“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.”
Words from “The Fallen” by Laurence Binyon, read out by Reverend Jennifer Petersen at the Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Cenotaph on Tuesday.

This year’s ANZAC Day marked the 102^nd anniversary of the first major military action fought by New Zealand and Australian forces during the First World War. This important day remembers not only those who died at Gallipoli, but all who have served their country in times of war. Here in London, ANZAC Day is commemorated with a dawn ceremony at the New Zealand war memorial, attended by thousands, and a wreath laying ceremony at the Cenotaph followed by a service at Westminster Abbey.

Like most children, Kat Smith dreamed up many different paths her life and career might take her, including becoming a photographer, a Nancy Drew style spy and a vet (although this last dream was quickly put to rest when her dad pointed out “but you cry when cats are hurt”). Never in her most outrageous daydreams could she have predicted the course her career would take; from community psychologist, to travel agent, hair salon owner, author and ‘Queen Bitch of Everything.’

After studying psychology and zoology at Massey University, Kat spent 7 years working with a community organisation supporting people with schizophrenia. A ‘normal day at the office’ could range from helping someone out with their weekly grocery shop, to bailing someone out of jail after they’d smashed a shop window believing the mannequins were out to get them. On one occasion, even serving a trespass notice to a convicted murderer, and then being told-off by his mum!

‘Mum, I want to be a YouTuber when I grow up’, are the last words Anne Timpany would want to hear from one of her three young sons. Instead she would love to hear them say that they wanted to be plumbers or have another trade skill which would give them ‘a real, honest, traditional job’.

Not surprising, as Anne and her husband Raff are the directors of On Tap Plumbers which in just over seven years has evolved from being a small family run firm catering to the domestic market into a commercial installer with more than 25 plumbers operating in central London.