I went to Toulon via Marseilles on Sunday. In Toulon the weather was so agreeable we were able to sit by the marina and eat out till past 10pm then we stepped inside to sup the odd glass of Armagnac..... On Monday we took some stills and video of the Rugby Club Toulon and the city itself and then waited for the maestro to appear. His agent back in England kept us up to speed as to his training regime and as ever he was late as he wanted to do just a little more. We did about 15...

I was an invited guest last night to the unveiling of a new commission by Antony Williams of Margaret Beckett MP, the first Labour woman MP to hold one of the three premier offices of state (Foreign Office). The event was held in the Attlee Suite by the Works of Art Committee of which I was a member and deputy chairman for 8 years so this was a commission under the old watch! Catch it at www.parliament.uk/art

Finally, I managed to see The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep. It was an excellent film with a number of outstanding performances but like many others I was saddened at the way she was portrayed.....notwithstanding that she was one of the reasons I entered politics. 

"This is to Certify that Mr Derek Wyatt a Freeman of The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists was admitted and Invested with the Livery this eighteenth day of January, two thousand and twelve" And so it came to pass......

Denis Campbell, The Guardian's Health Correspondent, visited Trinity yesterday and met our senior staff.