OS Record 2022

OS R E C O R D 2022

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Annual Record Contents

Editors: Anne Macfarlane and John Harden

Photographs: Josie Sturges-Mills, Sarah Tobin, Rob Gosling (a 01), Will Eaton (d 14), Fiona James, Anne Macfarlane, John Harden and others

Message from the President

I was surprised and delighted when Andrew Wingfield Digby invited me to take over as OSS President this Autumn Sherborne has always been close to my heart since the first day my Father, David Carey (b 35) dropped me off at School and spotted Abe Gourlay (staff 29-71) walking through the Courts. “Morning Mr Gourlay!” he said, as we passed him. Mr Gourlay hadn’t taught my Father for over 30 years, so it took him a few paces to recall his name “Morning Carey!” came the reply from behind I instantly felt at home Having slept in Careys dorm at Abbey House, competed on Careys playing fields, walked in my Father ’ s and Grandfather ’ s footsteps and enjoyed all that Sherborne has to offer, I hoped I’d be able to pass on the privilege of the rich and rounded education to my own sons.

Reconnecting with the School as a parent has enabled me to relive the thrill of rugby on The Upper, the excellent music performances in the beautiful Chapel and Abbey, to marvel at the ingenuity of School and House plays and trot around the familiar streets seeing boys and staff I know. Now as OSS President I have already enjoyed the raucous OSS Media Lunch at the Groucho Club, at which I had the great pleasure of meeting Old Shirburnians from film, journalism, advertising, acting, in their 20s to their 80s, and the easy friendships arising from the OS association is a wonderful bond. I am so looking forward to seeing many OS at the annual cricket match and lunch next May and to visiting the Channel Islands next Summer, origin of my branch of the Guernsey Careys, to help spread the word. Vivat!

JEFFREY CAREY (b 71)

From the Headmaster

The past year witnessed many successes and not a few challenges as the world endured the combined effects of pandemic, war and widespread political and economic turmoil. As if these were not enough, we also bore the sadness that came with the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her influence upon this country and upon the world was both inestimable and wholly positive. She was for countless millions a figure of unity in a discordant world, an example of dedicated and selfless service who stood in stark contrast to the tawdry and superficial individualism that characterises so much of our social media obsessed age. For most of us, she was a fixed point of certainty and stability throughout our lives and only the oldest of Old Shirburnians will be able to recall a time before she ascended the throne. She will be greatly missed but never forgotten.

The passing of the second Elizabethan age prompted a good deal of sorrowful reflection But as we gathered in the Courts on Saturday 10 September to mark the formal accession of our new King, we also had reason for optimism For whilst we have all had much to contend with in recent times, the strength of our great School and the resilience of our community has been clearly manifest Nowhere was this more in evidence than in our boys’ continued academic success. In the first undisrupted public examinations since 2019, they achieved quite exceptional results, including 30% of A level grades at A* and 63% at A* and A Two-thirds of the cohort secured places at Russell Group universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Imperial, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Bath and Bristol to study courses ranging from Veterinary Science, Medicine and Mathematics to English, History and Theology Meanwhile, our GCSE candidates also did extremely well, not least Bertie Tillyard (now L6m) who was only one of around a dozen candidates (from a total of over 600,000) to secure straight 9s in his twelve GCSEs.

There were many other achievements besides In a year when the 1st XV again reached the semi-final of the National Schools Cup, more than twenty boys gained representative honours playing for Bath, Harlequins and London Irish Arthur Green (g) and Will Parry (b) secured professional contracts, with Arthur also playing for England in the Under-18s Six Nations tournament There were further successes in cricket, hockey, football, cross country and myriad other sports The CCF, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and Ten Tors proved immensely

popular, not least with the many pupils from Sherborne Girls who now train and compete alongside our boys (including in a joint team that earned an impressive third place in this year ’ s Royal Marines Pringle Trophy competition) Our current Head of School, Will Waters (U6b), was also appointed a First Sea Lord’s cadet, the first Shirburnian to achieve this rare and coveted appointment

Freed from the shackles of pandemic restrictions, our boys’ creativity was once more in full flow The joint production of Grease with Sherborne Girls was an unqualified triumph and the resumption of whole School Abbey Services, weekly Friday lunchtime concerts, regular organ recitals and concerts by our many larger ensembles was a further sign of a return to joyful normality. And, as if to demonstrate the sheer breadth of the boys’ endeavours, Mack Rutherford (now U6b) claimed the Guinness World Records for both the youngest person to fly solo around the world and the youngest to do so in a microlight aircraft following a 30,000-mile, five-month odyssey around the globe. Absolutely marvellous

Whilst Mack was away on his travels, much was done to upgrade important areas of our estate The dining hall and Harper House were completely refurbished along with the first phase of our Sports Hall redevelopment We are now looking forward to next summer when the project will finally be completed, giving us a top-class facility that few other schools can rival Many people have been responsible for getting us to this stage, but I would like to pay particular tribute to Adrian Ballard, well known to many

OS as Head of the Sherborne School Foundation Among the many projects for which Adrian has raised funds in his 25-year Sherborne career are the Music School and the Sports Centre.

As he moves on to fresh professional pastures, he will be greatly missed but leaves behind an enduring legacy in the form of the bursaries, bricks and mortar which he has helped make possible

Coincident with the dawning of the new Carolean age, we have developed our next five-year Development Plan which seeks to combine the best of Sherborne’s past with a bold vision for our future Whilst preparing boys for the demands of a complex, dynamic and technology-driven world, we will continue to emphasise the importance of sound values and concern for others. Whether it be through collections for the Sherborne Food Bank or support for those displaced by the war in Ukraine, our boys already show great empathy for others less fortunate Over the coming years we will find additional ways of encouraging them to be responsible and considerate global citizens concerned to do what they can for the future of our planet and its inhabitants For it is in this way that they will take into the world the virtues that are the true heart and soul of Sherborne

Finally, my heartfelt thanks go to all those Old Shirburnians who have lent us their support and encouragement over the past year From your loyalty we derive great strength Thank you

Vivat Shirburnia!

DR DOminiC LuCkEtt Headmaster and Chief Executive

is it me or have we gone back in time? the news certainly has a familiar ring to it; inflation has reared its ugly head, strikes are on the increase, interest rates are on the rise and heating bills have gone through the roof, and of course, Covid is the new flu. Are these irritants that we have all seen before? Or do they spell disaster? i believe them to be the former and we should take our lead from the School and the articles within this publication highlighting what it is to be a Shirburnian and how that positivity once again equips us to face any challenges ahead

The OS office is thriving under John Harden’s leadership, with ever increasing numbers of events and a can-do attitude for any OS with an idea for a celebratory event It’s as simple as contacting John or Anne with your thoughts and the well-oiled machinery kicks in and makes that idea a reality I urge you to try it

The School itself is of course the backbone of the OSS and we thank the Headmaster and his team for their continued support and shared enthusiasm for all things Sherborne Vivat

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SECREtARY’S LEttER

Whilst we enjoyed a full programme of external events throughout the autumn of 2021 and the spring of 2022, we were missing the magic spark of being able to welcome OS and their guests back to Sherborne itself. It was therefore a truly special occasion when OS weekend arrived in May Friday night saw the occasion of the twice -postponed Westcott Centenary Dinner. Apart from obviously being very patient OS, Old Westcottians really know how to party Many were able to double -up and join us for OS day on the Saturday. The weather smiled on us and how wonderful it was to be celebrating with some 250 guests in the glorious setting of The Upper in its full summer glory.

It looked at that time as though we were set fair for a full programme of post-pandemic fun for the remainder of the year However, life is never that simple and a series of train strikes played havoc with our programme of London events in the autumn with postponements having to be called on several eagerly awaited celebrations You can see the enjoyment that was derived when we managed to dodge around the rail chaos from the events feature and photographs on pages 23 of this Record

It was a particular pleasure to conclude our 2022 programme with two of my favourite events namely the FOSS Lunch, where we welcomed 80 past parents back to Sherborne and the OSS and FOSS Carol Service where we packed out St Olave’s Church, Hart Street in the City of London I hope that these two events illustrate how the OSS embraces the entire Sherborne family of OS, Honorary OS and parents, both past and current

At the time of writing this letter, our offices in Abbots Acre are a quieter place Two key members of the OSS and Foundation have left us Claire Giovannini, who retired in November after five years with us split her time between the OSS and the Sherborne Foundation If I had to write a description of the perfect database administrator, Claire would tick every single box - calm, efficient, 100% reliable and above all an absolute pleasure to work with We are missing her already and wish her a very happy retirement

Many OS will already be aware that Sherborne’s Head of Foundation, Adrian Ballard, left during the Michaelmas Term to become Director of the Tonbridgian Society Adrian’s fundraising success in his 24 years at Sherborne is visible here for all to see, the Hughie Holmes Hockey, the Music School, the new Sports Centre and a host of other projects including a bursary programme Perhaps less well-known was Adrian’s value to the OSS A tireless worker, he would always be on hand for our daily early morning catch-up, where his encyclopedic knowledge of the

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Sherborne constituency helped us no end with our careers mentoring and events programmes. He would invariably be on hand to take visitors around the School if no one from the OSS was available He helped in so many ways and will be a very hard act to follow We wish him every success in his new position.

Each edition of the OS Record is tinged with sadness I look down the list of those who have died during the past year and see the names of so many OS whose company we have so enjoyed. over many years. Amongst them is Robin Lalonde (g 52) who acted as a long-standing Chairman of the Q Committee and was responsible for the continuing success of both the Sherborne and London Q events How appropriate that we were able to honour Robin with a moving memorial service in the School Chapel.

Our online platform, Sherborne Connect, celebrated its fifth birthday in December 2022 We now have a membership of nearly 4,000, a figure which I notoriously underestimated at the time of our launch. Sherborne Connect has vastly improved the

service that the OS Office is able to provide for its members The Events Board allows OS and parents to see the OSS Calendar of Events well in advance and to plan accordingly whilst our regular news feed keeps you up to date with the day to day happenings of the Society and the School Nowhere has the enhancement of the quality of service been more noticeable than with the careers mentoring network where we are indebted to the numerous volunteers who have provided careers advice, work experience and jobs to so many young OS Whilst we have great fun mapping out and planning numerous events, none of them would take place without the wholehearted support of so many people Rebecca Fallon and her events team, the School caterers, the porterage operation all play a

huge part in ensuring that our events run smoothly Reception and Custos always ensure that our visitors are made welcome. John Atkins and all his team always have The Upper and Careys in immaculate condition for OS Day and Pilgrims fixtures Housemasters willingly throw open their doors to OS wishing to visit their old Houses. The Governors, the Headmaster and the Senior Leadership Team continue in their unswerving support The list is a long one Thank you all Any success that we may achieve is truly a whole team effort

On behalf of Anne and myself, may we wish everyone a very happy and prosperous 2023

JOhn hARDEn (g 70)

Just over one hundred years ago a certain JR miller published another of his wonderful volumes most helpfully entitled, Things that Endure Among those things which miller considered to endure the test of time were, Making a Living and Making a Life, The Duty of Being Always Strong, The Danger of Talking Too Much and, more controversially for some perhaps, The Folly of Drifting into Marriage.

To any person living through the political and societal trials and tribulations of the second half of 2022 there may well be the temptation to seek out things that endure, in the hope of finding some kind of security in the midst of a world which seems to be changing so rapidly that to some it is barely recognisable

And yet to those of all generations the task of seeking and finding those things that endure has surely never been more challenging I think it true to say that we live in a local and global context now in which many aspects of life, perhaps even those aspects once considered as sine qua non for decency and proper civilisation no longer pertain Among those might be variously considered the sanctity of life, a concern for the elderly, the proper place of money, a society which embraces difference and shuns discrimination, a sense of vocation to be found in practitioners in medicine, education and the law

Yes, I think it may be fairly asserted that in fact the experience of some living through these times, as perhaps in every age, is that there is nothing that stays the same, there is nothing which endures – for all in human life and experience is to be considered transitory, provisional and open to being discarded at will

There are those who find in this diagnosis of life in 2022 a temptation towards the melancholic and perhaps there is something to be said for such melancholia But for me, and perhaps for you, there is I think also something peculiarly liberating about such a diagnosis, something which pushes beyond the old certainties and verities to a new and exciting way of living This is a kind of liberation which allows for the possibility of the new to build upon and so enhance all that was good about the past, but which also allows that sometimes the ways and mores of the past are not best suited to the demands of the present time and may therefore with due care and consideration be disregarded And in that sense of liberation there is surely a deep measure and extravagant portion of joy to be found

As the Chaplain of our School I am of course privileged to see that extravagance of joy right across all those constituencies which comprise our community This past year I have seen it, as ever, among those new to the School in Third Form, among those who have made Sherborne their way of life and means of making a living, right through to those who from the other end of the spectrum made for such a joyful gathering at the 14th Old Shirburnian Quinquagesimal Reunion in September In each of these constituencies the best of yesterday is recognised and rightly celebrated, and the best of tomorrow is recognised and rightly lauded

The founder of the Christian Faith boldly stated that there are three things which endure the passing of the ages: faith, hope and love I like to think we still hold that to be a truism which JR Miller himself would gladly have affirmed

thE REV DR DAViD CAmPBELL Chaplain

As the campaign to raise money for the new Sherborne Sports Centre enters the home straight, former head of Foundation, Adrian Ballard, reflects on a momentous project.

W ith Phase One of the new Sherborne Sports Centre reaching completion in autumn 2022, it’s a good time to take stock of the astonishing fundraising effort that has supported the project so far Since launching in 2019 to celebrate the Sherborne Foundation’s 20th anniversary, the Sherborne 360 campaign has provided a focus for all the School’s fundraising activity When it comes to supporting the Sports Centre development, it’s enabled just short of £4 million to be raised – leaving the campaign about £300,000 shy of its target

As former Head of the Sherborne Foundation, Adrian Ballard, explains, “ one final push will help get the project over the line and support the second phase of the build Phase One involved construction of a new Sports Hall that’s about a third bigger than the old one This creates enough room for a full-size basketball court, seven-a-side indoor hockey, and full-length cricket nets But that’s only half of the story Phase Two of the project started in the summer of 2022, involving a refurbishment of the old Sports Hall, construction of two new squash courts, and new offices for the Sports staff To make sure this all comes to fruition, we need to secure the final sum of money that enables us to deliver the project in full ”

A final push

A variety of initiatives took place over the summer to edge towards the final total These included a sports challenge that involved each year group rowing, cycling and running 500km over a single day Their efforts were more than matched by the Headmaster, Dr Dominic Luckett, who rowed 360km on his indoor machine during the summer vacation

“Overall, these challenges raised about £150,000, including some brilliant fundraising activities by parents and OS,” says Adrian “This money was supplemented by an auction of the old teams Honours Boards from the Upper Pavilion, which raised £35,000 ” The recent Sports Dinner was first postponed by the train strike and then impacted by more important issues and therefore the live auction items were auctioned online alongside a prize draw which it is hoped will raise another £40,000

“One of the items up for grabs at the initially postponed dinner was VIP tickets for Coldplay’s concert in London,” says Adrian “These had to be offered before the rescheduled dinner and went for £10,000 Generous donations like this make all the difference in the quest for our target ” Coldplay kindly offered a similar package for the online auction for their Cardiff concert in 2023 Indeed, Adrian acknowledges the significant contribution made by several individual donors, who have given anything from £1,000 to £300,000 “It’s amazing to see so many people support the School in this way, ” he says “It speaks of the profound sense of community that Sherborne engenders ”

Facing the future

Even though the Sports Centre has been the focus of the Sherborne 360 campaign so far, Adrian is quick to point out that the effort doesn’t stop once the £4 million target is attained Adrian also explained that they were overjoyed to be

nominated and shortlisted for the Independent School of the Year Awards for their campaign and engagement of alumni and parents

“We’ve already used the campaign to raise money for a hardship fund that supported parents financially affected by Covid with meeting School fees,” he says “This shows the wider impact of our fundraising activities, ensuring Sherborne’s educational reach is as broad as possible ”

So it is that Adrian expects Sherborne 360 to work with new priorities once the Sports Centre is up and running “The campaign coordinates all our fundraising activities and helps Sherborne go on delivering a first-rate all-round education I am sure my successor will be looking forward to working with the Trustees in discerning our new focus ”

Whatever shape this takes, Adrian is sure of one thing: “The Sherborne community – pupils, parents, staff, OS and our wider friends – always pulls together to achieve our goals As the Sports Centre project demonstrates, we can achieve hugely ambitious targets by working together for the good of our School I’m grateful for all the support we ’ ve received so far and hope we’ll have the final donations in place to get over the line in the months ahead ”

Food, glorious food!

Whether you subscribe to Luciano Pavarotti’s perspective on dining that “ … one of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is that we are doing and devote our attention to eating”, or the somewhat more utilitarian George Orwell who reflected that “a human being is primarily a bag for putting food into,” few can argue that, particularly in a full boarding setting such as Sherborne, ensuring the boys enjoy their mealtimes is so important.

After 20+ years of the School having its own catering team, to change these arrangements was not without challenge To do so, in the middle of a global epidemic, which in turn led to staffing shortages and supply chain issues, coupled with the rampant food inflation brought about by the devastating events in Eastern Europe, some might have felt foolhardy and, if truth be told, there were times last year when I might have included myself in that group of people!

Following an extensive process and much interest from the very top contract catering companies (unsurprising given the profile of Sherborne), the School’s contract was awarded to Chartwells Independent who already provided catering services to Westminster, Brighton College and Millfield amongst many other fine schools We’ll never know how we might have endured the challenges of the past 12 months left to our own devices, however having a large multi-national company worry about finding cover when we might have been six or seven staff down due to COVID, or ensuring the deliveries continued to roll in when elsewhere shelves were bare was, as a Bursar, massively re-assuring Not all was perfect, far from it, and whilst we

retained the majority of our fantastic staff team, the transition to a new way of doing things was not without some significant bumps in the road It was probably for that reason that I wasn’t so bold as to have penned this article for last year ’ s edition

Instead, we took the summer to take stock (no pun intended!) and got our wonderful Dining Hall refurbished to much acclaim from the boys including a “Whoa!!” from one Lyon House SixthFormer (who, as we know, are not always easily satisfied!) and welcomed a new Executive Chef who brought about a transformation of standards in our cooking as well as new threeweekly rotating menus for the boys Whilst certain traditions have, of course, been retained – including the Roast Dinner lunch on Thursday and Fish and Chips on a Friday, we now have a plethora of choice for all tastes throughout the week, from themed suppers, to vegan/plant-based alternatives, along with the most amazing salad bar – colourfully loaded at all times – to try and help all to have more variety and eat healthily Plate counts are up and food wastage (a really strong indicator of quality, and so important in such challenging times globally) is significantly down, which is great

To use the much hackneyed phrase “its been a journey” however to now hear our boys volunteer how great the food is, and how they look forward to mealtimes compared to their experience just 18 months ago makes all the hard work the team have put in worthwhile – long may it continue Oscar W ilde famously noted “I hate people who are not serious about meals It’s so shallow of them” – I would hope that all agree that Sherborne is far from shallow

DAViD COLE Bursar

ShERBORnE in thE COmmunitY

Sherborne in the Community continues to gather pace and has, thankfully, managed to weather the storms that have hit so many over the past year or so. A lot of longstanding and committed trustees have ensured that the accounts are in good order, with robust plans to enable us to continue in our support of disadvantaged young people in London.

The tenants of Sherborne House, Depaul International, have been able to increase their activities over the past year following the pandemic Notably, they are now able to offer many more short-term beds to young homeless people as well as helping to find long-term accommodation where necessary The building is also well used by young people who need support during the daytime, and for counselling and mediation services

In our latest round of grants in March 2022, we were able to award £27,500 across five organisations; Ministry of Stories, Cardboard Citizens, Grief Encounter, Welcare and Eat Club There have been some mixed results in terms of what those running the projects have been able to deliver, but in the context of the year, it is not that surprising and we will continue to review the grant process and positive outcomes we strive to generate

On balance, it has been another successful round of grants and we hope to be able to offer a similar, if not greater level of grants in 2023

After over three decades of service and contribution to SITC, Roger Watkins has retired and we would like to publicly express our gratitude for his long-standing leadership, energy and selfless input into all parts of the Charity

We would also like to express our thanks to Alison Nurton who steps down as Treasurer and invite anyone with an interest in volunteering to get in touch about the role which we are actively looking to fill This is not a timeconsuming role or one that requires years of accountancy experience It is an opportunity to join the Trustees and contribute to the work that we put in to continue our objectives in awarding grants to worthy causes If you are interested, please do get in touch with our Chair, James Nurton (m 92)

JAmES mCkiLLOP (m 01)

• Management team

• Front of house team

• Kitchen team

C A R E E R S

Our focus in the Careers department, for every boy in the School, is on helping each individual find the right Post-18 pathway for themselves. Many of our boys will go off to university: some will study in the UK ; some will study in Europe, some in the USA, some in Canada; some may study in Asia or Australasia. It is important that each and every boy is informed about what opportunities are available to them and how they can pursue their most desirable place for their individual pathway. Further, some boys may prefer to explore the apprenticeship or degree apprenticeship route; some may prefer to go straight into the world of work . Some will be looking to study at art school, drama school or a music conservatoire; other boys may wish to study less traditional routes and, instead, study at more modern institutions where they can learn skills such as DJing or film editing in order to access the right career path for them.

