A real privilege and pleasure to accompany my good friend, the exceptionally experienced (and effortlessly engaging) Professor Dapo Akande, 🇬🇧 candidate for the ICJ, to High Level Week at the UN 🇺🇳 in NYC 🍎 🇺🇸. Definitely one of the better gigs in my 36 year long career...

33 years ago this month, I arrived as a young third secretary at @UKUN_NewYork It’s great to be back, even for only a week 🇬🇧🇺🇳

Back (briefly) in Geneva to run the half-marathon tomorrow, but I didn’t want to miss the magical fields of wild narcissi high above Montreux: stunning ❤️🤍🇨🇭

Those were the days… 🇪🇸🇬🇧 Looking very slick @markgooding

Returning to the site of a former posting can be a curious experience, with mixed emotions, but it was certainly a pleasure to revisit Madrid, catch up with old friends, visit old haunts and see the considerable changes wrought in this beautiful city since we left in 2019 ❤️💛

Honoured to be named one of the inaugural British Swiss Legends by the @TheBSCC🇨🇭🇬🇧 last night at a glittering ceremony at the @doldergrand in Zurich. Here with my very own Spanish Swiss legend… In Geneva, we worked so closely with🇨🇭to support multilateralism & the rule of law

Alma Mater Great to be back at @magdalenoxford for a Gaudy dinner: old friends and timeless beauty

Great to return, after far too long, to beautiful Tallinn to share insights into multilateral negotiating with our friends and allies in the Nordic Baltic 8 🇩🇰 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇮🇸 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇬🇧 Shared insights, shared learning, shared commitments, makes us stronger together

London…

I joined the @FCDOGovUK 35 years ago today. What an extraordinary journey it’s been with postings to @UKUN_NewYork @EU_Commission @EUCouncil @ukinspain @UKMissionGeneva - so proud to serve 🇬🇧 and to try to make the world a safer, greener, freer place