Month: April 2007

‘Any Questions?’ comes to Leyton!!!!

O-Regen Chief Exec Julian Martin and I with Leyton AQ Panel

I am really, really chuffed that BBC Radio 4’s ‘Any Questions?‘ programme was broadcast live from Leyton ward on Friday night.

Regular visitors to this site will recall that back in January, I invited Jonathan Dimbleby, and the Any Questions team, to broadcast the show from the gorgeous Score Building in my ward, as part of my continuing bid for Leyton’s world domination!!! 🙂

Political legend Tony Benn (pictured above far right); the Daily Mail’s chief sketch writer Quentin Letts (pictured partially behind Liz Forgan, second from left); English Heritage’s Liz Forgan (Front, second from left); and philosopher Professor A.C Grayling (pictured behind me, to the right) joined the programme’s Chair Jonathan Dimbleby (pictured behind me to the left) for a really cracking show.

Thanks so much to Julian Martin (pictured far left), Chief Executive of O-Regen, which manages the Score Building, and his team, for all their help and support in putting the event together. Continue reading “‘Any Questions?’ comes to Leyton!!!!”

Celebrating International Women’s Month

GLA Member Jennette Arnold, Cllrs and Elders celebrate international women's month

After a particularly challenging and draining day on Tuesday, my mood and spirit soon went back to normal when I arrived at the William Morris Community Centre in Walthamstow, to take part in the Waltham Forest African Caribbean Elders Group’s beautiful International Women’s Month celebration.

I joined Waltham Forest’s Greater London Assembly Member Jennette Arnold (pictured seated, front row left), Councillors Milton Martin (pictured above, back row, centre), Elizabeth Davies (pictured above, back row, second from right, in blue) and Afzal Akram (standing back row, far left), for an uplifting evening of food, song, poetry and raw positivity Continue reading “Celebrating International Women’s Month”