Saturday Auction

Mary and I went to dinner at St John's College, Cambridge on Saturday evening, where I conducted the auction on behalf of the Cambridge Folk Museum and Addenbrooke's Hospital. I doubt if there is a more beautiful dining hall at any college, but I doubt if there's a worse venue for conducting an auction; five long tables stretching down the length of the room as far as the eye could see, with the person sitting at the far end probably 60 yards away. Thanks to a warm and generous crowd we managed to raise £30,500 for these two worthwhile causes.