Every June, on Midsummer’s Day, 2 Sheriffs of London are elected by Liverymen at Guildhall, in a ceremony known as ‘Common Hall’. As Master I joined other Livery Masters, gowned and badged, for the procession into Guildhall. This year Robert Hughes-Penny…
A first for the Security Professionals! A team, consisting of the Master, IPM, Middle Warden and Past Master Russell Penny (and half way through Tel Folkman, Chair of the Services’ Committee), took part in the 4th annual Coopers’ Cask Race…
On Tuesday 17 June I was invited by The Architects’ Company to their annual Milo lecture at 8 Bishopsgate. 8 Bishopsgate was the winner of the Architects’ Company’s City Building of the Year Award in 2024 and was designed by Wilkinson…
The ‘Masters’ Weekend’ is held annually in early June and is an excellent opportunity for all Livery Masters and Consorts to join the Lord Mayor and 2 Sheriffs of London, and their Consorts, for a couple of days to get…
The Whittington Course 2025 took place on Friday, 9th May, continuing the tradition of providing students from Harris Garrard Academy with valuable insights into the City of London's financial and business landscape. Named after the legendary Lord Mayor who found…
On the evening of 18 April 2025, fifty Members of the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals (WCoSP) and their guests gathered at the iconic Tower of London to witness the ancient Ceremony of the Keys, an unbroken tradition dating back over…
"God, there are some nerds in this room." ––Dominic McClaran This dispatch reaches you one day after the 2025 Inter-Livery Quiz, known, henceforth, as the bloody Battle of Drapers' Hall. Late in the eve on February 19th, in the storied…
At the kind invitation of Alderman and Sheriff Gregory Jones and Sheriff David Chalk the 2025 Sheriffs’ Award Reception was held in the Judges’ Dining Room at the Old Bailey on Friday 21st February 2025. The reception is held both…
The Security Professionals became a Worshipful Company, and the 108th Livery Company of the City of London, on 19th February 2008. It then became a Royal Charter entity when HM The Queen granted its Royal Charter on 15th February 2010,…
On Tuesday 21st of March, the Company were treated to an incredible insight into the history and role of the College of Arms. Our guide was the Somerset Herald Mark Scott MA (Oxford). In the Earl Marshal Court room, Mark…