{"id":90468,"date":"2026-03-01T08:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=90468"},"modified":"2026-03-01T08:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:28:11","slug":"thank-you-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/03\/01\/thank-you-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I want to say thank you to all who came to yesterday's event in Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>There were 180 people present. It was a capacity crowd.<\/p>\n<p>As far as I can tell, from what many people said, it was a really good session. Across the whole team, we heard only one slight complaint, which was that I was not always technical enough. For a large crowd, not all of whom are experts, that was a decision, not a mistake. So, I am relieved. I can show confidence. It is bult in a solid foundation of worry.<\/p>\n<p>My thanks then to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clive Parry, who was brilliant.<\/li>\n<li>To John Christensen, for joining me for the last session and for supplying support, as ever.<\/li>\n<li>To my son, James, whose idea this was and who did a lot of work to make it happen.<\/li>\n<li>To Tom, for videoing and also worrying about all the details, as I can rely on.<\/li>\n<li>To Ed 'Murphy' (for the day: you had to be there to understand the joke), who joined in for the day, and offered his calm help.<\/li>\n<li>To Jacqueline, who is the bedrock of what I do, and whose enthusiasm and active support for my work are more important than most people realise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And then my thanks to all who asked questions and the many more who wanted to when we ran out of time.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks as well to those who bought the merchandise. We sold out of everything we took. We could have sold a lot more mugs. Maybe we should sell them online.<\/p>\n<p>Will we do more? Not today. I am feeling physically tired. The adrenaline ran well into the night. I stood, talked, thought, and performed, having to think with a lot of care about the exact next word for six hours, and it's been a while since I have done that for so long. But I enjoyed it. This week, we will look at potentially doing this again. Leeds is the most likely next venue.<\/p>\n<p>So, thank you, all.<\/p>\n<p>And this was the team, after the event:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-90471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6060-550x733.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6060-550x733.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6060-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6060-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6060-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6060-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6060-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_6060-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tom, James, me, Jacqueline and Ed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to say thank you to all who came to yesterday&#8217;s event in Cambridge. There were 180 people present. 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