To help the boys discover a pathway which both inspires and excites them, the Careers team hold individual coaching conversations with every Sixth Form pupil These conversations help to dig into what each boy enjoys and which careers and environments interest and motivate them For some boys, the answers arrive quickly For others, it takes longer, yet we very much believe that through specialised knowledge of global pathway opportunities, and expert listening, we can help individuals achieve a personalised pathway In addition, we are embedding the online destinations platform, Unifrog, into the curriculum for all pupils in all year groups We are confident that pupils can be empowered by gaining insightful knowledge of pathway opportunities long before they enter the Sixth Form

In January, we will be interviewing Lower Sixth boys seeking to benefit from the many travel grants available There are some wonderful opportunities here, allowing the boys financial support with ambitious academic ideas for the summer holidays of 2023 Plans may include visiting

locations in mainland Europe for Extended Qualification Project (EPQ) research, or attending a week’s summer school at a prestigious US College In addition, in December, we will be hosting a Gap Year Fair to help the boys (and also pupils at The Gryphon School and Sherborne Girls) discover a wide range of prospects for post school learning and travel

All year groups will benefit from an increase in careers provision and intervention In March, we will be hosting our Lower Sixth Careers Convention This will provide another opportunity for the boys to learn more from experts in different professions and to think harder and be coached further about which pathway may be right for them Third and Fourth Form boys will receive a talk from an inspirational external speaker The Fourth Form will also experience an enterprise challenge with a local business Our Fifth Form boys will receive guidance on choosing their Sixth Form subjects, along with a talk from InvestIn, a UK-based organisation that provides students aged 12-18 with an immersive experience of their dream career Lastly,

to the support received with their Post-18 applications, our Upper Sixth boys will receive LinkedIn training and guidance on the financial, academic and pastoral aspects of life after school

In January we will be hosting, as a joint venture with Sherborne Girls, for all Lower Sixth boys and girls, a twoday Leadership Conference This event will include workshops, seminars, lectures, physical challenges, and a dinner with a guest speaker We want to prepare every pupil to lead in a way that is authentic to them as individuals We also want to prepare them to lead in the wider world and have the understanding, knowledge, and resilience to lead with confidence in a range of contexts

Whether they go on to be military leaders, CEOs of global organisations, leaders of sole trading companies, doctors, lawyers, or simply parents, all of our pupils will lead in some capacity, and we want to empower them to be able to do this with skill, expertise and belief in themselves

Lastly, we want our pupils to enjoy reading and to use reading as a source of knowledge, academic enrichment and wellbeing October’s Reading Week - in which every academic lesson began with reading of some kindallowed the boys to experience the peace, wellbeing and enjoyment that can come from books For boys hoping to go on and study at university, most degrees will require hours of reading each day; if pupils are not in the habit of reading, this vital task will be very difficult to achieve Moreover, we seek to empower all boys with the knowledge that reading or listening to books and stories can provide immense comfort, joy and solace throughout their lives Through seeing reading as important, we allow all of our pupils, in the words of David Didau, to be able to pull up a seat and sit at the table of cultural knowledge and wonder

ALEX BOYD-WiLLiAmS Deputy head (Sixth Form)

Music

Music-making in schools tends to focus around the seasons as much as on the structure of the academic year: it t akes a few weeks for ever ything to get going in the Autumn because the most highly achieving musicians have lef t the school af ter the Swing Band’s Barbados Tour in July 2022, for example, half of the 22-piece band lef t for university and then, before you know it, it’s time to st ar t rehearsing Christmas music for an array of e-Christmas Cards, YouTube of ferings and the Carol Ser vices.

The second term of the year is always the busiest, with numerous concerts and festivals that involve nearly a third of the School; cathedral visits; a Symphony Orchestra trip to Oxford, London or Bristol with an overnight stay; and then Easter In the Spring things slow down a little for Public Exams and then the summer, before the long holiday, sees the four or five end-of-year concerts associated with Commem and they’re always very much the School’s best concerts of the year And then, throughout the seasons, there is a weekly lunchtime recital every Friday in Cheap Street Church containing awe-inspiring

pupil music See the long list of Grade 8 exam results and performance diplomas

Commem 2022 contained four large evening concerts, starting on the Tuesday, and celebrating choral music alongside pupil organists, in Battle of The Organs a concert made possible when a second organ was installed in the Chapel back in 2018; with the continuing Sherborne renaissance of jazz the Dixieland Jazz Band and the Swing Band playing on the Wednesday in a wet weather programme due to what must have been the only rainfall that month; the next night a superb Leavers’ Concert,

and on the Friday the annual Gala Concert involving all of the School’s largest ensembles

Christmas, of course, is the season of singing And increasingly, singing regularly in this way is perceived as being good for mental health: seemingly it makes you happier; it reduces stress; it improves cognitive function; it boosts self-esteem; and it collaboratively builds community with a strong sense of the team Years ago on a dark, wet and windy December evening in the Abbey during Evening Prayer, there was a flicker of the lights as the power dipped, and the

organ was silenced mid-hymn Mistakenly, the rest of the hymn which, if memory serves me correctly, was a carol, fell to silence What was both interesting and unexpected was the reaction of the Shirburnians after the service “Why didn’t we sing the rest of the carol without the organ?” I was asked “We were looking forward to that one: we haven’t sung it in ages; it’s one of the good ones and it makes everyone feel happy!”

You just can’t beat the old classics such as O come, O come Emmanuel, Hark! The herald angels sing, and The First Nowell but at least one other musical offshoot of the season is the proliferation of fresh compositions based around the Christmas message Composition, to one degree or another, has been a part of the GCSE and A Level Music specifications for the past twenty-five years or so and, since the arrival of Music Technology made it possible to listen to what is being written and to make changes to the sound of the music with a few clicks of a mouse the possibility of producing convincing Christmas music without having had formal instrumental training is eminently possible For so long, composing had been a slightly isolated

process involving pencil, paper and rubber and requiring an ability to hear what was being written inside the head But the arrival of Logic, Ableton and Sibelius software, where the composition is played back instantaneously on sampled voices and instruments, has enabled anyone to have a go, and composition communities or after-school clubs (they’re called ‘Co-Curricular Enrichment Clubs’ these days) has moved the generation of bedroom and living room composers (lockdowns) to collaborative composition sessions in classrooms and rehearsal rooms

This year we appointed a new Head of Academic Music, Robert Costin Joining us from Rugby, Thailand, and having previously been Director of Music at Ardingly College, Robert has brought new vigour to the composing in the School Numbers taking GCSE and A Level Music and Music Technology are very healthy and pupil-composed music is looking and sounding as if it might be reaching an all-time high Perhaps we will have some pupil-composed music at Commem 2023

JAmES hEnDERSOn Executive Director of Music

the calendar year started with the ‘Covid cloud’ still lingering over the School and the programme of sport. trips were still off the agenda including the British Schoolboys’ Ski Racing Championships in Wengen in January which was cancelled following one of many health based restrictions imposed by foreign governments. Domestically we were trying to proceed pretty much as normal with training and fixtures across the board going pretty much as ‘normal’.

Football and hockey continued to be very popular in the Lent term, although the rugby players had their moment in the sunshine with the 1st XV once again reaching the semi final of the National Cup losing narrowly to Trinity from Croydon who went on to be crowned National Champions Our boys were delighted to travel to Rosslyn Park for the Sevens after a two year absence and there was a welcome return to the traditional format of swimming galas, cross country events and all the other competitive opportunities offered up in the Lent term

Summer was delightful with almost nothing cancelled due to the weather Cricket went well although with a realisation that some parts of our fixture list required strengthening, and our tennis players also enjoyed considerable success in the run of the mill fixtures as well as national and regional competitions By early November we had been crowned LTA U16 Regional Champions and the future is certainly bright under new Director of Tennis, Richard Keen Athletics continues to be strong on numbers although, as with many Trinity Term activities, a longer than

There is plenty t o get e xcit ed about!

usual examination period made regular training and competition difficult The Michaelmas Term is, as always, seen by most boys as The Rugby Term, although there are a host of other options available It continues to be popular despite increasing publicity about the risks and our rugby coaching staff work tirelessly to minimise the dangers and ensure our boys play in a safe and developmental environment The recruitment programmes at some of our competitors has caused rifts within the local scene and, whilst we remain a viable option for T ier 1 Rugby, there is concern

about how far some schools are willing to go to dominate and win everything Both W illiam Parry (b 22) and Arthur Green (g 22) signed contracts with Bath Rugby this year which speaks volumes for the value added at Sherborne although equally pleasing was that both finished with outstanding examination results The senior Football Academy side progressed to the 3rd round of the National Cup and we have also witnessed the launch of indoor cricket and hockey match programmes

September also witnessed the opening of Phase 1 of the Sports Centre Development A new sports hall, climbing centre and various offices and changing rooms were completed just about on time and the refurbishment of the swimming pool was also a welcome improvement Work on the next phase is well under way and it is hoped that we will move into the finished building in July 2023 which will include four squash courts, two new studios, refurbishment of the ‘old’ sports hall and a golf simulator

DAViD GuY Director of Sport

Working with an Anti Poaching unit in South Africa

Deciding to take a gap year wasn’t clear in my mind right up until April of the year I left School I had always tussled with the idea through School though, and I had been envious and inspired by stories of those old boys who had My main reservation was simply that it would be wasted If I were going to do it, it would have to be a real challenge and something I couldn’t possibly regret I therefore resolved to join an AntiPoaching Unit in South Africa called Protrack, based on a recommendation of someone I knew in the Royal Marines Seymour Shaw, a friend from Radley College and I, thought this would be just the right opportunity to have the experience we wanted in a way that would benefit some devastatingly endangered animals Mainly though, I wanted to test myself

We joined the first cohort of the year Training was six weeks, comprised of two weeks basic training and four weeks Bush Phase Training for the first weeks in barracks principally covered theory, weapons handling and general fitness We then relinquished all privileges, ranging from beds to showers to cooked food, in order to live in the bush Conditions quickly became only just tolerable, with rations, a bivi, sleeping bag and only the most fundamental of kit Sadly any sort of roll mat was excluded Even the sleeping bag was forbidden to have a working zip, for the instances where you may need to explode out if an unfriendly animal greeted you I can attest that, when sleeping in temporarily made bomas out in the bush, this is useful to stop hyenas quickly Not so much from danger to you, but danger of your food being raided!

The stronger candidates on the course were those with good endurance But good mental resilience was also vital and those who couldn’t handle the hunger or the pain quickly caved I struggled most with the lack of food, and, coming from the UK, I was way out of my depth when we were issued 2 5kg of maize meal and told to make 16 days’ worth of Pap from it, supplemented with only the very smallest amounts of more familiar rice and pasta Everything was cooked on open fire in Dixies, and that meant if PT was at 0500, you were up by 0330 to ensure camp could be left immaculate No evidence of life could be left; spoor completely erased The longer the course went on, the thinner I got and the harder everything became, culminating in three days of survival Here my famished state allowed me to greedily devour the intestines, the eyes, and the brains of an impala! Unsurprisingly only half the original candidates completed the course

Once training was completed, we could patrol various reserves in the Greater Kruger Area Patrols were three-week endeavours Objectives were mainly checking fences for break-ins, observation posts, listening posts, sweeping for snares, and of course tracking any intruders’ spoor There was a mixture of staying clandestine, or sometimes a forceful presence to onlookers was important Protrack is one of the oldest and toughest private Anti-Poaching Units, and as such its presence in a game reserve will deter most rhino poachers, who are invariably organised criminals The poachers that Protrack Rangers encounter most are meat and subsistence poachers These are of course treated vastly differently

It was incredible to be able to patrol with guys from such polar opposite lives Despite such differences in culture and upbringing, we could work for a common goal This resonates especially in such a country where racism was, and still is, engrained

hARRY JOhnSOn (e 21)

Rising Star Young Entrepreneur Award

Harry Ollis (a 19) was awarded the Rising Star, Young Entrepreneur Award at the 2022 Sherborne Business Awards on 24 February to recognise his work with the Sherborne Community Kitchen during Covid

The Community Kitchen was set up on 25 March 2020 by Jane Warburton of Olivers Coffee House in Sherborne Worried that people might not be getting a proper meal each day, Jane started sending out 12 meals a day to frail and vulnerable people in Sherborne and the surrounding villages By early April when Harry started volunteering, they were sending out 36 meals a day and by the end of lockdown they had delivered over 30,000 meals In August 2020 Harry was appointed as co-manager of the kitchen By April 2021 the Sherborne Community Kitchen was a fast-growing charity with a team of 45 volunteers including 25 drivers, ten packers, eight callers and two chef teams, who had made, packed, and delivered thousands of meals As co-manager, Harry was “ one of the driving forces of the charity,” involved in all aspects of its operations from GDPR and safeguarding, to recruitment, finance, stock intake, customer services and building management His dedication, and that of the founders and fellow volunteers, to make sure the charity grew and succeeded was rewarded in 2021 when the Community Kitchen was awarded the prize for Best Community Support in the inaugural 2021 Sherborne Business Awards

Harry was nominated for the Rising Star, Young Entrepreneur award by one of the ex-trustees of the charity who as Harry said, ”W ith his expertise, he must have felt like he recognised good qualities in me that show skills entrepreneurs need But also saw my time and dedication I have given to the charity to ensure it succeeds and runs smoothly ”

Harry volunteered at the Charity until January 2022 Today, The Community Kitchen goes from strength to strength providing healthy, locally sourced, cooked meals to people in Sherborne and the surrounding area W ith the easing of Covid restrictions they now focus on providing freshly cooked sitdown meals every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at their base in Sherborne For every two people who pay £6 each for a freshly cooked twocourse lunch a vulnerable person receives a free lunch

Reflecting on what he has learnt through working in the Community Kitchen, Harry said “There are so many things that I have learnt from helping to run a charity, and I can’t express how much of a better and more mature person it has made me If I have to point out one of the most impactful things for me, it is that you never know where an opportunity will lead, so when you are given one, go for it One of the greatest things you can do is helping other people who aren’t as fortunate, so if you can do that, even if it is just volunteering an hour a week, do it It will make you a better person ” At the time of writing Harry is hoping to go to Southampton University to study business analytics to learn more about the theory side of business Looking further ahead Harry says, “After my degree I am really not sure what I want to do Maybe go into teaching, maybe go into business or maybe I will go back to the charity sector and do something abroad ” We are sure that whatever he decides to do Harry will pursue it with determination and enthusiasm

Wildlife Rocket Scientists and Beer

Living in Bear Valley Springs in California, we have encountered many things that are new to those coming from the UK Two immediately spring to mind, the first being the various forms of wildlife that stroll past our house on an almost daily basis Our Great Dane, Abby, enjoys these as it gives her something to chase if they are unwise enough to venture into her fenced-in area around the house These range from small burrowing creatures to the bear that had to make a hasty escape this week

The second, to our surprise, is the number of “rocket scientists” we have living in the Valley I now know the answer to the question “What happens to retired Rocket Scientists?” We are knee deep in them, all alive and well enjoying all the lifestyle of our hidden valley Along with many other retired people, they are active in local organizations and form the backbone of the “geriatric work parties” that put up marquees at fund raising events and other social occasions It seems that if a job needs doing, these are the people, now aged at least seventy and many will be in their eighties, who formerly built the rockets, Moon Landers and Space Shuttles, to do the work! We don’t see many accountants, lawyers, school teachers and no social media influencers in our work parties I am still trying to figure out the sociological explanation for this but it is clear that if you want to live a long and healthy life be a rocket scientist

We can also now travel again and last year we took a trip up to Mount Hood, which is on the Oregon / Washington border, in our seventy year old MG This was a trip of over 2,000 miles as we avoided the shorter route offered by the freeways wherever possible This enabled us to travel in a leisurely fashion with overnight stops chosen on the basis of a good microbrewery at the planned halt The MG enjoyed the ethanol free petrol in Oregon whilst we quaffed some fine beers

We are now contemplating the brewery options for the next twelve months

Extended OS New s

hARPER ShOOt DAY 2022

PHIL JONES, HARPER HOUSEMASTER 1983-94

The same team (mostly) assembled again for this occasion, having gathered the night before for a very delicious and hilarious meal in the Plume of Feathers run by another “D” man, Nick Lamb (d 94) Lengthy showers did nothing to dampen spirits on the day, as you can probably tell from the photo Instead of the customary lunch, Covid dictated an al fresco lunch in an echoing barn on the estate A third day is being arranged for 2023 They are, L to R as follows, with some very brief info from me

• Phil Jones (convener and host)

• Ed Andrews (Sherborne Castle Estate)

• Bill taylor (brother of the late Miss June Taylor, Head of SSG)

• Will Wingfield Digby (d 92)

• Oliver Jones (my grandson, his first ever formal day shooting )

• Jon Ellerbeck (d 95), younger brother of James (d 91)

• mrs Jane Jones (my boss!)

• marcus Geddes (d 93)

• Charles Copper (d 95)

• Rob Webb (father of Alf (d 96) & Bill (d 99)

• tom Chadwick (d 96) (my son, Huw, the photographer, is married to Tom’s sister)

• mrs Angela Webb

• Charlie Barke (d 95) (cousin of W ill W ingfield Digby)

• Alf Webb (d 96)

This was a repeat of the first such day in 2020.

JEREmY ARChER (d 73)

The Final Curtain: Burma

1941-45

Publisher: Pen and Sword Books Limited

ChRiStOPhER ASh (m 72) and Steve midgley

The Heart of Anger:

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huGh WiLLiAmS (d 81)

writing as Hugh Bonneville

Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest

Peru

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

nEiL BuLStRODE (e 86)

Plastic Surgery - Principles and Practice

Publisher: Elsevier

Great Ormond Street

Handbook of Congenital Ear Deformities

Publisher: CRC Press

kit GLAiSYER (e 90)

The Marshwood Vale and Beyond

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iAn hEY (g 83)

No Lift and No Stairs

Publisher: The Book Guild

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Utterly Immoral: Robert Keable and His Scandalous Novel

Publisher: Matador

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The Solar Option

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Building Tomorrow: Averting Environmental Crisis with a New Economic System

Publisher: First Light Books

RiChARD mALim (b 56)

Shakespeare’s Revolution

Publisher Austin Macauley

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Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism W ill be reissued as a paperback in 2023

ADAm PREStOn (d 84)

The Peppered Moth

Publisher: T ightrope

ADAm SAnDELL (b 94)

Hyper Real Blogs Available from Amazon

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Overland 1970

Publisher: Crunch Books

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The Man on Hackpen Hill No Place to Hide

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Publisher: The Book Guild Publishing

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Publisher: The Book Guild

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Eye on The World

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Are You Thinking Clearly

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PiERS ZVEGintZOV (h 86)

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Events and Reunion

With Covid restrictions behind us we went into 2022 with a full programme of events, hoping for a “normal” year and it cer t ainly st ar ted out that way. Local OS and parents, current and former, enjoyed Choral Evensong at Salisbur y Cathedral in Januar y and in Februar y we were delighted to relaunch our programme of university visits. Fiona James from Sherborne Old Girls along with John and Anne visited OS and OGs studying at Edinburgh (where we also held an enjoyable lunch for OS and SOGs living in Scotland), Newcastle, Leeds, Cardif f, and Oxford. A new venture in Februar y was the ver y successful Young Alumni Drinks held in Mayfair for the leavers of 2012-2021.

Februar y also saw the first of our catchup year group reunions, the 50 Year Reunion for the classes of 1970, 1971 and 1972 at the Cavalr y and Guards Club where, the following month, the classes of 1980, 1981 and 1982 celebrated their 40 Year Reunion. A 25 Year Reunion for the classes of 1995, 1996 and 1997 followed in April at our old favourite, The Clarence, and we returned there in May for the class of 2007’s 15 Year Reunion and in June for the class of 2012’s 10 Year Reunion

May proved to be third time lucky for Old Westcottians. We were finally able to celebrate the Centenar y of Westcott House with a dinner on The Upper The following day we were once again able to welcome OS of all generations and their families back to Sherborne for OS Day.

The sun shone, the Jazz Band played, the food was delicious, the 1st VI tennis players had a tight match with the Pilgrims Tennis players and the 1st XI beat the Pilgrims.

We launched the autumn programme with a Media Networking and Careers Drinks event in September. Thank you to all the more “experienced” OS who attended and gave so much time and wisdom to our young graduates and undergraduates. It was a real pleasure to host the 14th Quinquagesimal (Q) Reunion at Sherborne at the end of September. Q is a reunion for OS who have lef t the School at least 50 years ago. This year af ter a ser vice in the Chapel, Q members were enthralled by a t alk from Julian Thompson (a 52) on the Falklands War and af ter lunch by an equally mesmerising t alk from Tim Spicer (a 71) on geopolitics

Unfor tunately, af ter that things st ar ted to go a bit awr y and we were forced to postpone the Proper ty Dinner, the 20 Year Reunion (2001 and 2002), the 5 Year Reunion (2017) and the 30 Year Reunion (1991 and 1992) until 2023 due to the rail and tube strikes. We did however manage to hold a well attended and ver y enjoyable 35 Year Reunion for the classes of 1985, 1986 and 1987, the LGBT+ group held their annual drinks in Soho, the 24th Media Lunch was a resounding success at the Groucho Club. And the year was fittingly finished of f with the Friends of Sherborne School (FOSS) Lunch and our annual City Carol Ser vice at St Olave’s, Har t Street.

