80 years ago, my great-grandmother Lily Ebert was in Auschwitz for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
Today, at 100, she celebrates with 38 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.
After a year of war and rising antisemitism, we hope and pray for a new year of peace.
Personal news:
I’m delighted to be taking up the position of Senior Advisor and Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative
@UniofOxford
Excited to work with
@RobertTrager
and his superb
@aigioxford
team at a pivotal time for AI.
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It was honour to spend last night with these
@AVFCOfficial
legends, the ‘82 European Cup winners. Wishing all Villans another magical night
#AVIFCB
Marking the 34th anniversary of German Unification, we celebrated the Day of Germany Unity at London’s Leake Street Arches.
Many thanks to our guest of honour
@NickTorfaen
and to North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister President
@HendrikWuest
for cohosting.
#BerlinWallLeakeStreet
Nach bereits 4⃣ sehr ereignisreichen Wochen in 🇩🇪, freue ich mich umso mehr auf die kommenden 4⃣ Jahre, in denen ich gemeinsam mit meinem Team in Berlin, Düsseldorf und München daran arbeiten werde, die Zusammenarbeit zwischen 🇩🇪 und dem 🇬🇧 noch weiter zu vertiefen🤝
#WiederinDE
We're marking the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with street art in London.
As well as a powerful new mural at the Embassy, we've commissioned the Abstract Mural Company to design this ground-breaking new artwork in Leake Street Arches!
#BerlinWallLeakeStreet
Register now for livestream access to the Athena Series: Women in Strategy Conference.
We have a renowned line-up of strategy and security experts from the
@RoyalNavy
, Whitehall, academia and industry, including our keynote speaker, Baroness
@GiselaStuart
.
Meet Alison Cathcart, one of our registrars at The Old Marylebone Town Hall. Hear all about her wonderful wedding stories 💗
Tomorrow we will be conducting 100 weddings in one day to celebrate 100 years of weddings at our venue 💒 💍
Follow us on Instagram tomorrow as we
My lovely mum passed away peacefully in Birmingham on the 20th September - exactly 43 years to the day since my dad died. The funeral will take place this Wednesday. She was a blessing to many and an inspiration to many more. Giving thanks to God for her and the joy she brought.
"We are all, at the end of each day, united by our love of Scotland. Because of its natural beauty, of course, but also because of its strength of character, based as it is on the extraordinary diversity of its peoples, whose range of ideas, skills, energy, passions, and
Here’s a sneak peek of work by
@terezabuskova
in our new exhibition Friends in Love and War – L’Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·es.
Join us for the launch on Tuesday 1 October, 5-8pm. Free entry, just drop in.
@macLyon
@fr_British
@BritishArts
Today we extended the hand of friendship to all of our namesakes across North America as we marked the inaugural
#InternationalDayOfBirmingham
.
But how did all this come about? Here's friend of the city,
@joelycett
, to explain it all!
At the start of a new year it’s very heartening to see
@BirmCons
riding high in the League Tables. In Music we’re up 5 places to 13th (out of 74); in Drama we’re 4th of 83.
Looking forward to meeting all our new
@MyBCU
students tomorrow!