To the Palace Theatre to see the matinee showing of west end musical Spamalot where Sanjeev Bhaskar is playing King Arthur. It was quite hilarious, very much a laugh a minute. I went along with one of my Information Arbitrage chums and a few of his friends and we all had dinner together at a local Indonesian restaurant.

To Hummus Bros in Holborn for a London Geek Dinner organised in association with Open Finance Coffee Club and The Thalesians. The special guest speaker was James Gardener (blog), Head of Innovation and Research at Lloyds TSB. He had some interesting things to say about big companies loosing the source code to their core systems and the rise of PayPal as well as his pet Innovation Market project at Lloyds TSB. I understand he will be publishing a book soon.

To Stock Brook Country Club in Billericay for a breakfast presentation by Stephen Blackman, the Senior Economic Advisor at the Royal Bank of Scotland on the state of the economy. I have been following the economic situation very closely recently, and so perhaps there was very little new information that could have been transmitted in the short period of time available. But Stephen gave a good overview of the situation in an entertaining style.

To Lambeth Palace (last mentioned 10 April 2008) for the third module of the Faith in Leadership course (last mentioned 21 August 2008). Special guest speakers included Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand, Samuel Klein, Director of the Co-existence Trust, pioneer of faith based provision in communities Harmander Singh, Track II diplomat Peter Everington, and leading PR specialist Ben Rich. There was also a presentation by young people from Yewlands School who were the focus of the second module of the course which I was unfortunately unable to attend. The day was rounded off with a formal meal attended by a range of leaders from interested backgrounds and professions. It was a great rounding off of the course but I am sure that the program will live on. It provided the participants with a wide ranging toolbox to help them take their lives forward and was an excellent opportunity for them to make new and exciting contacts.