Future Events

FEBRuARY

Wednesday 8 30 Year Reunion (1991 & 1992)

The Clarence, Dover Street, W1S 4LB

Thursday 9 20 Year Reunion (2001 & 2002) The Clarence, Dover Street, W1S 4LB

Monday 13 Manchester NW Regional Lunch

San Carlo, 40-42 King Street West M3 2WY University Drinks

The Red Lion, Withington, M20 4BT

Tuesday 14 Nottingham Regional Lunch, Nottingham

Petit Paris, King’s Walk, NG1 2AE University Drinks Cosy Club, Victoria Street NG1 2EX

Saturday 18 5 Year Reunion (2017)

Monday 20 Bath University Drinks

The Black Dog, 112 Vauxhall Walk SE11 5ER

The Moorfields, Third Avenue, BA2 3NZ

Tuesday 21 Bristol University Drinks Browns, 38 Queens Road, BS8 1RE

Thursday 23 Exeter University Drinks Cosy Club, 1 Southernhays Gardens EX1 1SG

mARCh

Wednesday 1 Young Alumni Drinks

The Clarence, Dover Street, W1S 4LB

Thursday 2 Military Dinner Cavalry & Guards Club, Piccadilly, W1J 7PX

Friday 10 Pilgrims Centenary Dinner RAC, Pall Mall SW1Y 5HS

mAY

Friday 12 Abbeylands 150ish Anniversary Dinner Sherborne

Saturday 13 OS Day Sherborne

JunE

Thursday 8 15 Year Reunion (2008)

Wednesday 14 30 Year Joint (1993)

Thursday 15 10 Year Reunion (2013)

The Clarence, Dover Street, W1S 4LB

The Clarence, Dover Street, W1S 4LB

The Clarence, Dover Street, W1S 4LB

Thursday 29 20 Year Joint Reunion (2003) The Clarence, Dover Street, W1S 4LB

SEPtEmBER

Tuesday 5 Media Drink Careers Event TBA

Wednesday 6 City Careers Event TBA

Saturday 16 5 Year Reunion (2018)

DECEmBER

Monday 4 City Carol Service

The Black Dog, 112 Vauxhall Walk, SE11 5ER

St Olave, Hart Street, EC3R 7NB

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The OSS Charitable Trust continues to award means-tested bursaries to the sons of Old Shirburnians Details and application forms are available from the OSS Hon Treasurer, Robin Brown at robjen.brown@btinternet.com The Trust has been greatly helped over the years by generous bequests and we remain indebted to our many supporters who have kindly left a legacy to the Trust thus enabling sons of OS to follow in their fathers’ footsteps The OSS Committee advises that, if you would like to leave a legacy to this worthwhile cause the following wording is suggested: “I give free of all tax and duty to the Old Shirburnian Society Charitable Trust 1975 (Charity No 271592) the sum of £ ( pounds) and declare that a receipt from the Treasurer or other proper officer of the said charitable body for such gift shall be a sufficient discharge to my Trustees who shall not be bound to see the application thereof ”

AGm AnD ACCOuntS

The minutes of the OSS Annual General Meeting held on 14 May 2022 and the audited accounts are published on the website, www oldshirburnian org uk and hard copies are available from the OSS office on request The 126th AGm of the Society will be held at the south end of The Upper marquee on OS Day, Saturday 13 may 2023 at 3 30pm All OS and their guests are most welcome

Pilgrims

Next year, the Pilgrims reach three figures. If truth be told, 1923 was not a year that provided a cornucopia of highlights – the FA Cup Final was held at Wembley for the first time (the famous “White Horse Final”) and there was a shor t-lived commotion in Munich led by a littleknown German politician called Hitler towards the end of the year (later dubbed the Beer Hall Putsch) as the Weimar Republic’s economy made recent inf lation rises look like rounding errors.

But for Shirburnian spor tsmen, the year was memorable. The Pilgrims was born, creating a club that will be celebrating its centenar y on 10 March 2023 at the Royal Automobile Club on Pall Mall. Tom Bradby (b 85), who is wellknown as the anchor of News at Ten and writer of pacy thrillers but also as a member of the XV in the mid-Eighties, will be the guest speaker. It will be an occasion that marks a milestone in the histor y of a club that has weathered the Covid storm and st ar ted to re-emerge this year as the pandemic receded.

Football is catered for elsewhere and it is pleasing to see the momentum of that team continuing. Cricket was hampered by a struggle always to field 11 players but the Week returned with a highly enjoyable period of cricket for a young group. Rugby and hockey have been recruiting

hard to ensure a regular core of players and the number of fixtures is steady There is a clear theme for match managers across more or less all spor ts that finding a strong cadre of of t-available players has been tricky post-pandemic.

Will Smiber t (a 09) deser vedly was awarded the Eglington Cup in recognition of his enormous contribution to the Club, with specific reference to his eight years running the hockey side. We all hope that the coming year will be much stronger in terms of fixtures, oppor tunities and reunions. The continued commitment of all the Club’s match managers is so valuable – from the spor ts listed above through to tennis, squash, cross countr y and fives.

With those recruitment points in mind, it is wor th my annual reminder that you do not have to be a Pilgrim to represent the Club. If you are an OS, you will always be ver y welcome – and there is a subsidy system for younger members. Please cont act Jonathan Powe at jonathanpowe56@gmail.com The Club has thrived for nearly 100 years because of par ticipation at the junior end of the age range: no matter whether you were 1st team st andard or a st alwar t House player, the door is always open.

ROBERt hAnDS (b 92)

OSSS

Old Shirburnian Sailors can be found in a number of outposts. Some living for long lengths at sea and some very much landlocked. members have adapted well to being back on the water after Covid times and regularly exchange their nautical photos,videos and stories from their adventures on OSSChannel16 (WhatsApp). From racing on superyachts, through to cruising around Scotland and the playground of the Solent

Members met in January for the annual pub meet to plan the year ahead

In March the more recent leavers met in Sherborne to race against the current School team They finished the day with a very enjoyable curry with Michael EwartSmith

This summer ’ s ‘foiling masterclass’ in Weymouth had to be postponed due to lack of wind Even the lightest Old Shirburnian would not have been able to take flight and we look forward to the event even more in 2023

Midsummer Madness saw members’ boats assemble in Beaulieu for paddleboarding and revelry with a variety of old and new craft: some were definitely in awe as ice creams were brought out of Chindit’s freezer

The Arrow Trophy proved to be a ‘mixed winds’ year for the Sherborne team led by Will Eaton (d 14) with Dave Hoey (h&d 02), Harry Guy (b 17), Jenny Guy, Sam Talbot-Williams (a 20), Henry Jones (g 18) High winds persisted until late into Friday night, delaying the trip across to Cowes Residual temperamental winds were a theme for racing on Saturday, with very unusual weather proceeding on Sunday Renowned as an annual blowout, the Arrow 2022 was called off on Sunday with no wind! The racing in the Solent

proved to be very close at every level with Sherborne coming in at 6th out of their fleet of 12

In 2023 we’ll be starting off with the London pub meet in January followed by dinghy racing against the School in March, a foiling tuition in the middle of the summer, a late Summer Madness cruising event and the Arrow Trophy in October

If you ’ re interested in any of these events, and joining the Old Shirburnian Sailing community, please scan the QR code above to join OSSchannel16!

ROBERt GOSLinG (a 01)

Commodore Old Shirburnian Sailing

Weekly touch rugby sessions on Clapham Common over the latter part of the summer brought the squad back together for the first time since April and then a game under the lights at Rosslyn Park against old rivals, marlborough, put our fitness and skills to the test. As always it was a closely fought battle and it was great to see four debutants take to the field for their first taste of Pilgrims Rugby unfortunately, despite a dominant first quarter to the game, Pilgrims never regained control and marlborough ran away with it. Despite the result, there were plenty of positives with debutants Ciaran Johnston (m 17) and Pat Reynolds (c 18) stamping their mark and bringing some much needed energy and dynamism to the squad

The second game came against Radley in their back yard and preceded the School XV game against Radley on a very hot September’s day The surface and

weather conditions allowed for some flowing backs rugby and again, the team was energised by the introductions of debutants Oscar Cruz (c 17) and Alex Copinger-Symes (f 17) Despite ending up losing the game the spirits were high on the bus back to London with what ended up being somewhat of a team social

October presented The Pilgrims with an opportunity to get their first win of the season against London Business School in Regent’s Park and the performance didn’t disappoint the c50 strong crowd There were some fantastic individual performances from the team, notably Seb Jaques (b 09) and Jack Deverell (f 14), and it was a rare occasion of all three Capel brother’s gracing the field at the same time The Pilgrims ended up winning the game by a 25 point margin, temporarily securing James Capel’s and Charlie Leach’s (b 11) positions in the top job

Recent weather conditions scuppered the planned game against the East India Club at the beginning of November and with no further games planned for 2022, we look ahead to 2023 (and tour!)

JAmES CAPEL (b 11)

RuGBY

Golf is back!! We have not lost any fixtures to Covid this year and so played 18 fixtures against other Old Boys Golf Societies/Golf Clubs between march and October We are thriving with 248 playing members and another 22 joined the Society when they left school this July.

We are extremely thankful that we get to play our fixtures at some of the finest golf clubs in the country including: Aldeburgh, Ashridge, The Berkshire, Burnham & Berrow, Deal, Hunstanton, New Zealand, Prince’s, Royal St George’s, R ye, Saunton, Sunningdale, West Hill, West Sussex, Woking and Woodbridge

Most matches are 8-10 man teams playing 2x18 hole competitive yet convivial foursomes off handicap with an excellent 3-course lunch and refreshments in between We also have a few fixtures playing 4-ball-better-ball These matches all offer a great opportunity to catch up with your friends and renew old sporting rivalries

We hold three Meetings a year: At Sherborne GC in May (we need more numbers playing in this in 2023), The Berkshire in June and R ye GC in September All great fun and popular events with sumptuous lunches, historic silver trophies and numerous other prizes This year we had 28 players who came and enjoyed our premier event, The Berkshire Meeting on Wednesday 8 June It was a glorious day for 36 holes and we used the GolfGenius scoring App for the first time at an OSGS Meeting and it was well received by all In 2023 we are aiming to increase numbers to 32 players at this event

We enter a scratch team in the following prestige golf tournaments: halford hewitt - returned to its usual dates early in the year and started on Thursday 7 April at Royal St George’s GC and Royal Cinque Ports GC (Deal) We had a terrible draw of not starting until Friday teeing off at 7 45am, it was pretty cold and we faced playing two matches/rounds each day Nevertheless, following our great run to the final last year the team were all keen to get involved

Covid did still have an impact and Phil Hodges (b 88) was unable to play The five pairs in the team were: Rhys Francis (a 74)/Ed Kelly (b 05), Gordon Curtis (f 06)/Zai Zakaria (f 09), Jos Pralle (g 11)/Tom Stagnetto (a 19), Ed ElliotSquare (g 94)/Hugh W illiams (c 14) and Toby Couzens (c 94)/Stuart Gillett (m 92) with Captain Peter Martin (a 79) and reserve Robin Irving (d 08) Our first opponents were Westminster, we were favourites and came through winning 3 5-1 5 There was only a two hour gap before we teed off in the second round match against Edinburgh Academicals, another side ranked below, but only just We won two of the matches decisively, however the other three games were all much closer and the next two matches went to Edinburgh our final pair had been three down with four to play, but arrived on the 18th tee level The ‘ oppo ’ then putted in from off the green to win with a par 4, where we had been bunkered off the tee and could only make a 5 This match could have gone either way, but we all agreed we had all not been at our best (See OSGS Website for full Report)

In 2023 the Halford Hewitt is being played from 30 March - 2 April at Royal St George’s GC and Royal Cinque Ports GC, supporters are encouraged to come along We have a very good team who enjoy playing together and you will see some great golf

Peter kenyon Bowl (Foursomes) - won by Sherborne (Jos Pralle and Tom Stagnetto) at Prince’s GC in a howling gale

Grafton morrish - played at Hunstanton GC, 7-9th Oct 2022 (See OSGS Website for full Report)

Brent knoll Bowl - we beat Lloyds Bank (2-1) in the first round but lost to the Navy (1-2) in the second round We finished 3rd overall

GL mellin Salver (Over 55) - we beat Haileybury then lost Cheltenham

Peter Burles Salver (Over 65) - also beat Haileybury then lost to Cheltenham

Bunny millard Salver (Over 75) - we beat Aldenham in semi-final, lost to Oundle in final Mark Cannon Brookes (g 66) and John Youngman (b 59) won the John Beer Salver for the highest qualifying score of 31pts

Royal Wimbledon GC Schools Old Boys Putting tournament - we qualified for the finals, but could only finish 7th on the day

The Society is open to all Old Shirburnians regardless of age and golfing prowess! We provide generous subsidies for young members (2022 levels below, likely the max to be increased by £10 in 2023), which makes playing multiple fixtures highly affordable: Those under 27 pay a max of £30 per day for any match/meeting which includes all green fees and lunch/catering costs (which is approx 25% of the real cost) Those 27-U32 years of age pay a max of £60 per day (approx 50% of the real cost)

Paddy macintosh (h 80) was OSGS Captain for 2021/22 and Jonathan Godfrey (d 99) has taken over for 2022/23

Alistair Hatch (Master in charge of golf at the School) tells us that golf has really taken off at the School since 2020/21 and there are some very good players coming through Over 50 boys have joined Sherborne GC as junior members

For more information and our fixture list see the OSGS Website - where you can register your interest in playing in individual fixtures:

https://osgs wildapricot org or contact me tgglaw@aol.com Mob 07767 007495

tERRY GORDOn (h 78) OSGS hon Sec

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After a stellar 21-22 season, the Grims secured promotion to Division 3 of the Arthurian League after finishing in the automatic promotion spots. this is a technical back to back promotion (excluding the Covid suspension years). We also came runners up in the equivalent to the Arthurian League’s Carabao cup after a cracking cup run that saw us knock out sides in the upper divisions.

To open this year ’ s campaign, the squad toured to the footballing mecca that is Barcelona, drawing 2-2 with local opposition in a 2,500-capacity stadium

The Grims remain unbeaten abroad after the 2019 tour to Hamburg We have invited the opposition to take part in a reciprocal fixture in the coming years and they would love us to tour again

The team have had a mixed start to the season, currently sitting in 6th place The first few games have seen plenty of new players enter the fray, with some of the elder statesmen taking a back seat role After an initial struggle in adapting to the quality of Division 3, the squad have started to pick up points W ith a more settled squad after the hectic summer period, we are positive that moving

forward into October and November, we will start to pick up more points, targeting a fair mid-table finish

Jack Bridger and W ill Gracia (f 17) have kindly taken on some more of the responsibility in running the team, with a view to George Atkins (c 11) and Charlie Carline (m 10) stepping back from next season

The team are always looking for new players, so please continue to spread the message far and wide of our current successes, and the successes that will no doubt follow in the coming years

JACk BRiDGER (c 14)

Several old boys, their families and former staff gathered on the Upper on Saturday 3 December to mark the 20th anniversary of James Harding’s (m 03) tragic passing following that season ’ s final

1st XV match It was an emotional day that celebrated James’s life, his many talents and the strong bonds that remain between him and those that knew him Following the gathering, flowers were

DAViD PORAJ-WiLCZYnSki (g 03)

presented to Sheila Harding, James’s mother, by the 02/03 rugby captain, Tom Cracknell (m 03)

James Harding (m 03) memorial

DEAthS

AnStiCE BROWn, John Whigham (g 52) 12 March 2018

BARBOuR, Robert Lyle James (f 41) 15 May 2021

BARDEn, Michael Ernest (c 52) 5 March 2022

BASS, Colin Henry Peter (c 52) 15 April 2021

BiGGAm, Gordon James (d 48) 20 February 2013

BRADBuRY, Michael W illiam Blackburn (h 48) 9 February 2013

BROOk, David Middleton (d 57) 20 June 2022

BuRRiDGE, Simon St Paul (f 73) 12 April 2022

CALVERt, W illiam Geoffrey (h 44) 26 September 2022

ChAmBERLAin, David W illiam Allen (h 54) 8 April 2022

CLARkSOn, Alan Geoffrey (d 52) 8 November 2022

COnStAnt, Roger Clive (d 64) 25 November 2021

COPEmAn, Robert Anthony Shuckburgh (h 63) 9 September 2022

COOmBE, Anthony Joseph (d 60) 25 December 2021

COX, Robert Anthony Leslie (c 72) 27 May 2022

DAViS, Alec Michael (Mike), (Staff 1974 – 2002) 10 May 2022

DE COuP-CRAnk, John Austin (a 50) 17 July 2021

DE COuRCY-WhEELER, Jonathan Robert Desmond (d 67)

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DE WiLtOn, Geoffrey Barnes (d 46) 1 June 2021

DinGLE, Anthony John (f 57) 22 September 2022

EDEn, James Edward David (m 89) 17 July 2022

ELLiOtt, Anthony Howard (b 45) 18 November 2021

FYShE, Robert Alexander Dennis (g 57) 27 July 2022

GODFREE, John Martin (f 54) 17 December 2022

GORDOn-hALL, Anthony (d 49) 21 June 2022

GRAY, Alexander David Malcolm (b 64) 21 October 2022

GREEnWOOD, Andrew T imothy John (d 68) 18 August 2021

GuBBinS, W illiam Victor (a 54) 7 April 2022

GWinnEtt, Adrian John (a 67) 5 May 2022

hASSELL, Jeromy Eldred Knight (a&m 65) 4 January 2022

hEAtOn, David John Wallace (h 64) 25 January 2022

JACkSOn, Henry Daniel Elwood (a 20) 14 May 2022

JEStY, Thomas W illiam (g 43) 4 November 2021

kinnERSLY, Rupert Thomas Aylett (b 62) 10 January 2022

kniGhtS, Colin Patrick (a 65) 15 November 2021

LALOnDE, Robin Thornhill (g 51) 8 January 2022

LAmBERt, Austin Gerald (d 52) 11 February 2022

LAWSOn, Philip Rene Maxwell (c 45) late 2021

LiDDELL, James Murray Oswald (d 63) 4 November 2022

LLEWELYn, Alan Bruce (g 87) 19 January 2022

mAnninG, Michael Edwin Abbott (c 44) 20 August 2022

mARRiS, David (previously known as David Webbe) (f 53) 8 April 2022

mASOn, Justin Charles (m 79) 21 May 2022

mAYBuRY, Peter Lawrence (d 46) 15 April 2022

mOntGOmERY, John Angus (g 11) 26 February 2022

mOSSE, Martin Barrington (a 68) 11 June 2022

muLLinS, T imothy Dougal (h 77) 16 July 2022

OAkLEY, Julian Phelps (c 49) 13 June 2022

PAnGBOuRnE, John Godfrey (g 55) 31 December 2021

PAVitt, Nigel Ralph (g 54) 29 April 2022

PEARCE, David Geoffrey (h 58) July 2021

PECk, John Derek Weston (c 47) 23 October 2021

PELhAm, Michael Alan (d 44) 2 February 2022

PhiLLiPS, T imothy Paul Harvey (h 65) 23 November 2022

QuinLAn, Andrew Christopher (b 81) 18 November 2022

SALiSBuRY, Tobias (b 50) 2 April 2022

SAnDYS-REntOn, David (b 54) 18 January 2022

SAW, Leng Khiam (f 79) 24 December 2021

SCutt, Anthony Charles Raby (a 57) 3 November 2021

SECkER-WALkER, Jonathan (d 61) 2 April 2022

SEALE, John Richard (f 45) 19 April 2020

ShinGLER, John Robert Hilton (g 53) 9 November 2020

ShORt, Roger Valentine (c 48) 6 August 2021

SimPSOn, Robert Spencer (d 58) 27 April 2022

SinCLAiR, Philip Le Marinel (c 79) 31 October 2022

SinGhAkOWin, Kenric (c 95) 2 April 2022

SnOW, Antony Edmund (b 51) 11 August 2022

StROnG, Richard James (b 54) 7 February 2020

SuGDEn, Michael J A (staff 1982-1991) 5 April 2022

SWiFt, Keith David (a 66) 28 March 2022

tARVER, Charles Leigh (c 51) 11 March 2022

thRinG, Edward Theodore (g 47) 6 February 2022

VYnER, Brian Michael (a 48) 9 May 2021

WALkER, Garret Wellesley (a 52) 19 May 2022

WhitE, Brian Dowman (a 50) 11 December 2022

WhYtE, Archibald Robert (a 50) 3 May 2022

YELDhAm, Charles W illiam (d 59) 4 August 2022

EnGAGEmEntS

ALLEn, George Christopher (c 09) to Miss Emily Lowe

ARChER, James Coleridge Hill (f 13) to Miss Harriet Victoria Martin

BLAZEBY, Harry James Crispin (m 05) to Miss Freya Jane Sanders

BOuRnE, Benjamin Alfred Charles (h 97) to Miss Kerli Jukham 1

COREth, James Rudolf (b 07) to Miss Isabelle Granger

hOLDinG-PARSOnS, Nicholas Harry Mark (g 09) to Miss Rebecca Kate Atkinson 2.

LinGARD, Charles Alexander (a 09) to Miss Rebecca Anne Flynn

mAnSFiELD, Charles Henry (g 13) to Miss Holly Hunt

SWEEt, Edward Charles John (f 05) to Miss Darcy Lynn Dell’Era

VOn WALDBuRG, Lorenz Thomas Paul Maria (g 10) to Miss Luisa Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg

BiRthS

To Nicola and Nick Bartrum (b 06), twin boys, Alex and Freddie on 19 December 2021, brothers for Olivia who was born on 2 March 2020

To Laura Jane Paz Barrick and Ben Bishop (a 00) a daughter, Lily Susana on 6 June 2022, a sister for Olivia

To Annie Pang and Christopher Chow (m 01), a son, Arte Hei Chi Pang on 2 February 2022

To Joanna and Freddie Corlett (c 01), a son, Benjamin on 2 November 2022

To Lindsay and James Dickinson (g 98), a daughter, Lilian on 15 May 2022

To Victoria and Henry Dutton (f 07), a son, Alfred Jonathan Geoffrey on 21 December 2021

To Sarah and Edward Elgood (g 05), a daughter, Seraphina Rose on 29 October 2021

To Susanna Tosi Findlay and Ed Findlay (m 02), a daughter, Lara on 8 March 2022

To Kate and Luke harvey (f 03), a daughter, Chloe Edith on 14 December 2021

To Rebecca and Archie isles (g 06), a son, Cedric Barnaby W ilbur on 10 August 2022 3

To Sophia Scott and Jack miln (d 04), a son, Raffin George on 28 June 2022 4.

