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Tonight's the night

As Rod Stewart sang, admittedly about a subject that is not quite suitable for a family website. All is ready or well in hand for the ball tonight. I had my speech written and rehearsed in midweek. Yesterday on the way home on the bus, I ripped it up and started again. The original was toe-curlingly schmaltzy. That’s the last time I let Mr Leffe help me with a speech. I’ve gone back to first principles now: Stand up, speak up, shut up, sit down. There are times when a long speech is called for, but this isn’t one of them. I try to remind myself that I’ve never set off for an event thinking “great, the Mayor is going to make a speech – I can’t wait”. I doubt anyone else has, either. read more

Archive - Saturday, 10 February 2007