30 October 2008
Good morning everyone; thank you Barry.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe for agreeing to step in as interim chair of English Heritage in such sad circumstances. Lord Sandy Bruce-Lockhart was a very committed servant of our cultural heritage and, in my experience, a fellow believer in the power of culture to change lives. It’s a great loss to not have Sandy’s guiding hand helping to steer a course for heritage.