To Mary and James Pakenham (b 95), a daughter, Laura on 7 April 2021, a sister for Ben and Toby

To Claire and Adam Reid (g 04), a daughter, Emilia Rose Elizabeth on 4 February 2021 5.

To Emily and Jack Richards (g 03), a daughter, W illa Rosamond on 11 July 2022, a sister for Rafferty 6.

To Madeleine and Tom Russell (d 06), a son, Rupert on 24 February 2022

To Lucy and Henry Squire (g 90), a daughter Sienna on 1 November 2021

To Nicola and Michael tavender (m 07), a son, Sebastian Malcolm on 20 April 2022

To Eva and Ed taylor (h 92), a son, Robin Peter on 2 September 2021

To Kitty Acheson and Joost Weterings (b 04), twins, a son Pip and a daughter Beatrice on 19 August 2022

To Anjnee and Harry White (m 07), a daughter, Amira Jane Kamlesh on 30 August 2021

To Rosie and Charlie Wintle (e 10), a daughter, Mhari Morris on 31 May 2022

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mARRiAGES

BAtE, Joshua Robert Christopher (d 08) to Miss Isobel Rogers on 21 May 2022 1.

ChRiStEnSEn, David Robert Gill (f 06) to Miss Aida Brett on 12 February 2022

CLiFFORD, Oliver James (a 09) to Miss Lucy Perkins on 21 August 2021

COSBY, Max Ashworth Ivan (c 07) to Miss Rosanna Bishop on 10 December 2022

DiCkinSOn, James Henry (g 98) to Miss Lindsay Gibbs on 4 September 2021

EDWARDS, Robert Nicholas (m 07) to Miss Lauren Day on 6 August 2022

FERRiS, Adam Robert (d 08) to Miss Vanessa Hawes on 11 June 2022 2

FLEminG, Thomas Charles (g 07) to Miss Lucie Claire Hedges on 5 March 2022 3.

FOStER, Thomas W illiam Brian (m 07) to Charlotte Morgan on 23 July 2022

GARGRAVE, Oliver W illiam (c 04) to Miss Lucy Ellis on 18 June 2022 4.

hinCh, Lewis James (d 09) to Miss Sophie Bowden on 3 September 2022

inGLEBY-mACkEnZiE, Roland (e 10) to Miss Sophia Carter-Meggs on 1 April 2022 5

LYOn, Edward Simon (b 05) to Miss Sarah Hiraki on 9 December 2020 (Lockdown wedding) and 2 October 2021

LYOnS, Jack Cameron Seymour (c 10) to Miss Katie Folkes on 21 May 2022

mACDOnALD WAtSOn, James Alexander (m 06) to Miss Harriet India Ferris-Lay on 28 April 2022

mAnSFiELD, Charles Henry (g 13) to Miss Holly Hunt on 22 October 2022

mBiZVO, Gashirai (g 06) to Miss Valeriya Takova, legal ceremony on 23 May 2022 and Bulgarian wedding and party on 3 September 2022 6.

muRRAY, Toby Benjamin James (f 07) to Miss Charlotte Cooper on 8 October 2022

nORth, Jason Edward Guilford (e 85) to Ms Jacqueline Trickless on 17 September 2022

nOtt, James Alexander (f 07) to Miss Emily Plummer on 10 September 2022

OnSLOW, Harry James Rufus (e 10) to Miss Emily Dove on 13 August 2022 7.

OXEnBRiDGE, Oliver Richard W illiam (a 06) to Miss Kirsty Packer on 2 July 2022

Pitt FORD, Charles W illiam (m 03) to Miss Devon Airey on 7 July 2022

POOn, Crispian Gary (m 08) to Miss Julia Carter on 21 March 2022

PuDnER, Christopher Robert (g 11) to Miss Yi (Yvonne) Wang on 16 December 2022

QuiCk, Charles W illiam Henry (c 03) to Lady Natasha Howard on 26 March 2022 8.

RiChARDSOn, George Leslie (d 09) to Miss Laura Knight on 6 August 2022 9.

SmiBERt, James Edward (a 07) to Miss Annabel Everard on 26 April 2022

SnuDDEn, Jamie Peter (b 09) to Dr Emily Milodowski on 7 May 2022

SuttOn, Hugo George Richard (f 08) to Miss Elizabeth Snow on 16 October 2021 10.

timmiS, Charles Edward (a 91) to Miss Sitara Kohli on 18 November 2022

tROtmAn, James Jonathan (b 09) to Miss Claire Slater on 5 June 2022

WEtERinGS, Joost W illiam (b 04) to Dr Kitty Acheson on 10 June 2022

WiLES, Roderick James Nicholas (h 93) to Miss Maria Cristina Ferreira Lopes on 9 June 2022

CORRECtiOn

LAST YEAR WE STATED THAT OLiVER CLiFFORD (a 09) MARRIED MISS ALICE CAMP, WHEN IN FACT HE MARRIED MISS LUCY PERKINS ALICE WAS LUCY’S BRIDESMAID OUR SINCERE APOLOGIES TO ALL CONCERNED

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Appointments & Awards

EuDO AShBROOkE (g 21) in recognition of his academic achievements has been awarded the title of Hatfield College (Durham University) Scholar 2022-23

ChARLES BiShOP (g 78) has been nominated for High Sheriff of Essex for 2023.

RiChARD CRiPWELL (m 80) has received a Platinum Champion Award in recognition of his outstanding service and dedication to Crisis and Welfare over the last 20 years

JEREmY JAmES (h&e 79) has been appointed Diocesan Bishop of Willochra in South Australia

hARRY LAnE (b 13) has been included in the Drapers 30 Under 30, Rising Stars of Fashion Retail 2022

niCk POWE (f 80) has been appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Devon

VISITING THE SCHOOL

It is always a great pleasure to welcome OS and friends to the School, but please be sure to contact us in advance of your intended visit in order that we can ensure that there will be someone here to greet you and show you round. Please note that visitors cannot look around the School unescorted On arrival please sign in at Reception under the archway

EMAIL ADDRESSES

In the face of ever-rising postal costs, we endeavour to conduct the bulk of OSS correspondence via email. If you feel that we may not hold a current email address for you, it would be a great help if you could let us have your address by contacting us at oss@sherborne.org

THE OLD SHIRBURNIAN LODGE

As part of the United Grand Lodge of England and as a member of the Public School Lodges’ Council, The Old Shirburnian Lodge is open to Old Shirburnians and staff of Sherborne School who may be interested in becoming freemasons We meet twice a year in London and once in Sherborne, for masonic business, for fellowship and to dine well! The Lodge supports Sherborne School by sponsoring the Foundation and Charity Prizes at Commem and by broadcasting the good name of the School The Lodge was founded in the early 20th century and receives a mention in A. B. Gourlay’s ‘A History of Sherborne School’ If you are interested in joining or just interested in finding out about freemasonry please visit our website www.OSL3304.org.uk

1940s

JuLiAn AYRES (b 45) At 95 news of interest to oneself or others doesn’t come often

My wife and I treated ourselves to a week in France last September in defiance of every obstacle the government put in our way Fortunately, I can still drive and don’t need distance vision glasses Driving in France is far more enjoyable than driving in England!

miChAEL GREEnFiELD (g 46) In April after 18 years our Mercedes died and we were left carless until October when with help from Citroen, we got an Ami, a left hand drive 2 seater quadricyclette So, Wendy my wife of 70 years and I can once again visit friends, the town, the shops No road tax as it is not a car Trelawney Ross at house suppers led us in singing Keep Right On To The End Of The Road At 93 feels this fits the bill

Jim CARR (b 47) Approaching 93 (November 2022), one tends to live in the past, especially my days at Sherborne I remember being caught at the Pack Monday Fair, coming out of the Hairy Lady Booth, which turned out to be a mouse, earned a beating from Max Westlake Also recall the VE dance in the big hall We invited the Girls School Halfway through the evening, the hall was almost empty, as we were showing our partners the cloisters by moonlight Very happy days

tOnY EVEREtt (a 48) Sadly, following a stroke in 2012, my wife of 64 years died in 2016 Since then, I have visited my daughter in New Zealand where she is studying global warming, first in 2018 and then in 2020 In between I made a trip with my other daughter to explore South Africa and stay in the Game Reserve of Khamakhala, the best holiday ever

Two years ago, before lockdown my partner Judy moved in with me We have been friends for 50 years and I can’t believe how lucky I am as I am coming up to 90 in November (2022)!!

A plan to build a Swedish style house in the meadow was turned down by the

planners, so Judy has designed a plan to convert an old piggery which will be easier to live in than our old listed thatched cottage On 2 February we started planting a new wood It took one month, and we planted 600 trees, 28 different varieties by ourselves

1950s

JuLiAn LLOYD (a 51) After leaving Sherborne, I took up an apprenticeship with EMI (HMV) and was given the task of designing the audio system for a super radiogram the company proposed to give to the Queen on her coronation This I achieved successfully and thereafter I had a successful career building up an international company with some 40 overseas offices and marketing around 50 scientific instruments which I had personally designed, some in conjunction with my old university tutor, and which I later produced in my own factory At least one of these instruments is now in the Science Museum

BEn LOnGRiGG (h 51) See Jeremy Longrigg (h 84)

tim StREEt (b 51) who turned 89 in June took delivery of his latest restored Classic International Dragon racing yacht and took part in the British Dragon Association (BDA) Classic Dragon Regatta, at Aldeburgh, where he raced her with his son in 21 knots of wind

In July, at the International Six-Metre World Championships in Sanxenxo, Northern Spain, a North American Yacht Club, the Puget Sound Six-Metre Association (PSSMA), presented a major international trophy, The T im Street Perpetual Trophy for Classic Inter national Six-Metres, a great international yacht class, originally founded in 1907 This is believed to be the first time ever, that a US yacht club has presented an international yachting trophy in a British sailor’s name T im, who was described in the associated Press Release as the “godfather of the Class,” has written two books on their history

His grandson Louis (b 18), the fourth generation of family OS, who is at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, is between terms currently undergoing Estate Management training at the Holkham Hall estate in North Norfolk

miChAEL DAViES (h 52) Last August I was asked by the Royal Artillery Museum if I would be prepared to be interviewed to provide a live recording of any military highlights in my army career I agreed to do this and there now exists in the Museum Archives a recording of those parts of my army career which were not deemed to be of sufficient moment to merit any decoration!

miChAEL ROBSOn (f 52) After leaving Sherborne in July 1952, I was called up to do my National Service in the Royal Navy At the end of the mandatory 2years I left as a Sub Lieutenant RNVR I then joined the UK steel industry where I spent my career on the commercial side For much of the time the industry was of considerable international significance, both commercially and politically Having reached a senior level with global responsibilities, my job involved links with the European Commission in addition to my commercial activities which included a period as President of the UK Steel Association

Following my retirement, I was active in the English Speaking Union including a spell as Chairman of the Oxford Branch

We have a large garden which, together with our family, keeps me busy and happy My wife and I will be celebrating our 60th wedding anniversary later this year with three sons, their wives and eight grandchildren

BARRY SALES (g 52) I have not given Sherborne any information about my life since leaving school, and since I am now coming up to 89, there is a lot to compress Here is a very abbreviated summary

After leaving Sherborne in 1952, I did my National Service as an officer with the King’s African Rifles in Kenya and Mauritius This was during the Mau Mau campaign Heady stuff for a young man It gave me a yen to travel

I studied modern languages at Cambridge University, where I met a beautiful American girl called Lois, who had a Fulbright scholarship to study for a year at Cambridge After Cambridge, I joined Shell International Shell asked me where in the world I’d like to work Lois’ father was a professor from New York, at that time in Calcutta for a year I suggested Calcutta and was posted there, to work with Burmah Shell

Lois and I married in Calcutta in 1958 and we are still together We spent six years in India and travelled extensively there, enjoying the rich history of this area We have since re-visited India, after a gap of 50 years and are dismayed by the woeful decline in living conditions

In 1964 I joined Murco Petroleum, a subsidiary of Murphy Oil, USA I stayed for 33 years, in charge of the marketing business

Since retiring in 1997 Lois and I have travelled all over the world We enjoy scuba diving and have dived in some 35 different countries We spend quite a lot of time in Florida and France, where we have property

One thing that has given me much pleasure is researching a very rare poem, published in 1708, called The Landlord’s Tale I ascribed the work, which was printed anonymously, to George Farquhar and my attribution has been accepted by the three university libraries that possess the only other copies, and by the British Library

JOhn GAnDOn (f 53) In 1960 John musto (a 52) and I were both doing our National Service in Germany As I was the proud owner of a Triumph TR3 we decided to take a couple of weeks summer leave and visit my mother who was staying with her family in Athens We used the Autobahn to reach Austria quickly and then managed to enter Yugoslavia over the steepest pass we could find After visiting an old girlfriend of John’s in Ljubljana we had a wonderful drive down the Adriatic Coast, but when we reached the Albanian border – which was closed in those days – we had to make a long detour through the mountains to reach Greece via Montenegro Then after an easy drive through Greece we were welcomed in Psychiko outside Athens After a few days relaxation we had to start back to our Units – this time taking a much quicker route via Patras and the ferry to Brindisi and then driving up the east coast of Italy The journey must have totalled over 3,000 miles Tragically a few months after I had left the Army, I received the dreadful news that John had been drowned during an Army exercise on the Möhne See

niGEL hAWkinS (b 53) This autumn (2022) I am giving talks in Dorset and W ilts, mostly to Probus clubs, on Tsar Putin, the last of my three talks on recent Russian history Originally written before Covid struck us, it has had to be revised on an almost daily basis this year!

ChRiStOPhER WOODS (b 53) I am still retired and am celebrating 60 years of Ministry in the C of E in September (2022) with a Thanksgiving Service in the presence of our local Bishop

PEtER GORLE (f 54) retired from his position of MD of consultancy

Metra Martech in June 2022 Over the past thirty years, Peter has contributed to or overseen international projects for major companies, Government and the EC Peter has an MBA [Cranfield] and is a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers

ROGER mOWLL (a 54), PhiLiP mORGAn (d 54) and ROGER DuFFEtt (a 54) pictured in January 2022, meet periodically to check that they are all “still standing after all these years!” and check their memories

ShAun WiLkinSOn (g 54) I was a bursary boy in Lyon House from 1949 to 1954 and after four years in the army I married and joined an Insurance company in Dorchester Still with the same company, I moved into computing and became a systems analyst before moving to the Head Office in Liverpool in 1966

We emigrated to New Zealand with our 2 daughters and I joined a local insurance company as a systems analyst At this time I became interested in helping the insurance industry educate its staff so firstly became a tutor and examiner In this role I was asked to write a number of Tutorial Courses one of which involved Risk Management which enabled me to change the course of my career yet again to the work that I basically did for the rest of my life I eventually left in 1971 and joined a major international conglomerate in New Zealand as a Risk Manager which necessitated my travelling around the world constantly I have now retired and live in a Retirement Village in Auckland close to Mt Eden

JEREmY BARBER (a 55) I was delighted to receive, in January, notification from Surrey County Cricket Club that a plaque inscribed, Jeremy Barber Surrey Young Amateurs was to be included on The Wall of Legends in the Pavilion at the Kia Oval I was one of the last to play for Surrey Young Amateurs before the differentiation between Amateur and Professional status was abolished

Later in the year, arising from my book John Porter, Legendary Trainer and his Legacy, Newbury Racecourse, I received an invitation from Newbury Racecourse to attend their Easter Saturday Meeting at which they were celebrating the Centenary of Porter’s death W ithout his foresight and dedication the racecourse would not have been built

I have just returned from seeing Mack Rutherford (U6b) land at Henstridge Airfield nearing the final leg of his world record breaking solo round the world flight What a remarkable feat of skill, application, tenacity, nerve and endurance A noteable future OS to be for sure

We love going to concerts locally and in London and until about 10 years ago both enjoyed playing in a local orchestra - french horn and cello I still have happy memories of playing in the School orchestra and band at Sherborne

Life took me on an interesting journey from a degree in physics to the computer industry and finally into wealth management Much is owed to the excellent start I had at Sherborne

W itness a Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship from Macquarie University (2007), sixty hours of online tuition in Biblical Hebrew from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2021-22), and my recent lessons in French cuisine at the Vive Cooking School

PEtER mOELLER (a 55) Earlier this year I fronted up the BBC2 three-part series on Robert Maxwell and his daughter Ghislaine (House of Maxwell, broadcast on April 2, 2022) The first programme covered the years when he was the proprietor of Mirror Group Newspapers, which ended with his mysterious death off Madeira on 5 November 1991

ROGER hARDinG-Smith (f 55) The photograph shows me (86) with my wife Susan and son Alistair with his girlfriend playing tennis My wife and I both play tennis four times a week and that combined with dog walking (Pembroke Corgi) and gardening keep us pretty fit Having lived half the year in Alabama USA for 12 years as our son is there with our 3 grandchildren (18,17 & 13), we have now settled in Walton on Thames in a characterful small country house with manageable gardens and near our daughter and grandson (15)

JOhn kEY (a 55) It’s 67 years since I farewelled The Courts and Uncle Gourlay Wow! What have I done and where have I been? Two years in the Royal Signals at Catterick Camp Yorkshire inducted me into a whole new world Five years in Cambridge equipped me with an oar from the May Bumps and a degree in Theology Since then I have experienced and enjoyed work assignments in Rugby, Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Coventry, Redditch, South Pacific Islands, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Los Angeles (USA) and Sydney (Australia) Fifty-nine years happily married and counting, three children and eight grandchildren, what blessings!

Now resident in magnificent Sydney, we are privileged to be British Aussies (or Aussie Brits), with close family in both countries This makes for some tough choices when it comes to cricket and rugby! Thankfully our links with Sherborne remain strong, because our elder son married a Sherborne girl and their home backs on to the sports fields And two of our grandsons are proud to be OS Still learning at 86? Of course!

I had worked for him personally, and in addition to assisting with research, my part was mainly introductory, and voiceover recorded during a three-hour session around 12 months ago But as the transmission date approached, I grew increasingly nervous that I might have made a fool of myself to my former colleagues, all of whom I assumed would be watching I could not bear to bring myself to actually watch the show until a week later, by which time positive feedback had begun to filter through But meantime, the director had seemed pretty satisfied (I assumed he was trying to flatter me); he “loved” my voice, and even asked if I had ever considered “taking this up professionally” So at age 85, I cannot help wondering if those mellifluous tones, assuredly honed all those years ago in the shadow of The Cloisters, could have been the gateway to a different future Another opportunity missed

ROBin WhiCkER (f 55) This photograph may amuse Old Shirburnians of the early 1950s Some may even remember ‘Hassan’ Alderney in the Channel Islands has been my home for a long time and among many opportunities to act, this was for many years one of the least demanding Those who knew me then will be unsurprised that I still write poems, walk happy miles and welcome visitors

RiChARD hOLmE (b 56) Retired in 2001 from tobacco-growing, cattle ranching and wine-making in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe by an impatient Government, and now living in South Somerset

One son was in Abbey House in the early Nineties, and for four years I was Bursar at the Prep School Married now for 54 years, Gay and I have one grandson in Abbey House and another in The Digby, and we enjoy watching them at cricket and tennis, and observing a school life quite different from, and in many ways better than, that of the Fifties

RiChARD mALim b 56) I have written and had published Shakespeare’s Revolution (See page 22)

The Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship in the USA has at its Annual Conference at Ashland Oregon appointed me as its Joint Oxfordian of 2022 A recommendation for that honour says that I am one of six leading doubters/campaigners against the “W illiam Shaksper wrote ‘Shakespeare’” fallacy and for the authorship claim of Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford 15501604, all of which I justify in my new book

RiChARD SALkELD (a 56) Sherborne

1951-6 was not a good preparation for life Talking to girls in the town, even those from one ’ s hometown, was forbidden Jazz was forbidden Alec Waugh OS and Alan Turing (h 31) were taboo However, the CCF Naval Section was a good preparation for 20+ years of high seas sailing after retirement: Boissier taught me how to blow the bosun’s whistle, and Rankin taught me how to tie a bowline behind my back or with eyes closed Housemaster Gourlay enlarged our vocabulary (The following bills are outstanding) and taught us to keep our hair groomed and our suits impeccable with his Operation Roundhead and Operation Beau Brummell every term Headmaster Powell was widely read and quoted Psalm 23:4 when given a fishing rod on his retirement: My rod and my staff comfort me I am grateful that he aroused my interest in American poetry

DAViD SummERSCALE (h 56) Spent

4 years as lecturer and tutor at St Stephen’s College of the University of Delhi from 1959 to 1963; then became Head of English and Housemaster at Charterhouse, Master of Haileybury from 1976 to 1986 and Headmaster of Westminster School from 1986 to 1998 In order to keep the passing of time at bay, I have been involved for over thirty years with the creation and development of the Assam Valley School - the first school of its kind (nothing to do with any British school, thank heavens) in the North-East of India, co-educational, residential, 850 strongand remain as Chairman of the Governors I am also Chairman of the Governors of the only Anglo-Chinese school in the UK, or indeed Europe, which was recently created in central London: a fascinating exercise in dual language teaching and learning This, with four grandchildren, is more than enough to keep one active

RODDY LAnE (a 57)

Keeping busy has not been a problem

Rather finding enough time to do all activities I continue to be busy with The Mercers’ Company in London, plus golfing down in Kent and family Sadness though that I now have to give up skiing following a new knee and a shoulder operation last year Still, no complaints over the places visited, company kept and many very happy memories from 1951 to 2020

PEtER mOORhEAD (b 57) Georgie and I have celebrated our 57th wedding anniversary After careers in education in Hampshire and Leicestershire we are enjoying the delights of travel, having just returned from our 65th cruise

mARk CAnOn BROOkES (h 58) At my age you are lucky to still be alive! After 59 years in the City I have now officially retired but I have started again half way home opposite Fortnum and Mason in Piccadilly

I am still president of The Berkshire golf club and try and play at least three days a week which keeps me fit and out of the house

GERALD hODGSOn (g 58) lives in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire and is still e-cycling and playing a tuba in a brass band plus helping to organise a jazz festival he started www leyburnjazz co uk

His four children are now in their 50s and live in Yorkshire and London with six grandchildren

RiChARD

hARDWiCk (f 58) Happily remaining in Europe and watching events from afar As a doddery old man, most of my activity these days is on-line Even though Covid lockdown has been relaxed, I still write a weekly piece of Lockdown Reading for old colleagues and I still do FR-ENG translations for the local magazine and occasionally I even submit a real-time observation to the citizen “scientist” website

tim hOnnOR (h 58) had a ‘Milestone’ party at the end of April, at The St Brides Printing Federation in Fleet Street, to thank some of the special people who had been particular ‘milestones’ over his eighty two years Inevitably, many were of submarine - or printing - origin; but there were five Shirburnians in the guest list of some seventy five persons It was very appropriate that tim key, (h 58) agreed to say a few words at thnggning When on the Autumn Slopes - Follow Up So the event certainly had a Sherborne flavour

T im still much enjoys living in the Highlands of Scotland, where he continues his printing passion, with his ‘Periscope Press’, a private press he has established in the grounds of his house

He may be the most northerly Shirburnian and would always welcome a visit from any Shirburnian who ventures near Inverness

ChRiStOPhER huDSOn (a 58)

Recently some OS relatives, younger brother michael (a 71) and cousin Richard Venning (d 62) - also his brother John’s (d 59) widow Sib and I were among those celebrating my elder brother, John’s (a 55) diamond wedding anniversary

I correspond regularly with Ralph thorpe (h 60) with whom I went a couple of times to Bow Society lunches- very enjoyable occasions they were

ChRiS POOk (a 58) it has been a relatively uneventful year - in February I was nominated to The Motorsports Hall of Fame in Daytona Beach - note, “Nominated”, not “Elected”!

