What happened at Last Orders?

[27 Jan 2012 | No Comment | ]

We are very lucky to have Mark Wilson as one of our taverners as he writes up brilliant blogs to remind everyone who was there what happened and to show those who were not able to make it what they missed.
Mark again has been a star and here is his blog for you to check out.
Also for those of you who loved Leemail (the service that lets you sign up to any website, subscribe to any newsletter and never worry about what may happen to your email) but missed the …

Last Orders at The Bar – The details

[25 Jan 2012 | No Comment | ]

A message from Matt Bagwell 
“On the eve of the Last Orders at the Bar Fantastic Tavern event, I wanted to whet your appetite for the evening ahead and ensure that come rain or shine (mostly rain I suspect), you brave the weather, make the trip and are with us by 7pm at Ravensbourne.
I have worked with Ravensbourne, their students and incubating companies, Greenwich Council and their start up businesses and The Future Laboratories to make sure we have plenty of thoughts on 2012 trends to hear about and assess. We …

The Fantastic Tavern – Last Orders at the Bar

[12 Jan 2012 | No Comment | ]

Here is an update from Matt for those of you who have signed up to the TFT on the 26th, and a reminder for those of you who have not signed up yet….
“Some three years or so ago, I started the Fantastic Tavern. It was to be a meeting of people who cared about ‘digital’ – as it was then – gathering in a pub and having a conversation. Over the months, we have run 28 events and the community has grown to over 1000 Taverners.
We have explored so much …

The Fantastic Tavern (ROI of Social) is this Thursday

[10 Oct 2011 | No Comment | ]

With just a few days to go, things are taking great shape for our evening together on Thursday 13th October at 6:30. Once again, we will be hosted by The Brickhouse at 152c Brick Lane, E1 6RU. The food is good, the beer and wine will be flowing and they always go their upmost to make our evening great fun, and it is open until 2am….
If you haven’t booked a place, please email michelle.flynn@emc.com quickly – you don’t want to miss out.  If you are one of the 180+ people who have …

Eulogy to 9/11

[9 Sep 2011 | No Comment | ]

Ten years ago on September the 11th I was bound to Nice on a flight to see my family. My partner had returned empty-handed from the Bally concession – apparently the Internet was down in the terminal and they couldn’t sell anything. Strangely, all the televisions were off too. Sat in a bar, I received the first text. “Small plane hit Twin Towers.”
By the time we had walked to the departure gate, I’d received a second text.
We decided to fly. Many didn’t. I later found out the airport shut …