JM Finn had the unique opportunity to sponsor a talk from Michael Portillo, hosted by Tennants, the UK’s largest privately owned auctioneers, in their beautiful Garden Rooms in Leyburn, North Yorkshire.
Michael Portillo has spent 2022 filming great railway journeys for BBC2, for the fourteenth year in a row, covering five continents. He has a Friday evening culture show on Times Radio, and will be remembered for the sixteen years during which he occupied the sofa on BBC1’s satirical late night look at politics, “This Week”. Before beginning his broadcasting career, he had been a Member of Parliament for most of the period between 1984 and 2005, serving as a junior minister under Margaret Thatcher, and in the cabinet for five years in John Major’s government.
Andrew Aitken, Head of our Leeds office, commented:
“We were really excited to be given the chance to sponsor this event. It was a lovely opportunity for our local clients to hear more about Michael Portillo’s esteemed and varied career and particularly special to be able to meet him during our reception after the talk. He was incredibly engaging!”