I continue to do book signings on the book, Chris Pook and The History of The Long Beach Grand Prix

Unfortunately this will be our last year of boating and spending our summer in Avalon on Catalina Island - 50 years of boating and 59 years of visiting Avalon, America’s Mediterranean Jewel, “26 Miles across the Sea” from Los Angeles! In late May/early June we visited all of the homes in which I lived in the UK and NE Spain - how lucky was I to have been able to enjoy that life including my years at Durlston Court and Sherborne! I continue to do volunteer work in Long Beach - Chairman of The Community Board at St Mary’s Hospital

I am still working in the Consulting Business of Motor Sports, although the business is changing rapidly and drastically and not a lot of work for an eighty-year-old! Thoroughly enjoy reading all the updates from Sherbornewow have things changed since the 1950’s!

JEREmY ChuBB (h 59) I seem to remember completing my entry in the Valete section of the Shirburnian with the words “To Business” which was another way of implying I hadn’t a plan of what I wanted to do Actually, I rather thought I would be welcomed into the family business but my uncle the MD, quite correctly, disabused me of that idea So, after a brief stint with a long-suffering

advertising agency, I followed my passion for sailing and joined as crew a new yacht being completed in Denmark and which was bound for San Francisco The trip to the Med was uneventful, until Mallorca when I jumped ship and joined a lovely yacht owned by a retired American and his wife bound for California as the last leg of around the world trip Sadly, we hit a reef off Venezuela and sank

Fast forward a few years, then a 25-year career as a shipbroker (an exciting and worthwhile profession) which ended after I read an ad in the shipping press for a yacht broker which seemed perfect for me So, I changed profession and, initially anyway, hated it However, that changed after a chance meeting with another yacht broker, and I joined his company that was about to take over Camper & Nicholsons

That was in 1985 and since then I have been lucky enough to have met a number of varied and fascinating yacht owners from all over the world who mostly became clients, and also to have concluded a large number of very lucrative deals

So in spite of my vague Valete entry in 1959, things didn’t turn out too badly, but luck and chance meetings played a huge part as did my years at Sherborne which was responsible for confidence building and team work But looking back, all of it was fun!

AnDREW hOLFORD (a 59) former trumpeter at Sherborne and the NYO, is still quite active, even at 81, in his music activities Recent well-attended symphony concerts in the Paris area have included Beethoven and Dvorak symphonies and the Strauss Hor n Concerto No 1, a memorable work

Vice-President of the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) in Paris, as their bugler he has recently played the Last Post and Reveille or presented the RAFA Standard at important ceremonies of remembrance in Normandy and will be carrying the RAFA standard on 15 September 2022 for the “Battle of Britain” remembrance ceremony at the unknown soldier’s memorial emplacement under the Arc de Triomphe

PADDY kinG-FREttS (g 59) In August this year I returned to RMA Sandhurst where I attended the Sovereign’s Parade I and four others from Rhine Company Intake 28 were commemorating the sixtyfirst anniversary of our commissioning in December 1961 It was marvellous to be back again but somewhat sobering as we were the five survivors of the eighteen that made up our ‘platoon’ all those years ago Three of us from Sherborne began our commissioned military careers back then: me, hugh Spencer (a 59) and Antony Simmons (a 59)

AnDREW hOLFORD

1960s

DAViD BAStOn (a 60) What have I done over the past couple of years apart from having four jabs – getting a super Labrador/Cocker puppy – therefore walking a good four miles a day – getting Covid naturally as one does – very mild and just annoying – had my 80th birthday alongside Lake Maggiore having driven out across the continent via various watering holes, or should that be wine holes? Eaten too much whilst there but enjoyed it all enormously Now just enjoying the rain enclosed photo on 80th!!

DAViD COLLinS (a 60) I just avoided national service and went to Corpus Christi College Cambridge I am now retired from a long career acting in theatre, radio and TV and teaching/ directing freelance and in Drama Schools I am a Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Until 1999 my professional name was Geoffrey Collins but thereafter I appeared as David Collins

As a teacher, two of my main employers (in voice and communication) were the Ministry of Defence and the Church of England!

DOnALD LiGht (f 60) As a one-year Upper 6th from the States in 1959-1960, I went from taking a mandatory cold bath before breakfast in Abbeylands to begin another life at sunny, warm, expansive Stanford University, where I soon met a lithesome blonde senior who seemed to glide more than walk as we became acquainted I had not imagined that a great year at Sherborne was preparing me for this! After 60 years together, we ’ re still becoming acquainted on daily walks This spring, an institute for advanced study in Tuscany flew us over as guests in Pisa, where I worked with colleagues on

the question whether patents in pharmaceuticals are more of an obstacle and disincentive to serious innovation than an incentive After all, patents are a negative right to block or frustrate others from building on already-patented innovations Citations to previous articles critical of Big Pharma keep coming in almost every day, in one language or another

miChAEL du PRE (b 61) After leaving school I was articled to a partner in Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co (now KPMG), in the City and qualified as a Chartered Accountant I then joined the Beecham Group (now incorporated in GSK) and spent 12 years as Financial Director based in Germany responsible for some 40 cosmetic companies throughout Europe On my return to the U K in the 1980s, I led a team setting up a world wide integrated financial and management accounting data collection, consolidation and reporting system for Beecham’s 140 companies throughout the world On completion of this, I acted as the Group CFO’s senior management Change Management Director after which I decided to retire aged 54 and have been even busier ever since with Open University courses and indulging my hobby of attending operas and concerts composed during the Romantic period I am an MCC member and, until my knees gave out, played Real Tennis For the last few years, after completing a Teaching English as a Foreign Language course, I have been voluntarily teaching and befriending refugees from Iran, Iraq, Xi-Shang, Syria and Sri Lanka I have a Danish born wife, Inger, two daughters in their 50’s and five grandchildren from the ages of 15- 26 One has just achieved a first in PPE at Oxford We live 40% of the time in the house I inherited from my father in Jersey and in the winter, when not long-distance travelling, live in Marlow

DAViD EDWARDS (a 61) After 50 years on the Isle of W ight, now happily living in W ilton T ime divided between guiding at the Italianate church in W ilton and trainee guide at the Cathedral, but mostly working at maintenance of the Harnham Water Meadows This is one of

the last examples still in working order of the “floated” irrigation systems for improving productivity before modern farming methods The Harnham Water Meadows form the foreground of the famous Constable paintings of Salisbury Cathedral from the south west

GEOFFREY

hERDmAn (g 61) For many years I have been involved with the Bristol Owners’ Club, including serving as Chairman and President In 2010/11 Hilary and I drove our beloved 405 drop head round the world

The car has covered 250,000 miles since I bought it in 2001 This year (2022) we will be taking a group of Bristols to Turkey in September - a round trip of some 6,000 miles

niChOLAS hOLDER (c 61) Having stood as a Conservative District Councillor for 12 years, I stood down in May 2019

In April this year I organised a lunch at Boodles for the surviving officers of the of Royal Scots Greys The regiment ceased to exist in 1971 29 of the 64 still on parade, including HRH The Duke of Kent attended Sadly Richard John (f 51), the only OS, besides me, still alive could not attend

mARk SAinSBuRY (d 61) My life is normally pretty uneventful, but this year a conference in my honour was held in London in May

I am still teaching full time at the University of Texas at Austin Both my children are academics My son Will mcneill (a 98) teaches philosophy at the University of Southampton My daughter Isabelle teaches French and Film Studies at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University They have given me 5 grandchildren between them Given the Atlantic, I don’t get to see them as much as I would like

AnthOnY SummERS (f 61) Educated at New College, Oxford, Summers began his career in television with Granada’s World in Action investigative current affairs program He moved on to the BBC, travelled worldwide and became a Deputy Editor of the flagship Panorama programme

Summers’ documentary films included specials on the Palestinians and drug trafficking, and he smuggled cameras into the Soviet Union to obtain an exclusive interview with dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov – then under house arrest – at the time he won the Nobel Prize

He is the author of ten critically acclaimed non-fiction books, was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History and is the only two-time winner of the Crime Writers’ Association premier award for best non-fiction on crime

Summers’ books have been used as the basis for acclaimed television documentaries on both sides of the Atlantic These included films on Richard Nixon, FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, Frank Sinatra, and, Goodbye to the President, on Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedys Honeytrap, on the UK’s Profumo sex/espionage affair, was filmed for the cinema as Scandal, starring John Hurt In 2022 he presented a highly successful, long-running Netflix documentary based on Goddess, his biography of Marilyn Monroe

Summers is Irish, has been married since 1992 to Robbyn Swan, has six children, and lives in a converted ferryman’s house on the bank of the River Blackwater in Co Waterford, Ireland

ChRiStOPhER WhEAtLEY (h 61)

Fortified by our fourth Covid vaccination, Pat and I treated ourselves to a two-week stay in our Andalucian hideaway apartment in March 2022, overlooking the beach This allowed us to recall the wonderful swash and backwash of the Mediterranean Sea in Spring, added to glorious sunrises and sunsets In the last few days these were complicated by a russet sand smog blanket blown in from Morocco, which also kept temperatures high

We arrived home in Sussex to find our car coated with the same russet sand This washed off easily and, thankfully, the positive trends shown by strategic and critical minerals essential for our continued survival were continuing, giving rise to new opportunities in the global mining business - for those of us still seeking and working to produce those metals and minerals

Good health and happiness to all who were with me at School and for those now embarking on a life beyond Sherborne my best wishes for every success in their chosen careers

RiChARD YOuEnS (b 61) Much of the past 60+ years since I left Sherborne is lost in the mists but I can report I married Annabelle, neé Methven, in March 1972 so we have just celebrated our 50th We have two surviving children, both of whom went to Marlborough They are happily married and have produced 5 grandchildren one of whom was in Harper and is celebrating A*, A* & A in his A levels (considerably better than his grandfather’s efforts) His elder brother is at Newcastle Uni and younger sister is at Sherborne Girls The two other

granddaughters are younger and at school in London On the work front I was a partner in a firm of City loss adjusters for 30+ years, which included 10 years away in Singapore, New York and Hong Kong and I retired from the City about 25 years ago but continued to work on my own for another 10 years I have been Churchwarden and Treasurer of our local church in W iltshire and for a while I was chairman of the W iltshire Air Ambulance charity of which I’m Life President

ROBERt iSAAC (b 62) It being 61 years since I left, and having had very little contact with my old school fellows since then, it has to be time for me to report in Life has been busy, shared between my career as a solicitor and my family A busy legal practice in Alton, followed by a few years as a locum solicitor, earned the pennies to educate three children, and establish a parallel life in France in retirement Eight grandchildren later, all in the UK, and Brexit have combined to lead us to sell the French property We are now happily ensconced as neighbours to the late Jane Austen in Chawton Visitors always welcome

FRAnk JAmES (d 62) My Shirburnian memories are mainly of over-emphasis on the CCF, games, and fagging, though I am grateful to the School for a thorough grounding in Classics! After Oxford, I taught for a few years (including a year at Sherborne), before deciding to try my luck as a musician Although I had managed a Performer’s ARCM in the 6th form, I had never played anything lighter than G&S, so playing rock, pop and jazz in bands was initially a challenge! However, I learned a lot about the music profession from playing in clubs, holiday camps, and Cunard liners, and after marrying Griselda (a Dorset lass!) settled in Scarborough in 1972, which to our surprise has offered a wealth of musical opportunities; reassuringly, the countryside and coast are not unlike Dorset

In 1985 I was invited to teach at Scarborough College, a co-ed independent school, which enabled me

to use both my Classics and my musical experience to the full, helping with music GCSE and A level, and teaching Classical studies A level; I also revived the CCF Naval Section, which (conveniently!) had boats in the harbour I was Head of Sixth Form for my last seven years there

However, changes in the exam structure meant that many of the opportunities offered in the Lower Sixth evaporated, so I left in 1999 and returned to music; since then I have had a further 20 years of teaching, accompanying choirs and soloists, and being invited to play concertos with the excellent local orchestras In the end Covid and increasing deafness compelled me to hang up my piano at the age of 75 My wife and I still live happily in the same house on the edge of the moors within sight of the sea; our five children and 16 grandchildren visit regularly

We are in the process of selling our home of the last 22 years and planning to downsize to a smaller garden and house in Knaresborough for the next phase of our lives

JOhn DARLinGtOn (d 63) My wife Sandy and I have just moved up the road from Waterbeach to a new-build house right on the outskirts of Ely, which is a lovely small city with a fabulous cathedral

We rather adopted Ely during the lockdown instead of Cambridge, which was very badly affected Shops and culture are all so near and convenient here, especially the cathedral with my musical interest - I may well join the Ely Choral Society in the autumn, having left the Cambridge Philharmonic Society (I am a bass) I was on the Patients Participation Group for the Waterbeach GP surgery, which was very interesting at an extremely challenging time Again, I may rejoin the equivalent group in Ely

I see quite a lot of hugh Black-hawkins (d 63) and we have a planned opera trip to Norwich in November with spouses, where Glyndebourne Touring perform each year and hopefully a lunch in London with tom marshall (d 63) can be organised before too long

hOWARD GOSLinG

DAViD DALGLEiSh (b 63) The pandemic gave me a practice at retirement from the business my wife and I started in 1996knaresboroughkitchens co uk and I have now finally stepped back from day to day involvement leaving it in the capable hands of my stepson

Retirement revolves around our large garden and 17 grandchildren 10 of whom live nearby in the North I had the great pleasure of seeing my eldest son in July on a visit from New Zealand where he now lives The photograph shows three generations of Dalgleish’s - all remarkably similar

(a 63) I am still working as an Advisor on Recreational Water (Pools and Spas and Hot Tubs) I am also a Department for Transport, Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor

iAin mACkAY-DiCk (h 63) Very sadly, after being looked after for over 3 years at home, my dear wife Carolynn, aged only 75, is now living in a very good care home 15 minutes from Marlborough

I managed to attend the Falklands 40th Anniversary Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving at The Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel at Pangbourne College on 12 June Over 1,000 Falklands veterans and families were present, including Major General Julian thompson (a 52), and his wife A photograph of the Scots Guards contingent at the Service is attached

I also attended a dinner on 15 June commemorating the battle of Tumbledown Mountain in the Falklands and a photograph of the occasion is attached Two other OS were presenttim Spicer (a 71) and Andrew Foster (b 73)

JOhn StARLinG (b 63) After living in Peru for 10 years my family and I immigrated to Canada, where we lived in Ontario, Montreal and now, Halifax Nova Scotia Initially working in the food industry, my later years were in the field of Healthcare Logistics I retired from McKesson Corp in 2010, and have spent the last 12 years travelling, playing golf, and enjoying seeing my 10 grandchildren grow up, although the youngest is not yet 3 years old

Before Covid, I was able to return to Peru with some of my family and was amazed at how a third world country had developed in 40 years

Volunteering takes up a fair amount of my time now, Food Bank, Church and related activities, but I still play golf twice a week, and have taken up flying radiocontrolled aircraft with a nearby club

miChAEL thOmPSOn (g 63) became a grandfather this August for the first time at the age of 77

GuS DAWSOn (c 64) has started his year of tenure as president of the Rotary Club of Stamford

ROBERt innES-kER (a 64) our group of zoomed have been meeting every fortnight since the start of the pandemic and are continuing to do so Attendees are mike (h 66) and Rich (h 68) Beasley My brother Peter (a 66) and me; John Jordan (a 66); Jeremy Watts (g 64); tim Stubbs (f 66); martin thomas (a 63); mike French (a 66); David Barry (f 67) from Canada; James Bridge (not OS but son of Derek); also Jim Reid (again not OS but he went to Sherborne Prep with us) There is much banter for an hour or so over a glass or two

We also try to meet occasionally now the world is more normal, and the accompanying photo was at our last get together in April at a pub near Odiham

JAmES StuRGES (c 64) The Antiques Road Trip visited my shop in Totnes last year, and the episode was shown on the TV network at the start of January this year

PEtER tiLLEY (a 64) I am retired, but I still have a limited consultancy with Messrs Gieves & Hawkes, conserving their archives and their military/naval heritage which dates back to 1771

Apart from that, EU regulations permitting, I alternate between central London and my second home on

I continue to support opera outside London, in particular Glyndebourne as well as The Grange Festival in Hampshire near W inchester

miChAEL LE FLuFY (d 65) has just passed the point at which he decided that he really ought to retire fully before hints were dropped that perhaps he was not quite as productive as in earlier years After experience in a variety of industries ranging from Gas Turbines to Gold Mining to Agricultural Engineering, he decided that it was time to settle to the business of family life and found a niche in the defence industry The last decade of part time work, effectively as a technical consultant for the company, and with the four children thankfully gainfully employed around the world, has been most enjoyable Sailing, tennis, grandchildren, village activities etc in North Hampshire will no doubt now expand to overfill the time available

SimOn mOORE (d 65) I have just had published an Addendum, The 8c Story Continues to my three earlier award winning books about 1930s Alfa Romeos, which has just made Book of the Month in the specialist Classic & Sports Car magazine

tim PhiLLiPS (h 65) As I no longer practice as an architect, I am able to concentrate on my pastimes music and photography

As Artistic Director of East Devon Music, I have been unable to book musicians / recitals because of Covid, particularly as it is unsure unfortunately how many of

our audience would wish to attend However, on another musical front, clarinetist, Robert Plane from the Royal Welsh College of Music in Cardiff

‘discovered’ my mother, Pamela Harrison’s compositions and has recorded sufficient works to fill a CD, which is due out next March on the Resonus label I visited the concert hall in Cardiff where the recordings were made by Robert, the Elias Quartet and the Gould Piano Trio Robert also runs the Corbridge Chamber Music Festival in Northumberland where this year several of the works were performed, including a work for string orchestra A Suite for T imothy written by my mother to celebrate my first birthday! My mother’s Clarinet Quintet is also being recorded in London for another CD, also due out in 2023

W ith my photographic interest, I joined Charlie Waite’s Hidden Dorset Landscape photography course based in Shaftesbury; a well worthwhile few days with the country’s top landscape photographer

AnthOnY PinChinG (a 65) I have been running Pinner Music Festival since 2016 and Music in Pinner Series since 2018, as well as (from 2016) chairing Ludlow Song, a Charitable Company that hosts Ludlow English Song Weekend I have acquired new skills and, above all, have been enriched by much marvellous music, musicians and more

Russell Pascoe’s Secular Requiem, for which I assembled the libretto, was recorded in Truro Cathedral this year, and the CD is to be released in November Other libretti have followed

My fulfilling post-retirement music [and poetry] activities owe much to my inspirational teacher at Sherborne, David Ullman, who guided me thoughtfully and enthusiastically through the gates into the world of the arts, which I have been able to explore in more depth since leaving academic medicine 11 years ago

Majorca where I’m a regular at the La Roca beach bar in Puerto Pollensa!

