Tag: Club News

DSCL elects new Chair

At the Diplomatic Spouse Club of London AGM Monica Pavese of the Latvian Embassy (pictured left) was elected the new Chair. Joining Monica on the…

Veteran editor on reporting conflicts

Predicting unfolding conflicts is getting harder, the defence and diplomatic editor of The Independent told a DPAAL meeting hosted by the Embassy of Portugal. “We…

Envoys and MPs toast foreign students

London Education And Research Network (LEARN) members and their international students were invited to Parliament to celebrate International Students Day with Paul Blomfield MP, Chair…

DPAAL celebrates Victory Day

DPAAL and the London Press Club joined the Press Counsellor Nadeem Qadir at Kipling’s curry house in December for Bangladesh’s Victory Day celebrations. Photo: London…

The ‘other half’ of diplomacy

Agnes Fenyvesy talks to Elizabeth Stewart about the hidden side of diplomatic life and what inspired her to set up a new association for diplomatic…

Mapping the Media

Esther Corral Cortez tells Elizabeth Stewart about a diplomatic network that’s a lifeline to press officers trying to navigate the ever-changing media world “As a…

Spouse Club visits Parliament

DSCL members enjoyed a tour of the Houses of Parliament, where they learned the fascinating history of the ‘Mother of all Parliaments’.  

Female envoys chip at glass ceiling

Male ambassadors outnumber female heads of mission six to one in London, a statistic that sparked a lively debate at a recent meeting co-hosted by…

EU benefits UK science diplomacy

The science community in the UK “values greatly” Britain’s membership of the EU, Lord Selbourne, the Chair of the Lords Science and Technology told a…