On Saturday we participated in Bristol's Brilliant Archaeology, part of the nationwide Festival of Archaeology organised by the Council for British Archaeology. We sneaked a small pile of brochures on the exhibition stand of our friends at the Clifton Antiquarian Club and enjoyed a great turn out from local schools. Bristol’s contribution to the Festival of Archaeology this year was “Bristol’s Brilliant Archaeology”, a spectacular day of history and archaeology at Blaise Cast

Last week we attended a breakfast seminar on Brexit which presented a great opportunity to get some early insight from leading professionals on the impact of Brexit thus far. Most, probably all, those in the audience had interests in China. In a marvellous introduction from Xu Xin, Minister Councillor at the Economic & Commercial Counsellor’s Office at the Chinese Embassy in London, we were reassured that attitudes towards UK trade continues to be very positive and we remain