JOhn SARGEnt (f 65) I was a Music Scholar at Sherborne, I suspect only because I knew how to open a Violin Case

I used to carry around a House photo of W ingfield House, where my sister was at Sherborne Girls, because I was pathetically in love with her friend An amazing violinist, the friend dumped me

But look how well I did in the end; this one, a better doctor than me, my wife of 48 years, sails, flies, and anything in between Sherborne taught me to love Outdoor Girls, as my Housemaster admiringly called them

JACk StEER (f 65) After 43 years as a qualified accountant working in various locations in the Steel Industry in South Wales, I have now been retired 13 years and enjoying a healthy life on the coast in Porthcawl

I have been married to Gill for 45 years, and sadly our son passed away last year at the age of 42 (health problems) But our daughter is happily married and has produced two wonderful grandsons, now aged 9 and 7

I still play hockey for Bridgend, and gained my Welsh Vets cap for the under 65’s age group in 2012, and participated in a World Cup - not everyone does that!

My main occupation is maintaining my allotment, which produces a good range of vegetables I am also treasurer for the local Fayre, which raises money for the local (lovely) Church A busy but relaxing time is being enjoyed

GRAEmE StiLL (d 65) I am just completing my 48th year in Hong Kong I continue to do quite a lot of work as an “extra” for local TV, film and adverts

(elderly grey-haired expats are always in demand!) I am also working as a part time “supply classroom assistant” in the Canadian Int School Keeping very fit and healthy with swimming, hill walking and gym as my main activities My hobby is learning to read and write traditional Chinese characters, which certainly exercises one ’ s cognitive functions!! A memorable event in 2021: working on the same film shoot (Expats) as Nicole Kidman!

miChAEL CAnnOn-BROOkES (g 66) Helen and I have a passion for the polar regions, and we are embarking on our 8th polar expedition cruise (September 2022) We have been to the Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica We have covered Siberia, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Kamchatka Peninsula In the Arctic we have in several trips been to Svalbard, Scoresby Sund in Greenland, and 3 years ago we were the first non-icebreaker to travel the Northeast Passage from Nome, Alaska, right over the top of Russia to Tromso in Norway We are currently taking a few days in Oxford prior to flying this weekend to Reykjavik, whence a charter flight takes us to Kangerlussuaq in SW Greenland There we will board our expedition cruise ship that will take us through the Northwest Passage right over the top of Canada to Nome again, thus completing our circumnavigation of the globe between 70N and 80N! Next February we are doing another first time expedition cruise, this time further South than the Antarctic Peninsula where the tourists go, through the Antarctic Circle to Deep Antarctica

tim StuBBS (f 66) Happily retired for twelve years after forty years in the insurance sector in the UK, States and Japan, always managing to keep one step ahead of the posse by moving companies (Sun Alliance, Hambro Life, AIG, Sedgwicks and Allianz to name but a few) I have one son and one daughter; their Irish mum died young I remarried in 2002 Margaret is Welsh (a trend forming here?) which presents challenges when England play Wales as to who gets their flag up the pole first We first met in 1967 dancing to Whiter Shade of Pale at

Henley Regatta but after that summer of love, logistical issues (her going to Queens Belfast and me to London) meant that I was kicked into touch for the next twenty five years

Our reunion has much to do with one of my oldest and dearest OS pals and his lovely wife! I have three wonderful stepsons to compliment my Sean and we have a great time I loved my ten years in Sherborne (Prep and main school) and over the past thirty odd years have immersed myself in things Shirburnian whenever possible even managing three years at the helm of the Bow Society as chairman up to 2019 (a sinecure role with all the hard work being done by others at the Foundation!) There are over a dozen of us see Rob innes ker (a 64) OS (and old Preppers, not all of whom went on to Sherborne) who Zoom every fortnight

We have a wonderful hour retelling jokes often told only a few weeks before and having a laugh (Oh! the joys of getting old disgracefully!)

niCk BARtOn (a 67) Having entered the addiction field in 1985 as a psychologist, I retired as CEO of the charity Action on Addiction in 2015

I was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bath in 2008 in recognition of my contribution to UK field of addiction treatment and recovery

In 2016 I set up a consultancy primarily to help organisations providing addiction treatment I have clients in the UK, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland

I have sat on a number of charity boards over the years, including most recently,

Safe Lives (domestic abuse) and Music Support (support for anyone in the music industry) I continue as a trustee of the Mackie Foundation, a grant making trust

One day I am sure I will complete the two books I am writing

My wife and I continue to live in South Somerset where we have been since 1984

ChARLES JACkSOn (h 68) Following diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease in 2021, I put a team together, Charlie’s Cherubs, to walk the Thames Path from Runnymede to Henley, all 50 kilometres! In the process, we raised £4,750 and aim to do it again in 2023 Parkinson’s is manageable but we still do not have a cure so the team will be training and at it to see if we can raise even more If any OS have been diagnosed and would like to have a chat, please contact Anne, anne macfarlane@sherborne org, who will provide you with an email address

tim hALL (g 68) I went directly from Lyon House to Sandhurst in 1968, commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment, reached the rank of colonel before calling it a day in 2004 It had been a wonderful ride having been a Brigade Major in West Berlin, commanded my regiment, and spent over 10 years in Brussels in operational and quasi-diplomatic roles, ending life there as a defence attaché On leaving, I set myself up as a defence, security and business strategy consultant which led to a very entertaining second career working for defence companies with interests in western and central Europe, and in central and south eastern Asia

during which time, amongst other matters, I personally failed to sell anything

I fully retired in 2017 to a fairly remote old mill in mid Devon but, following my wife’s passing in 2019, I eventually decided that there was rather more to life than gardening and have recently moved closer to my alma mater, to a small Forward Operating Base in Wareham from where I can indulge in my main pre-occupation, getting away from the UK - my principal reason for joining the Army in the first place Sicily, Tuscany, Spain and possibly Austria this year, Nevis and India in 2023? 4 children and 4 grandchildren spread at convenient distances away, an elderly horse welllooked after back in Devon and no pets to complicate plans for the open road Vivat, vivat, vivat indeed!

niGEL miLLER (a 68) All three of my children are now married and I am proud to have four grandchildren

My eldest daughter is in the British freediving team and came 8th in the world championships this year Second daughter has retired from the world circuit of snow boarding and is living in the French Alps and my son is the senior project manager at the Pendennis yard in Falmouth

Despite being retired I am still working as a non executive Director at Christopher Insurance Company in the Isle of Man which is part of the Oldendorff Group based in Luebeck

I am still sailing and shooting but have stopped racing my old Brabham !! Happily married and living in W idford, Hertfordshire

JOhn PARRY (c 62) Since leaving Sherborne over 50 years ago, I continue to pursue the practice which was inculcated in me at Sherborne of doing as little as possible to achieve the minimum goals to allow for comfort and fun, whilst always following the path of least resistance This has resulted in a supremely happy life with one longstanding and long suffering wife, 3 sons, endless generous friends, no stress, lots of wayward amusement and prayers of gratitude for all the above Floreat Shirburnia

RiChARD CARtmEL (a 69) Have been spending a fair amount of time successfully dodging Covid Have been writing novellas for city fiction, with two of them escaping from the publisher They are treatments of old movies with alternative plotlines and when Casablanca was suggested as one, I bit his hand off The setting is a post Brexit globally warmed Britain, and the Bogart character is a cricket mad but untalented Australian and the book is called The White House Holyhead A second novella, a sequel to a label-mates prizewinner, yclept Gloriana, is my Sabre Tooth There’s one more in the publisher’s file which is a sci-fi comedy, which I don’t think the publisher gets, so if anyone else out there is interested [Rocket to Yesterday}

I’m currently working on a fourth, which is fighting back I have also rewritten my final Crime Scene Book and have the rights back after that publishing house closed down North Sea Rising, a detective story set in a globally warmed and flooded East Anglia,

Jim SinGLEtOn (c 69) In February of this year (2022) my wife, Helen, stumbled across an article “Aim High: How Susan Patterson inspired a generation in Ballarat” I thought it just might be Susan, wife of Alan Patterson who was my Biology teacher at Sherborne He was

not only a great teacher, but a profound influence on my life I migrated to Australia in 1970, on my own, largely as a result of the influence and advice of Alan

So, through the journalist who wrote the article I made contact with Susan, and indeed it was her I had met her during that time at Sherborne (1960s) and also caught up with her and Alan in Melbourne in 1975 on my way to Sydney to study at Sydney University

Susan’s response to my email was wonderful She was clearly moved and delighted to be contacted by someone from her past, and who so respected Alan I was sad to learn that he had passed away many years ago, after a very fine career in teaching So, just recently on the 11 August 2022, both Helen and I caught up with Susan, and her daughter Emily, here in Perth, Western Australia

What a conversation we had It was clear to me that her time with Alan in Sherborne was very special She has a remarkable recall of everything and everyone during that time It was a delightful afternoon, and many good memories flooded back In particular, it gave me an opportunity to explain just how and why Alan was such an important teacher and influence in my life

I was not a good school student academically, being slightly dyslexic, a non-linear thinker and a ‘late developer’ I struggled to put it mildly, and couldn’t keep up with the mainstream during my early teenage years, and I was held down a year

Biology was an easy interest (I grew up on a farm!), but where Alan made the difference was his non-judgemental approach and his ability to get any student to believe they could achieve More than that, he taught me the trick of simply diving into whatever truly interests you, and whatever you tackle on that basis, do it with passion

So, despite my very poor academic record at school, I give Alan a huge amount of credit for what I’ve achieved in

life and academically that includes four degrees, including two Masters One of these was awarded as a Master W ith Distinction and recipient of the Curtin University Business School (CBS) ‘Head of School Prize’, for best academic performance in any Master degree at CBS School of Management I only mention that because I was never pursuing any ‘performance’ outcome I simply applied the Alan Patterson principle of “if it’s worth doing, then do it with passion”

This has to be a relevant story to any boy or girl struggling academically at school My parents were advised that it might be best if I was withdrawn from Sherborne and sent to a non-academic ‘outward bound’ school As I said to Susan Patterson, the influence and outcomes resulting from a truly great teacher can be profound on the students they have responsibility for

1970s

PEtER BEuttELL (h 70) I retired at the end of 2019, and much enjoyed lockdown laziness I read Economics at Warwick, and, after a career in finance working for Arthur Andersen and then as a pension fund manager at Hill Samuel and Morgan Grenfell, I set up my own consultancy in 1989 advising institutional investors on stock, bond, currency and commodity market timing and trends

After not much socialising for a couple of years, it was therefore great to see that 1970 leavers formed the largest group at the delayed Westcott Centenary in May: herry Ashby, George Cooke, Giles Davidson, John Gay, John Gaye, Bruce murray, Charles Platt and Charles Street plus Chris hoey (h 69), with whom at least two of us had shared a study Several years either side of us were also well represented, and it was wonderful to hear how we had all fared in life! And to be able to talk to Mrs Cooper, Mr Morton and Mr Lloyd 52 years on

AnGuS CAtER (c 70) I completed an MA in Biography at the University of Buckingham in 2020 and have started a PhD in Biography focusing on the political life of Sir Christopher Chataway, (d 49) I am still sailing, a Contessa 32, which I keep in Portland, and running, slowly

niCk nEWmAn-YOunG (c 70) I pleasingly retired last year It’s great not waking up thinking about work - bliss! One daughter married last year and one getting married next year One grandchild and one on the way Motorcycles, guitars and cooking keep me busy Life is full

COLin ShEAF (a 70) After stepping down in January as Deputy Chairman at Bonhams (while remaining a senior Consultant), and being terrified of not having enough to do to keep myself busy, I’ve launched ‘Colin Sheaf Consultancy’ to advise old friends, clients and art owners about their antique possessions

Happily, quite a few have risen to this unassuming but potentially beneficial bait; but in case business gets slow, I continue to chair a large Charitable Foundation, a medium-sized Grade-2 listed Victorian private London garden square, and a small property company And (clearly as a long-term effect of Jeremy and Katherine Barker’s wonderful ‘Green Ribbon Club’ evenings) I’ve just joined the Finance Committee of the Society of Antiquaries to enable me to put something back into the intoxicating atmosphere of antiquarian studies, after a professional career dominated by them

I recently had the pleasure of meeting again an OS contemporary of mine, renewing a friendship first established muddily on The Upper at the base of some character-forming scrum in light snow I was delighted to auction for him a letter written to his father by Alan Turing (his father’s friend and contemporary at Sherborne) Turing’s letter mathematically explained, over seven tactful but somewhat opaque pages, why his father’s scheme to break the bank at the Monte Carlo Casino wouldn’t quite work well enough to underwrite Sherborne fees for his son, although the boy did sadly end up in Westcott (sorry, OWs) AT was right, it didn’t but maybe Sherborne’s Maths Alevel syllabus is now upgraded to Bletchley Park standards

PiERS CROCkER

(a 71) I have retired at the age of 70, after being Curator of the Norwegian Canning Museum (see photo, in the form of a sardine can label, and also reflecting my Sudan years, and becoming a Norwegian citizen!) for 22 years, leaving me time to (at last) get the garden model railway up and running It’s clockwork, so don’t drop everything to drop in (Anyone else remember Dr Henry Martyn Cundy and the model railway club??)

I am becoming increasingly involved in a “soup-kitchen”/food distribution centre for drug addicts and alcoholics, and visiting and helping various emotionally needy people

PhiLiP AnDREWS-SPEED (a 72) In March 2022, my wife and I left Singapore after nearly ten years there I had been working for the Energy Studies Institute (ESI) of the National University of Singapore We are now back in our home in Dundee, Scotland Now semi-retired, I work part-time for ESI and for the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

ChRiStOPhER ASh (m 72) is Writer-inResidence at Tyndale House in Cambridge www tyndalehouse com His latest book (written with Steve Midgley) is The Heart of Anger, a pastoral and biblical study of anger, bad and good, human and divine His current writing project is for a four-volume commentary on The Psalms

tOnY FLAnAGhAn (c 72) I decided to go into semi-retirement in 2019, working 3 days a week either at home or in my office in London Lockdown and Brexit arrived and I found myself working 5 days a week again!

Last year I underwent intensive radiotherapy for prostate cancer This was curative and I have since decided to accept more challenges, in July this year I cycled a 109 mile stage of the Tour de France to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK, raising over £5,000

I still keep very active and have two young grandchildren who live nearby in Salisbury Both my sons celebrated weddings this year: one in a castle in the middle of Ireland in February and one on a Greek island in July

niGEL hALL (h 72) I have taken up a learning assistant volunteering post with the National Trust in the beautiful Shropshire Hills It has made me realise how important field trips are in education at all levels They are days one never forgets I remember the great Dorset coast trip from Sherborne, drawing landscapes and the dip of rocks These were lasting memories of countryside appreciation and observation

RiChARD miChELmORE (d 72)

After studying Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, Richard joined the faculty of University of California at Davis in 1982, where in 2003 he was the founding Director of the Genome Center He is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Plant Sciences, Molecular & Cellular Biology, and Medical Microbiology & Immunology

GiLES ELRinGtOn (a 73) retired from the NHS in late 2019 but has continued to work in private practice as a neurologist

mARk FLOYER (h 73) We’ve re-located from Devon to mid Sussex to be closer to family (five grandchildren) Retirement is spent fruitfully playing cricket for the Sussex Seniors and attending to various writing projects I much enjoyed catching up with my Westcott contemporaries at the splendid much delayed centenary event in May

SimOn hARGREAVES (b 73) I have been retired for eight years now having spent twenty-seven years as a GP in Kingsbridge, South Devon I still live near Kingsbridge with my wife Muriel Our two sons Neil and Ian live quite close byNeil works on a farm and also at Newton Abbot racecourse, and Ian is an equine dentist

mARtin hOLLiSS (a 73) Has qualified as a Maritime and Coastguard Agency Boatmaster (to skipper passenger trips on the Kennet & Avon Canal) and has become a Trustee of the W ilts & Berks Canal Trust Lives in Bradford on Avon beside the K&A Canal (in a house, not a boat!)

RODERiCk O’BRiEn (h 73) Not much of real note in sleepy Dolphinholme (but we ’ re glad it is tranquil) Preoccupied at present with sorting out our son ’ s new flat in Glasgow where he is employed at Glasgow School of Art

RAnDY StuRGES (b 73) So far 2022 has been an eventful and exciting year In May, after four days in Paris, I went with several friends to David Hockney’s cottage and workshop in Normandy While there, I watched David paint my friend’s portrait for the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC It was a real thrill to watch perhaps the greatest living artist paint my friend over the course of two days The portrait is spectacular and will be unveiled in November

Later in June, I officiated the wedding of an English “goddaughter” at a remote

ranch in Wyoming That was one of the great honours of my life

I finished up my travels with a two week visit to Ischia, Capri and the Amalfi Coast Now back in Palm Springs, California for the fall I will definitely be making a visit to Sherborne next spring or summer

PEtER OBORnE (d 74) is Associate Editor of Middle East Eye and writes a diary for Byline T imes His latest book, Fate of Abraham: Why the West is Wrong about Islam, was published this year by Simon & Schuster His Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism will be reissued as a paperback early in 2023

ChRiS WiLSOn (g 74) Had open heart surgery and as soon as I got back to playing golf I sliced off a chunk of a finger Back to golf again Top tip, the shorter the finger, the straighter the drive I suppose it is because one has already taken the slice

consecutive year! Our W ild Orchard apple juice was Reserve Champion The one drink without an award is the low alcohol Somerset Breakfast Cider for which there is never a category It has been a superb year for apple crops They are big following enough rain in early September, and very sweet thanks to the sun making lots of sugars We were featured in a BBC Countryfile podcast in August which was fun to record (in June) bit ly/3SZ055L Our markets are mostly local, and we are expanding them slowly within the constraints of being a small business

StEPhEn FOOt (a 75) I have been out of the UK for a few months now as we left when New Zealand opened its borders after Lockdown in May We flew out to retrieve our sailing boat, which we had taken there from Europe in 2019arriving in November of that year We have started the long journey home This has taken us up to New Caledonia, Vanuatu and now Australia In Vanuatu, we were the first tourists/foreigners they had seen in 2 5 years In Australia we have spent a month sailing up inside the Great Barrier Reef - visiting many of the places that Captain Cook discovered We went round Cape York earlier this week and, at the time of writing, we are at sea en route to Gove and then Darwin

RiChARD mADLEY (a 75) following ten years of conducting the IPL Player Auctions in India, I have just been appointed as auctioneer to the newly formed Cricket South Africa T20 League The auction will take place in Cape Town on 19 September and will include some of the world’s top cricketers

Following my discovery of an unrecorded Henry Moore lead statue of Mother and Child in a W iltshire farmhouse -it’s been a varied and busy year for me

I am hoping to start an OS chapter for PACA (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur) to organise golf, tennis, biking and hiking expeditions, as well as gastro winetasting tours Any other OS aficionados of « la belle vie Provençale « please get in touch!

I have taken a step back from my private equity activity where I am now nonexecutive Chairman and I am also busy with not-for-profit and non-executive directorships

The biggest difference between life in Sherborne and life in Aix is the reaction to rain - here we just love to see it on its rare appearances How my 12 year old son Jack will adapt to the Sherborne climate when he goes there remains to be seen!

BRuCE WiLLiAmS (g 76) A busy time

We have just become grandparents twice in the space of a couple of months Daughters one and two delivering delightful girls either side of the new year Our third daughter is getting married in Spring 2023 I am now just about retired which gives Nicky and I the opportunity to spend some extended time at our house in Menorca and also for me to sail as many mid-week days as I can on my relatively recently acquired boat which I keep at Bosham in Chichester Harbour I much enjoy regaling what crew I can find with stories of weekend escapades when camping/sailing at Arne under the not so watchful eye of Andrew Yorke!

OLiVER DOWDinG (a 75) The news is all about apple juice and cider! Dowding’s, which began 6 years ago, is now flourishing and expanding We’ve had a bumper year for winning awards for all our drinks, not least with our medium still cider which won “The People’s Choice” at the National Championships for the second

ChARLES DiEhL (c 76) After 35 years in Paris, I have realized my dream of moving to Provence, where I now live with my French wife Emma and my younger kids Jack and Tessa who are 12 and 10 It is an enchanting area with a beautiful yearround climate and an easy 3 hour TGV train to Paris

Home is in west Kent but we seem to spend ever increasing time on the motorways with one daughter in Penryn, Cornwall, another in Ramsgate and the third moving shortly from London to Bath, or thereabouts I see Ant Pralle, also (g 76) from time to time as he is my wife’s cousin and also mike holman (g 76), who is now back in the UK following a career in Southern Africa It was good to catch up with a few old “faces” at the delayed 40th anniversary reunion at the back end of last year

hEnRY kEnDAL (c 77) In May this year I published my second book: The Solar Option (available on Amazon), the story of our church’s audacious relocation project Since then I have stepped down as vicar of St Barnabas North London after nearly 23 years and am now taking a gap year

ChARLiE O’BRiEn (g 77) I am happy to report that as of March this year, I had clocked up 30 very enjoyable years with Bonhams and witnessed the company grow from just having two salerooms in Knightsbridge and Chelsea to a global organisation with salerooms and representation around the world On a personal note, Sarah and I have two grown up children and two grandchildren, with a third due imminently!

miChAEL BERkELEY (d 78) After spending some 35 years behind a desk in the Ministry of Defence, I decided that I had had enough – so I decided to reinvent myself as a sports photographer I am now the photographer for a number of sports clubs in and around Salisbury, and in 2020 I became an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society I specialise in polo photography, and one of the highlights of my new career was covering a match between Sherborne and Marlborough at Druids Lodge Polo Club in March 2022! www michaelberkeleyphoto uk I am always looking for new opportunities

JimmY BLACkShAW (m 78) After 35 years in the City as a broker in the financial markets, (pre Covid) I decided to give up commuting and work from home My company Tarnung Ltd mainly helps raise much needed funds for startup and expanding Companies

London-Paris route in September, and representing Founders4Schools in classrooms to inspire young people to start their own business Still holidaying with Simon Boddie (g 78), nigel Bell (g 78) and David mcCarthy (g 78) every other year, the latest being a week walking Offa’s Dyke in Wales

JuLiAn thOmAS (a 77) I’ve recently retired from management consulting for multinationals and moved from too close to the M25 to the peace and quiet of the Chalke Valley, where I was quickly recruited to be Treasurer of the community shop and café (South of England Village Shop of the Year 2021/22) I’ve also had a great time as a volunteer at the Chalke Valley History Festival since arriving here I spend spare time sailing whenever possible, and am grateful to Andrew Yorke for giving me the opportunity to learn when at Sherborne Have also just celebrated my 40th wedding anniversary My wife and I met via a mutual acquaintance who I knew from Sherborne Girls, another reason to be grateful for my time at Sherborne!

