I was considering the following plan.
Part 1 - 12 noon to 2pm - lunch, interviews, chat, beer...
Part 2 - 2pm to 6pm - formal session (journalists excluded?)
There may be a part 3, but recall that The Royal Oak will close at 6pm.
Gordo
Gordon's plan seems fine to me. Jimbo can turn up whenever he's ready. And i dunno, I was just throwing open the question of whether we wanted a journalist there - no objections so far, so i suppose it's ok..
Cormac
If we have two parts as above, then Jimbo and the Journo can do the interview either in the first part (in the meeting room) or the second part (downstairs in the pub).
Part 1 is informal - lunch, beer, chat.
Part 2 is formal business. Anybody can join in. The business of the meeting is to set up the Charity.
Part 3 - Suggest we go to "The George". This is an historic pub, frequented by Shakespeare and Dickens! Or maybe the Pommelers Rest, near Tower Bridge, which is 100% non-smoking.
"...London's only surviving galleried coaching inn."