Watch his video, here! The Rt. Hon. Lord Taylor of Warwick brief personal history review compilation. Includes speaking appearances as a featured guest and host on prime television networks and news broadcasts. When the Queen appointed him as a Lord he became the only Black Baron in the world in 1996… amongst Dukes, Duchesses, Earls, Viscounts, Bishops and Law Lords. …
When the Queen appointed him as a Lord in 1996, John Taylor became the only Black Baron in the world… amongst Dukes, Duchesses, Earls, Viscounts, Bishops and Law Lords. He was one of the youngest members to ever sit in the House of Lords, and also became the first black Conservative Lord since the 14th Century, when Parliament began. Lord Taylor again made history with his real-life romance between two people and two nations. It is the true story of the first American in 110 years to marry a serving Baron of Britain’s House of Lords….
Church of England Article By Lord Taylor of Warwick “There’s nowt so strange as folk.” Those words were the first I ever heard spoken on television. They were uttered in a world weary Lancashire accent by Albert Tatlock, a character in a new drama series, called Coronation Street. It was on ITV, one of only three channels on an old black …
Church of England Article By Lord Taylor of Warwick Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Diego Maradona. What do these people have in common? They are all examples of rich, famous personalities whose careers were ruined by drugs. In more recent times, Pete Doherty and Amy Winehouse are often in the media for alleged association with illegal drugs. Hendrix and …
Church of England Article By Lord Taylor of Warwick It was Benjamin Franklin who said, “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest“. A teacher at my Birmingham grammar school helped me see that a university education might, in the long term, be better for me than playing soccer for Aston Villa. I am not sure Villa would have gained much …
Church of England Article By Lord Taylor of Warwick It was Samuel Taylor Coleridge – sadly no relation – who said: “In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly” So much of the political rhetoric concerning asylum and immigration has historically been motivated by fear: fear of the foreigner, fear of those who look or sound different. But …
In June last year, I was privileged to be invited as a guest speaker at the Israeli embassy in London. I spoke about the special role that Israel has in the world, a true democracy in the Middle East. My wife, Lady Taylor, and I have had the pleasure of meeting the brilliant Mr. Mark Regev, the Israeli ambassador to …
Church of England Article By Lord Taylor of Warwick It’s all change at the top. After 10 years of Tony Blair, Britain has a new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. After 12 years of Jacques Chirac, France voted in a new president, Nicolas Sarkozy. At the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon of South Korea has taken over from Kofi Annan as secretary-general. …
Church of England Article By Lord Taylor of Warwick Recently I appeared on BBC television, to talk about the banking crisis. Before this year, some of us may have been forgiven for thinking ‘the crunch’ was a type of chocolate bar. Now we are sadly all too familiar with the phrase ‘credit crunch‘. Wall Street and the City of London were …
Church of England Article By Lord Taylor of Warwick Every day there seems to be a new story about a youngster stabbed to death with a knife. The Government is talking tough in trying to combat the problem. But it only seems to see inner-city youngsters as the problem and thinks it can make things better by preaching at them. …