I hold a wholesale alcohol licence and am the sole importer of HB Traunstein fine Bavarian Beers to this country I help market Pinkster Gin in Germany I am a director of Secure Port Technology providing secure ticketing and support for event managers Lived in Oxfordshire near 40 years married, three children, two grandchildren

tOnY CRADDOCk (g 78) Director General of The Payments Association, a community for passionate payments people that he set up in 2005, Tony is still living in Clapham but with Ukrainians now his three children have (largely) left Deploying the ‘work from anywhere’ ethos with a month in Cape Town each year, cycling the

tERRY GORDOn (h 78) On leaving school I got in to a banking career and eventually (5 years ago) fell out the other end and retired at 56 years old having worked for Lloyds Banking Group, ABN Amro and HSBC, mainly in the City in Commercial Banking Product Management Gosh I really don’t miss work at all nor the commuting!!

I have been a trustee of Ragalla Aid Project for 25 years, a small UK based charity supporting the disadvantaged in Sri Lanka I have visited SL a number of times, such a heartache the problems in that country now I took over as Hon Secretary of the OSGS (Old Shirburnian Golfing Society) in June 2018 and I continue to enjoy golf and the occasional ski trip I’m delighted that my replacement hip (2019) has worked well! I live near Chelmsford, Essex with Lorraine (wife) and two children who as it happens are about to disappear back up to Durham Uni, peace will descend again

DiCk hALY (a78) Continues to enjoy playing real tennis at Hampton Court

huGh POPE (a 78) After 15 years in Istanbul and Brussels for the International Crisis Group, I parted ways with the international conflict prevention NGO in early 2022 I’m busy preparing a manuscript we found in my late Dad’s library for publication (The Keys to Democracy: Why Randomly Selected Citizens Rule Better than Elected Politicians) and finishing my own account of coming to terms with the wilder side of nature in a mountain village near Olympos on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast We’ve also at last put our house in Olympos out for rent on AirBNB, https://bit.ly/3chRRWl and can offer a discount to any OS seeking a serene natural retreat!

tOnY FREEmAn (m 79) Been working for a diversified Metals Group in SA, Afmetco, for the last 28 odd years, married (Antoinette), living in Joburg, with 2 daughters Genevieve and Kathleen

Off to Europe next month (September) and meeting a group of OS from the Digby in London, whilst it will be great to catch up, it is also slightly sad that it will be at Justin mason’s (m 79) memorial service

mARtin SOLtAu

(h 79) has recently set up a company, Space Solar Limited, to develop Space Based Solar Power, a game-changing clean energy technology which could help the UK and all nations in the challenging journey to decarbonise and reach Net Zero, as well as helping with our energy security Working closely with Government officials, he and his team have built strong support for the technology at Cabinet level, and the Government has invested an initial £6M into early technology development He has also established a collaboration of UK energy and space companies in the Space Energy Initiative

https://spaceenergyinitiative.org.uk/ to build the necessary capability across the UK to deliver the full development programme His company is actively seeking private investment and international partners for the first phase of the programme

DAViD WintLE (c 79) My wife Rosemary and I retired recently, although I continue to work part-time as a pension trustee We are also in the process of moving house, and moving out of London to live in Dorset – a Devonian by upbringing returning to the West Country, if not quite to Devon So, we will be closer to my sister and family who still live in Sherborne, and of course to being able to visit the School and to attend OS events!

Our son Charlie (e 10), married Rosie last September, and we are very excited by the fact that they had a baby girl Mhari in May and that we are now proud grandparents

I keep in regular contact with Paul upton (c 79) and also my best man, and whilst I am still in contact with a number of other folks, I have recently met up with Bill Lauste (c 79) and Chris Lillingston-Price (c 80)

JOhn POCOCk (f 78) and his son Jamie rode the 1,038 miles from John O’ Groats to Land’s End in just 15 days and raised over £100k for the Honeypot Children’s Charity, a charity which supports young carers https://honeypotchildrens enthuse com/pf/johnandjamiejogle

1980s

GuY DEACOn (a 80) who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s 11 years ago set off in November 2019 from The Courts on an epic, solo, 12,000 mile drive to Cape Town Unfortunately, this incredible challenge was brought to an abrupt halt due to the pandemic, and Guy had to return to the UK

Guy has now picked up where he left off returning to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to complete the remaining 6,000 miles to Cape Town, South Africa, and he is filming his experience!

For the 2022 leg of the challenge, Guy intends to create a documentary of his travels Teaming up with Parkinson’s Africa, he is aiming to highlight the challenges faced by those living with Parkinson’s and draw attention to the urgent need for support, information and resources about Parkinson’s across Africa Guy will also visit doctors and neurologists who are treating people with Parkinson’s in each region

Playing golf and tennis regularly having just stepped down from a fun year as Captain of the OSGS and using the excuse of going on antiques buying trips to do lots of travelling in our new Motorhome

AnDREW WiLSOn (h 80) reached 60 this month (August) and celebrated Currently Business development Director EMEA for TOSCA and happy to be becoming a grandfather for the first time in December - a boy apparently!

Enjoying tennis and golf and was thrilled to catch up with OS in London this year 40 years after leaving Sherborne – no one changes!

niCk POWE (f 80) has run Kents Cavern prehistoric caves in Torquay for over two decades He was recently appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Devon He travels regularly as an international assessor for UNESCO’s network of Global Geoparks He maintains a close connection to School through membership of the Old Shirburnian Lodge

AnDREW WiLSOn (g 80)

PADDY mACintOSh (h 80) Still based in Sherborne living in Coldharbour and we have a big shop Macintosh Antiques open by appointment next to the soon to be re-opened Sherborne House

Archie and Harry, the youngest two children have now left School House so that s the last of the six through school but we ve just heard we are going to be grandparents at Christmas The parents Joe and his wife Lucy both teach at Sherborne Prep

In donating to the School Foundation to get the 1st XI team board from 1980 (to have my name and my team mates adorn my bar at home), it made me reflect on where has that time gone and what has changed I work in the world of data and digital transformation which is a far cry from the single hexadecimal computer housed under the school chapel staircase, with expert tutelage of David (Billy) Smart My father, David (g 43) was on the 1st XI and 1st XV boards of 1942/43 at a time when a home telephone was a rarity In the next five weeks I will become a grandfather for the first time, which is very exciting, and makes me wonder what will happen to technology in their lifetime, when more data is created every year, than in all of history before that?

PEtER COLLinGS (h 81) I have been working on a few interesting survey projects this year – the See Monster installation at Weston-super-Mare which involves the re-cycling of a disused oil rig from The Netherlands and is due to open shortly; and the Abba Voyage Arena which involved the setting out and monitoring of the construction from initial site survey through raising the 640 tonne roof and locating the massive videoscreens Enjoyed the show preview with the family and nick England (h 81). Also fortunate to be involved in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee concert around the Queen Vic Memorial; and various aspects of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham including the rehearsals venues, Opening and Closing Ceremonies and various overlay projects

DOminiC hEnDERSOn (f 81) I have lived in Tokyo for 21 years (this time) and recently made a trip back to England to attend my elder daughter’s graduation from Durham University 37 years after my own graduation from there

On the trip I had lunch and a couple of beers with Peter Bowen (f 81) and a marvellous reunion dinner at the Garrick Club with the entire Theology A-level class of 1981 - (Editor’s note: See Hugh Bonneville’s photos on page 59) Our guest of honour was Paul Carling!

niChOLAS LuShER (b 81) over the past couple of years, I have been fortunate enough to sustain a connection with many of you through various social media platforms in which we discussed the possibility of a reunion for the ‘81 Leavers, which, unfortunately, had to be postponed, owing to a confluence of factors, not the least of which was the pandemic Nonetheless, I am extremely

grateful to have reconnected with a number of classmates and continue to hold out hope for a future gathering

Meanwhile, I am still living in New York City with my wife Jamie, and currently am winding down my 30-plus year run as an art dealer, specializing in the art of Bermuda and the Caribbean, which I must say has given me great joy, as art has always been my passion

Recently, Jamie and I have been watching with great pride as our two children, Ben and Chloe, make exciting inroads in the music and entertainment industries Like so many others, I’ve had my share of personal challenges, which quite frankly in my case can be a daily hardship, but to see Ben and Chloe pursuing their dreams is a life-affirming development

huGh WiLLiAmS (BOnnEViLLE) (d 81) has sent in these two photos

The first shows (left to right) Alastair Gibson (b), howard Gill (f), Dominic henderson (f) and Hugh after their last Theology A Level exam, Summer 1981 The second shows the same OS, 41 years later

PAtRiCk miLLS (a 82) After Sherborne I did a degree in Geology at Kings London, and then became a van driver in London for the fashion industry and met some fabulous designers However, I knew that my degree could stand me in better stead, so I took the plunge and went to work in the advertising industry 20 years later I joined the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) as Director of Membership and Professional Development During this time I got married to Lorna McDougall (one of the highlights of my career) had two children Oscar and Madeleine (two of the other highlights) We live in the, now, achingly trendy Peckham where we have been for 25 years I regularly keep up with Robert Goldsmith, Jon Garrett, Will Churcher and Chris Weir (all a 82) – with whom I recently enjoyed a fun weekend reacquainting ourselves with the Digby Tap and meeting up with Angus macdonald (a 82) and trevor Boyd (former Art teacher) Fun times

ALEX POWELL (e 82) Last year I changed jobs I work in IT, and IT consultancy based in London I moved from a role at Euroclear to a Nasdaq listed technology and business process outsourcing company in financial services - SS&C, where I am CIO Financial Services UK & Ireland I manage teams across the world but unfortunately since the pandemic, I do not get much chance to travel to see them

next book in 2023 At home on the ranch in northern Kenya, we are in the middle of the worst drought in four decades Seasons on the ranch give me all the metaphors I need for life’s ups and downs Here is a photograph of me with my long-suffering wife Claire, attending a recent party in the Rift Valley which we enjoyed, though we later learned that South Africans had given us Omicron

AnDREW hEnDERSOn (a 83) As I reflect back on the past two years I am doing things workwise which are utterly different I started working with a UK firm, Eagle International, on various capital projects in Bangladesh This includes constructing and equipping a testing lab, hydro-electric projects and latterly setting up a software development company Coupled with this I have gone into a Stablecoin / Digital Currency start-up called Portdex Given that I started my working life at De La Rue printing real money, this is the opposite end of the scale In that sense my business life continues to surprise and delight!

Both photos, Hugh thinks, were taken by Paul Carling

Hugh’s memoir Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru (See Publications on page 23) was published in October 2022 Hugh says, “I wrote reams about Sherborne, but the publisher was keener to hear about Maggie Smith than Robert Glen ”

AiDAn hARtLEY (e 83) I’m having fun building up my new media company Lantern Comitas https://www lanterncomitas com with business in Africa, Europe and the Americas Like my days as a foreign correspondent, the work allows me to chase scoops and try to educate audiences mainly about Africa, but it’s better paid and people tend not to shoot at me or blow me up with IEDs East Africa is always an exciting place to be and one ’ s hopes for the future are raised if only because, by comparison, Britain and the West are being led so badly for now The only journalism I still do these days is write for The Spectator and my W ild Life column is now in its 22nd year W illiam Collins is due to publish my

iAn hEY (g 83) Still treading the old boards and, last October, I Played Ken in a very successful run of Rumours by Neil Simon Last January, I was the Fairy Godmother in the Milford on Sea Panto, Sleeping Beauty, which was great fun

I suppose my biggest news is I had a novel published at the end of May called, No Lift And No Stairs

Other than that, I’m still gainfully employed and enjoying life on the south coast with my wife Anne, two tortoises (who I’m not that keen on I must admit) and, Lola, our wire haired dachshund

Lastly, I owe a great debt to Mr Patterson, an excellent English teacher, who taught me how to write properly

RiChARD LLOYD (f 83) These days I am currently Vice President EMEA for Software company specialising in supply chain with a focus on global health

I also teach at Cardiff University Business School some of the content from a book that I published in 2018 on the human and organisational challenges of implementing AI in supply chain Last summer I walked the Maximiliansweg in Bavaria and was delighted to be accompanied some of the way by Richard Spencer (f 83)

ROB RYDOn (m 83) Coming up for 35 years in the City Picked to play in the Mellin Salver with Roger mather (m 83). Son, Alex (m 15), scored first century, while batting with me He is off to Sydney for a year to teach at Cranbrook Son, tom (m 13), is working for NHS Trust in Hertfordshire

nEiL BRADShAW (c 84) I got re-elected to a second term as Mayor of Ketchum in Idaho Despite being a US citizen for the last 20 years I still miss playing in the Pilgrims golf matches and so make regular trips back to the UK to play proper links golf Living in a mountain resort means I get to ski the backcountry, climb our local peaks and scare up a local trout or two with my fly rod We were not impacted much by the pandemic except that half of California wanted to come to live in our small town! My parents live in Sherborne so I get to check on the School from time to time and see all the improvements that have been made over the years

mARk hOSkYnS-ABRAhALL (b 84)

After over 30 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, including seven as Office Senior Partner in Edinburgh, Mark retired from the firm at Christmas 2021 He and Fiona moved to a small village in East Lothian at the end of 2019, and he is about to embark on a 9 month intensive fine furniture making course nearby His son, Sam, lives in Bristol and works for Rolls Royce, while his daughter, Ellie, is currently in the middle of a two year Masters degree in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London

JERRY LOnGRiGG (h 84) was very pleased to attend the much postponed Westcott House Dinner and catch up with school mates past including Justin Brooking and ian Bourke, (both ‘84) and our former Housemaster Rob Lloyd (all pictured left to right Justin, Ian, Jerry) After roughly 10 years working for a PLC, 14 years for myself and 10 years in the ‘third’ sector as Director of an animal charity, I’ve gone back to the world of commerce and recently took on a new role heading up the Human Resources and Safety Management function for Tecalemit, a long established and major supplier of Garage equipment

My father Ben (h 51) would have loved to have attended the dinner, but whilst mentally as sharp as the proverbial tack, his legs and knees are not in great shape and he decided that missing the evening was for the best He continues to avidly read the financial press, watch golf and tennis and has only recently given up his “hobby” gym business which he started after retiring Never short of things to do and now in his 90th year he has started to write a book

My son hugo (m 20) succeeded in somehow traversing much of Africa and central and north America despite the privations of lockdown He has now completed a year at Glasgow University studying Economics and playing rugby including a fixture against Edinburgh where he came up against former Sherborne 1st XV team mate hal Little (a 20) He’s recently enjoyed the ‘flat’ summer cricket pitches and managed to average over 90 in the Devon League having hit 5 centuries during the season

ADAm PREStOn (d 84) Adam has been busily immersed in the world of publishing and as well as completing his third novel (Madrill) he has been working

with ex-naval Commander tom Sharpe (b 89) and ex-Economist writer David Shirreff (f 65) (see OS Publications on page 22) Find out more about Adam’s work at www.particularmedia.com where you will also find contact details if you have a book that you need help with

Adam recently had the pleasure of introducing his father Simon Preston (d 51) to ex-Sherborne School Head of Art Trevor Boyd at a dinner in Somerset where Trevor electrified the assembled guests with a spontaneous encomium on Henry Moore whose work was on display at the nearby Hauser and W irth gallery

JOn StOCk (b 84) I’ve felt like I’ve been back in one of the late, great Mike Schutzer-Weissmann’s English classes in recent months My new thriller, written under the name J S Monroe, is a very loose retelling of Dr Faustus and my research has necessitated revisiting Christopher Marlowe’s brilliant, if uneven, play about the perils of making a pact with the devil Writing a thriller a year can be tough, but I don’t think I’ve ever had so much fun with a book Maybe it’s because I’m no longer stuck at home all the time These days, I mix writing with a bit of teaching I’m currently the Royal Literary Fund writing fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford, where I try to help students write more clearly As I wade through their essays, slicing sentences in half and culling subordinate clauses, I’m often reminded of “Schutz”, who used to despair at my own poor syntax Until one memorable day, the penny dropped I actually quoted my linguistic epiphany with Schutz in my original RLF application Teaching is a much underrated profession No Place to Hide is published by Head of Zeus in April 2023

ED BRiDGES (f 85) One daughter at Bath Uni (Biochemistry and, with apologies to Mr Elliott, making a better fist of BioChem than me – I swapped to Economics after year 2) As of midAugust, one daughter awaiting A Level results to read Medicine and a son awaiting GCSE results In short - a somewhat stressful summer Still playing

OSGS golf and involved in the Mercers Company in London 5 years from 60th birthday (how did that happen? Breath in, breath out - repeat) and delighted to be reconnecting with old friends from Abbeylands at various hostelries in London Suffice to say that Greene King pubs have a lot in common with the old “Stick” under the HM’s office in the Courts The four OS at FTI Consulting (Strategic Communications) have now worked with each other for over 10 years (the others being Ben Atwell (e 90), Alex Beagley (d 01) and Alex Le may (b 07) and a quick reminder to graduating OS

we have an internship scheme and a graduate training programme that takes about 70-90 people per year (Editor’s note: See the Job Board on www sherborneconnect org)

website for shooting kit In an age when sourcing your sporting equipment is increasingly difficult, Kitfinder allows you to input the name of the gun, clothing, optics, ammunition that you want, and gunshops from all over the country that have it in stock will get back to you with an offer

RiChARD JORY (a 85) I’m working as a criminal barrister in Chambers in London I prosecute and defend and specialise in cases of corruption, money laundering and murder I have just returned from a 6 week stint in Montserrat where I was instructed by the DPP to prosecute a corrupt solicitor and took the time while there to hike up the volcano and go diving along the coral reefs I still play a lot of sport including cricket and football I have three children, the eldest of whom has spent his gap year in Banff, Canada qualifying as a snowboard instructor and will start at Southampton University in September studying Philosophy and Politics

SimOn PuGSLEY (m 86) is now General Counsel and Company Secretary at Pennon Group PLC

PiERS ZVEGintZOV (h 86) Piers has just completed five years in Congo DRC as an advisor to the German Development Bank Amongst its development work, the bank funds six of DRC’s most important national parks inhabited by some of the world’s rarest animalsokapi, gorillas, bonobos, pangolin and forest elephants Many of these parks are troubled by poachers, illegal mining and logging, and militia groups Piers’s first Novel For the Triumph of Evil, set against this background, is available on Amazon Kindle, under the pen name Gordon Watt Piers still lives with his family in the West of Scotland, but now works in Liberia

tim DAViS (d 85) I have left The Crown Estate and joined HS2 to manage the development/regeneration of c35 acres of HM Government land surrounding the new ‘Super Hub’ Old Oak Common station in West London

When completed OOC will be the largest station ever built in the UK It will have HS2 connections to Birmingham/the North; London Euston/Paddington to the East and Heathrow Airport plus The Great Western Mainline to the West Not bad as sites go and I’ve certainly developed worse!

A few years off for sure but plenty to do and a huge responsibility/opportunity to create something very special - albeit with many others of course! I am hoping time spent with my favourite childhood toys ie trainset, Lego, Meccano, sandpit and crane will serve me well !

ChARLiE JACOBY (f 85) Need a gun? The hunting/shooting/fishing YouTube channel Fieldsports Channel run by Charlie Jacoby launched kitfinder.co.uk over the summer It’s a comparision

RiChARD BRAmBLE (h 86) I have recently restored Otter Cottage (North Uist, Outer Hebrides) Great location, excellent kitesurfing (me in pic), lobster potting and sea trout fishing! The plan is to split the time between Sherborne studios and Hebrides studios Anyone passing through the islands do get in touch We may do some limited letting once we have settled in!

WiLLiAm FRYER (f 87) This year I have celebrated 30 years clean and sober from drugs and alcohol I have also retrained into medicine and retired from advertising to work in acute medicine at the Bristol Royal Infirmary I have also finished building my second eco-home and currently discovering how to sail

RuPERt JOnES (g 87) My Army career has now ended 40 years after it all began at Sherborne in the CCF and then a 6th Form Army Scholarship It was a huge privilege commanding on operations in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and the Caribbean, but I have decided this is the time for a change I am now getting established as a strategic, leadership and boardroom advisor

AnDREW SAnDARS (g 87) I continue to run my legal business Westbrook Advisers which is now into its 6th year

BEn SEnnEtt (m 87) A small group (l to r, Ben Sennett, Simon Walters, Crawford henderson, Jonathan Swann, all m 87) met at The Upper in October 2022 to watch Jon’s son captain the 1st XV to victory over Abingdon School before retiring to the Digby Tap for a pint and some reminiscing, which then went on for several days via WhatsApp as photos from our time at Sherborne in the 1980’s were unearthed!

