flag waving popular again
Flags have always been important in diplomacy but in the era of identity politics, flag waving is fashionable again, journalist and author, Tim Marshall told…
Analysing the British election
Members of the Diplomatic Press Attaché Association of London gathered at the Embassy of Serbia to hear the insights of New York Times London Bureau…