The Mistletoe Ball

On Friday night I was at the Dorchester for the second time in a week, this time for the Mistletoe Ball. The event was in aid of Cancer Research, and is run by a dedicated committee whose aim was to make £100,000 (of which the auction raised £37,500) for the charity, and this year they succeeded. I drew the raffle which was for a Mini Cooper, generously donated by a member of the committee, and the winning ticket belonged to the founder of the charity- one of those coincidences you couldn't write in a book. It was clear that everyone in the room was delighted that she won the car. Alison told me yesterday that Chris Beetles and I have passed the two million pounds mark raised for charities this year, and we still have another three auctions in the diary before Christmas.