Mary Reid

So this is how Kingston Council's Chief Executive Bruce McDonald spends his lunch hour.....

If you had wandered into the Guildhall today you might have caught him, and several other Council officers, joining in Cultural Dress Day.

It was terrific fun, and we were entertained by an African drum group who got us all dancing.

This is one of the many events in Black History Month, which in Kingston we interpret broadly as a celebration of cultural diversity.

At the end of the event Deputy Mayor Sheila Griffin and I had the unenviable chore of choosing the best-dressed man, whilst the Chief Executive conspired with John Azah, from Kingston Racial Equality Council, to pick the best-dressed woman.

But the female winner, Prabha Shetty, got to pose with us.

Whilst John (centre) inspects the male winner...