General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

I once got invited to one of those posh charity events.

A work colleague was a friend of the organiser, and she needed a plus one to take along.

It was held at Sledmere House: then the home of Baron Sykes. (His ancestor is the Sykes of the infamous Sykes-Picot agreement)

I cannot recall the beneficiary, but it would have been health related.

Lots of good wine and good nosh flowed, and then we settled down to the business of the evening. A distinguished artist, whose name I no longer recall had gifted a whole portfolio of his paintings. These were duly auctioned, and raised more than £5 Million in just a matter of minutes.

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Conversely, as I have previously posted on a different thread. I personally know the chair of one of our national charities, and also of his criminal past.


I guess, as in so many walks of life, there are good and there are bad...