PEtER DAViES (a 88) I have been working as an engineer in Air Traffic Control for 30 years, the last 22 years of which have been with NATS (formerly National Air Traffic Services) For the last 14 years I have been the Contingency Design Authority providing sole expertise in this area for the business It is as a result of this unique skill and responsibility that I was accepted as a Fellow of the IET in September 2021

tim mASSA (g 88) Living outside the village of Quainton in Bucks I had the opportunity to convert an outbuilding into a holiday let called ‘The Little Barn’ We started to rent it out last July but got the chance to welcome a Ukrainian family - a mother and 2 children, with the father currently unable to leave Ukraine - a few months after the war started We have made a strong bond with people who we would likely never have met otherwise We have learned how to make the best borscht too

ChARLiE ALLEn (c 89) I can barely believe it, but our son Ned has a place at Sherborne in September 2023 He is about to start his final year boarding at Sherborne Prep School which is the reason for getting in touch to see if any other Dads from around my time (c 8489) might have children starting at any of

the Sherborne Schools in the next few years We live near Pewsey in W iltshire, and it would be great to reconnect with any of you on any of the growing number of happy occasions we find ourselves back in Sherborne!

tim BLACkBuRn (g 89) After 4 ½ years in Beijing, we moved back to Hong Kong in October 2021 to take up a new role as Chief Executive, Swire Properties, the real estate arm of the multi-national Swire Group In addition to my responsibilities as an Independent Governor of the English Schools Foundation (ESF) in Hong Kong, I am also Chairman of Trustees for the Future Hope Hong Kong Charitable Foundation, a charitable organisation which provides opportunities through its homes, school, sports and medical programme for some of the most vulnerable children from the streets and slums of Kolkata, India While quarantine restrictions remain in place, I’m pleased to report that social distancing measures are gradually being relaxed and we look forward to a gradual opening of the international borders in the future My wife, Susie, recently set up Audience DNA China, a data driven creative intelligence agency, while our three children (Sam, Lily and Poppy) are currently studying in the UK and in Hong Kong

tOm kEAtinGE (h 89) continues as the founding Director of the Centre for Financial Crime & Security Studies at the London-based think-tank RUSI He was also recently appointed a specialist advisor (non-political) on illicit finance to the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee W ith global travel opening up again, he is not proud of his 2022 carbon footprint, but with sanctions and dirty money continuing to dominate the global security agenda, his field of research and public speaking sadly remains a booming business He briefly went viral in the media in early 2022 having contrasted the West’s initial sanctions response to the Kremlin invasion of Ukraine as ‘taking a peashooter to a gunfight’ ”

mARtin PuGSLEY (m 89) In September 2021 I joined the London office of Haynes Boone, the Texas based international law firm, and now head their debt capital markets team in London

tOm ShARPE (b 89) I am a partner at Special Project Partners, a communications consultancy that brings together strategic communications, change management and data science disciplines to manage complex organisational reputations

During a chance encounter with Adam Preston (d 84) at the OS Media Lunch, he persuaded me to write a book on my experiences in command of a flooding Royal Navy ship The book will also discuss the leadership journey that got me there I’m about half way through now and he and I are in the process of pitching to various publishers

PAtRiCk hEARD (c 89) We continue to run our glamping site in West Somerset at the same time as breeding Mangalitsa pigs Harry joins Sherborne in September (2022) and Jonty’s going into the Lower Sixth

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kit GLAiSYER (e 90) has established himself as a leading contemporary landscape painter, living and working in the market town of Bridport, where he runs his own gallery and has just released a book The Marshwood Vale & Beyond For more information visit www.kitglaisyer.com and www.bridportcontemporary.com

SAm RuthERFORD (a 90) This summer my son, Mack (U6b), broke two world records, becoming the youngest man to fly solo around the world and the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe in a microlight plane Earlier, in January, my daughter, Zara, became youngest woman to fly solo around the world

ChRiS SARGEnt (b 90) Having spent the past two years in Poland in a NATO post in Szczecin I returned to UK in August (2022) to start a new job in Warminster focused on Urban operations It has been an interesting time and the last six months in particular have seen some significant threats emerge as a result of the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine, I fear that they will endure for quite some time to come

hEnRY SQuiRE (g 90), has been playing in a band with Joe hosp (g 91) and Peter hammond-Giles (m 91) since they were at Sherborne In October 2022 to celebrate their 50th birthdays they played a gig at Bush House

JEREmY BOuChER (f 91) In October this year I will have clicked through 20 years in NZ - still love it! I work as a Sales Director for a company called Griffins - think McVities but better and have 3 teenage boys in our busy house Last year I became Chair of NZ’s oldest Cricket Club - Parnell Cricket Club - a decent bit of voluntary community work

We have a WhatsApp group for our 1991 leavers group It is periodically amusing and informative If any 1991 leavers are keen to join, please contact me at jegboucher@gmail com and I will slot you into the group

huGh PuGSLEY (m 91) is General Counsel at HSBC UK PLC

SimOn BARRinGtOn (b 92) After the devastating effect Covid had on the events industry, Simon has taken his first full time job since leaving Sherborne and has become Production Director at Symphotech, one of the UK’s leading event production and safety companies

In his first summer at Symphotech he has been working on stadium shows for the likes of Harry Styles and Liam Gallagher, produced a huge K-Pop festival in London and the thank you party for the Commonwealth Games Volunteers

The winter months see him moving into arenas around the UK before what looks like an exceedingly busy 2023 with music shows throughout Europe and the US in both arenas and stadiums

Simon also has another company that does drawing and design work for all sorts of events He lives in Shropshire with his wife and three spaniels

CAmEROn BROWn (c 92) I appeared as leading Counsel for the Crown in the Supreme Court in the case of R v Andrewes, a case that set out the principles of asset confiscation following cases of cv fraud As a result, I was named lawyer of the week by The T imes

JOnAthAn FAWknER (e 92) In Feb 2022 I became a double loser by not winning an Oscar (at the third attempt) with No T ime to Die for which I was nominated for best Visual Effects Not only that but I tested positive for Covid on the day of flying so couldn’t even go to the event I continue at Framestore as Creative Director

tOBY hAnCOCk (d 92) I joined the wine trade after university and have enjoyed working in this sector enormously I started a company with a business partner in 2006 and we sell our wines in the UK and in 20 other markets around the world I have missed the travelling these last few years as I have always enjoyed visiting customers, wineries and new places Our newest brand is Sea Change which is focused on reduced packaging and supporting ocean conservation Very grateful for the support of OS friends who have been drinking copiously – Phil Jones will remember us as an abstemious bunch! And was delighted to see that Hugh Bonneville has been spotted enjoying a glass of Sea Change Provence Rose I have been living in Madrid for over 10 years with my Spanish wife and our two children Now a confirmed jamon addict but still wishing I hadn’t given up Spanish after one year at Sherborne!

COnOR O’CALLAGhAn (m 92) Millar Cameron, Conor’s executive search business is going very well and continues to focus on Africa They have recently opened offices in Kenya and South

Africa A forthcoming merger will give them further offices in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mauritius His business sponsors local schools in rural Kenya and the family got to visit them on a recent roadtrip Conor is a trustee of the Wallingford Schools Academy and sits on the board of the Walter Bigg Trust, an Oxfordshire based charity, that helps the local youth His children are currently at Shiplake and Headington School Any Shirburnians with a passion for Africa and an interest in Executive Search are more than welcome to contact him

COLin kEAtinGE h 92) I’ve now been working as an editor for more than 15 years at Bloomberg News Overall, it’s been wonderful, lots of interesting times, fun experiences, including a few years in Singapore and Tokyo Managed to get back to London just in time for the coronavirus pandemic and now bracing for the worst economic crisis since at least the 1970s Astonished to have been invited to a 30-year Sherborne reunionnot quite sure where all that time went

RuBEn BASkARAn (f 93) recently joined Weststar Aviation Services as Chief Financial Officer Weststar is a leading international helicopter charter services provider headquartered in Malaysia with operations across South East Asia, the Middle East and Africa

RuPERt BOLinGBROkE

(c 93) Returned to the UK in 2021 after 17 years running betting operations at the Hong Kong Jockey Club He is now living in SW London

JuStin kEEBLE (e 93) has joined Google after 14 years at Accenture Justin is leading Google’s climate tech and sustainability solutions for Google Cloud He has also joined the board of the UK’s National Parks partnership He still lives in Oxfordshire with his wife and three daughters and now has an old Sloop on the Thames with an open invitation to old friends to come and have a sail!

BARnEY kEnt (e 93) It’s been almost 30 years since I left Sherborne and 10

years since I founded Touch Medical Media Group Holdings Ltd, a global medical education company covering eight therapy areas that provides practical, expert opinion and insight to support best clinical practice amongst busy healthcare professionals I’d like to take the opportunity to thank the teachers and staff who I am certain found me very frustrating at times, I wasn’t a model student, but things have worked out well and I’m genuinely grateful for their support and patience! Please feel free to get in touch anytime if roles of interest come up

https://www.touchmedicalmedia.com/c areers/

RODERiCk WiLES (h 93) A bit of a whirlwind few years, but I remarried in June this year to Cristina, who is Portuguese We bought an old farmhouse in an historic village in mountainous North Central Portugal, called Covelo, not too far inland from Aveiro We will spend the next 5 years or so completely restoring the house for ourselves and some of the surrounding small houses for future holiday rentals, while we both continue to live and work in Dubai All OS are welcome to follow the project’s progress on Instagram: #arraial dos santos

tOm WiLLiAmS (m 93) has been reelected as Chair of the Film Committee of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and is representing them at the Word Conference of Screenwriters in Copenhagen in October He is also excited that his son Bertie will be starting Sherborne in September 2023

GiLES GREEnWOOD (d 94) I live in North Carolina where I’m undertaking a Master’s in mental health at UNC Charlotte, North Carolina, with a focus on working with addiction I also mentor student-athletes as they learn to juggle ambitions and expectations in the competitive world of American college sports

I visited the UK this summer and caught up with a number of OS I returned to Sherborne to show my son around the school (he was suitably impressed by the

Abbey), and I was also pleased to discover that Alfred North Whitehead was a fellow OS!

ADAm SAnDELL (b 94) I am celebrating my 10th wedding anniversary and 8th year as a house husband with four children growing fast My book on popular Western philosophy Hyper Real Blogs is finished, and it is available already on Amazon I am still living between three lakes in Vilnius, Lithuania

JAmES timmiS (c 95) I am about to start a new teaching job after nine years working as Head of History at a prep school in Sussex This job is the same position but is teaching older children up to GCSE level, most essentially, it’s nearer home and reduces the long commute I had been doing at my previous job On a lighter note my daughter was christened this summer (at the same church I was married in) after a delay of two years due to Covid

AhmED ShAFi (h 96) has had an eventful year He was delighted to meet squash legend Jahangir Khan at the engagement of Jahangir’s daughter and

Ahmed’s nephew Earlier in the year he visited the USA as a member of the Cotton Kings trade delegation to Cotton USA in Texas and in June he climbed to the base camp of Mount Rakaposhi A trek of 7 hours with an ascent of about 5,000 feet

ED BEnBOW (e 97) as of September 2022 I will be taking over as the headmaster of Hazlegrove School, which has historically had strong ties with Sherborne The whole family are very much looking forward to it, and to seeing a lot more of Sherborne, where both our children will be at school

JAmiE CLARk (b 97) My most recent stained-glass commission, to mark the bicentenary of St John’s Church Bushmills, Antrim, Northern Ireland (home of the Whiskey), was completed in June

The theme of the window is the water of life and it shows the river ‘ Bush’ flowing with leaping salmon towards the straights between Ireland and Scotland You may notice the boat in which St Columba brought Christianity to Scotland

The inscription from John 14 reads ‘The Water that I shall give him, will become

in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life’ I continue to produce stained glass work along side my Teaching position as Head of Art and Design at Chafyn Grove

PhiL CRAmP (a 97) I was persuaded by my good friend tim Archer (c 97) to play in a Pilgrims hockey match last March It made for a good excuse to stay with T im and his lovely family, but it was also great to be back in Sherborne I played for the senior team and have not played in anger for about a decade Whilst we managed to win, by the time we had driven back to North Yorkshire I couldn’t get out of the car! Still, it was a great day and hopefully I’ll manage to make it next year I live up in North Yorkshire where I own an equine veterinary practice called Hambleton Equine Clinic with my wife Caroline and we have 3 children; Mealie (8), Felix (6) and Otis (3)

ED LOCk (f 97) I started a new job in February for a private equity firm - Lone Star Funds - leading the ESG (sustainability) agenda for their global real estate portfolio This aims to create a positive impact by improving the environmental and social performance of the portfolios we hold

RiChARD WiLLiAmS (d 97) I’m still enjoying life in the North-West Highlands with my young family (Rosie 10 and Xander 8) I work for conservation charity the John Muir Trust, based at home but with the opportunity to travel to some of the most spectacular and remote parts of the Highlands which is a real privilege I continue to row competitively and last autumn competed in a race along the length of Loch Ness, which at just under 22 miles took the best part of 4 hours, but we were first in our class which made it all worth it!

JAmES DiCkinSOn (g 98) Married in 2021 to Lindsay Gibbs and have just welcomed a gorgeous baby girl into the world

Lilian Involved in some degree with the tech industry having worked in media/banking in London and more recently rail ticket machines in the UK (developing new ones based on the one at Sherborne station), point monitoring systems around the world, a yoga studio and now a small engineering company in Blandford with someone from Robot Wars

ED hABERShOn (c 98) Last year we moved to Johannesburg for a posting as the BBC’s Africa producer It’s been a busy year, with my South African wife Candice enjoying being home after more than 20 years overseas and our two boys Sam and Toby settling into a new school and catching up with the super competitive sporting environment

I’ve travelled all over the region, from Congo-Brazzaville to the disputed Chagos Islands, as well as two stints covering the war in Ukraine Keen to connect with any OS in Africa, and to help any OS or current students looking to work in journalism

FELiX LOWE (g 99) Following the publication of my first book - Climbs and Punishment: Riding to Rome in the Footsteps of Hannibal, I continue to cover all the major bike races for various publications and websites, including Eurosport, Cyclist and the iPaper Other projects include the Re-Cycle podcast for Eurosport, editing my debut novel (Provenance: an art-heist cycling comedy thriller, for which I will soon start looking for a publisher) and translating, editing and re-writing a book about quantum theory and the famous Solvay Conferences in Physics I live with my wife, Alexandra, and our two young children (Hector and Iris) in Ealing, west London More information about my work can be found at www.felixlowe.com I’d welcome the chance to collaborate or engage with any old Shirburnians out there!

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DOuGLAS WithinGtOn (b 00) In May whilst travelling to Dubai for work I managed to squeeze in lunch and a game of table football with good friend and fellow Abbey alumni Sean Pearson (b 00) Needless to say it was a well fought contest, but I had no qualms about beating him on his own patch

ChRiStOPhER ChOW

(m 01) See Births page 36 Last year I finally got to do some editing for television Starting off I edited two episodes of the long running, TV BAFTA nominated, drama Casualty Then I edited an original mini-series Little Darlings for Sky TV: it’s based on the beloved children’s novel by Jacqueline W ilson and it was nominated for a Broadcast Digital Award Currently I’m busy editing the newly revamped popular BBC Three comedy series Bad Education, exec produced by Jack Whitehall The Christmas Special will be out end of this year (obviously) and the new series will be out early next year I think this is probably the most challenging and funniest project I’ve ever worked on, so I hope you will enjoy watching it To top it all up, I have been accepted as a BAFTA member, which I’m extremely proud of

ADAm hARRiS (h&d 01) lives in Putney with his girlfriend and has recently been promoted to Professor of Cognitive & Decision Science in the Department of Experimental Psychology at UCL In October (2022) he will be attempting his first marathon (London), having been thwarted in 2020

ED FinDLAY (m 02) and family have enjoyed an extended shared parental leave in Italy (photo) after the birth of their second daughter in March and is now back to work at Bloomberg in London, about to hit his 15 year anniversary there, where he is currently EMEA COO for the Core Terminal Sales business After a 3+ year wait for an update, the Italian Government have also finally decided to allow him an Italian passport

DAViD hOEY (h&d 02) Having just completed a UN peacekeeping tour of Mali as the Chief of Staff of the UK’s Long Range Reconnaissance Group, in October David will finish as Second-inCommand of the Queen’s Dragoon Guards and head over to Gloucester for a post at the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps HQ His wife Lydia and daughter Harriet (2) move with him He briefly overlaps at QDG with Chris kierstead (f 98) who has recently taken over as Commanding Officer

ED SCOtt-CLARkE (f 03) After five years at CNN, I have moved to Content W ith Purpose as Exec Producer focusing on documentaries about the climate and pollution My last documentary with huw Poraj-Wilczynski (g 01) and James Bulley (f 03), E-LIFE (completed 2017), has just been released on Netflix

ChARLiE GAmmELL (d 01) I am working in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on the Pakistan desk and my wife and baby girl (Imaan, one year) returned from posting in the UK Embassy Rabat (Morocco) in March of this year In Morocco I loved being close to the Atlas Mountains, where I did a lot of long-distance running I’m still in touch with my year (2001) and we meet up regularly

JOOSt WEtERinGS (b 04) See Marriages and Births (pages 36 and 38) Not only has Joost got married, but he is also the father of twins I commenced work as commercial director of the eMethanol producer Liquid W ind whick is working in conjunction with the world leader in offshore wind developer Orsted We are part of the front line in providing immediate solutions to decarbonise the marine sectors GHG emissions

ADAm REiD (g 04) See Births page 36 I’m still in the RAF working as a JTAC, currently attached to the Royal Artillery If there are any old boys in the RAF or RA I’d love to chat

EDWARD SELFE (c 04) I am writing from the Busanga Plains in central Zambia where I am running a privately-guided photographic safari I’ve been living in Zambia for 13 years, working in safari camps and offering tailored private safaris throughout Zambia and beyond I live in the South Luangwa National Park with my wife, who owns a local textiles, home decor and interiors company www.tribaltextiles.co.zm and our 8 year old daughter

hARRY BLAZEBY (m 05) Since graduating from university in 2010 I have

be acquired at the end of 2021 by a company called Smartly, where I continue to work I am also in an on-again, offagain post-punk band called Spirits in the Pillar (also featuring Alistair Lax (f 05), and we are releasing our first EP later this year

tOm RuSSELL (d 06) Still working as a GP in Somerset Baby boy (Rupert) born back in Feb If there are any OS living in the Taunton area and keen for some village cricket next summer, then please do get in touch

JAmiE COREth (b 07) See Engagements page 36 For work, I painted a portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge this year, which was unveiled at the Fitzwilliam Museum in June

hEnRY DuttOn (f 07) See Births page 36 Professionally I have recently been awarded the Bronze Star Medal by the US Army, for my service embedded with US troops in Northern Afghanistan in 2018-2019 This will formally be published in the London Gazette this Autumn with the other UK Operational Honours and Awards

been working in the yachting industry and have spent the last decade working around the world as a super yacht captain, now specialising in sailing yachts over 30m in length A photo of my current command above I have been working with my partner Freya who is a chef, since the beginning Last November we got engaged and we will be married on the Caribbean island of Antigua next May with several OS due to attend

ED LYOn (b 05) I’m currently living in Hackney with my wife, Sarah, and rescue greyhound, Duggan Sarah and I married during lockdown, with most attendees joining over Zoom, but were subsequently lucky enough to have a proper in-person wedding in October 2021 up in Shropshire Work-wise, I have spent the last few years heading up the product team at an ad tech startup called Ad-Lib io, and we were lucky enough to

ED Pitt FORD (m 05) was elected in May as a Conservative Councillor in the City of Westminster His maiden speech is available on his LinkedIn profile Photographed here relaxing before a service at Westminster Abbey

GASh mBiZVO (g 06) This year I got my PhD and married, and we wore the same shoes to both

JAmiE SmiBERt (a 07) moved from Aon New York down to the Miami office in April 2021 He is still working within maritime insurance with a current focus on the cruise industry After a couple of Covid postponements in 2020 and 2021, he and Annabel got married this April in Miami!

GEORGE BERthOn (a 08) After graduating with an MSc in Conservation Ecology from the University of Exeter I moved off to the African continent to undertake a safari guiding course On completion, I managed to get positions in Namibia, Botswana and Malawi both guiding and managing lodges I spent the three years in the run up to Covid managing a conservation project in the Tuli Block (South East Botswana)

Since then I have co-founded and fully dedicated myself to Clean & Proud Non Profit We are the only entity in Northern Malawi - East Africa, which deals with plastic waste management We collect and remove single use plastic waste from the urban environment and have set up the first ever household and shop plastic waste collection service in Malawi This waste is then recycled into a long life material then used as the base material of all the products we manufacture

These products are then sold under the &Proud brand to fund the project as well as donations You can find more details at: www andproudafrica com - if this is a cause you would like to support, please donate to help us have a wider impact

huGO SuttOn (f 08) See Marriages page 38 Having taught overseas in both Dubai and Switzerland I am now the Assistant to the Head of Sixth Form at Worth School in West Sussex and teaching History I am also still serving as an Officer in the Royal Yeomanry as a Reservist having commissioned from RMAS in 2018 It is keeping me busy on exercises and training reservists for deployments both in the UK and overseas Still living in Southwest London and enjoying being back in the UK

ChARLiE WhitCOmBE (m 08) Feeling a desperate need to get back out into the world and explore again after the miserable past couple of years, I travelled to the Nepalese Himalayas in November and was fortunate to be able to summit Mera Peak (6,476 m) with the help of my local guide, Pega (a five-time Everest summiteer and all-round nice guy!)

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hEnRY CRABB (b 10) I have recently moved into the exciting new world of ‘Nature-Based Finance’, helping to catalyse financial innovation for ecosystem restoration through research and knowledge sharing Before starting my new job as a ‘Nature-Based Finance Specialist’, I took some time out to go on a solo bike packing trip across Wales, through the Cambrian Mountainssomething which has (re-)ignited an obsession with bikes and riding them I am currently based in Bristol, but plan to move to Cornwall for the W inter with my brother hugo (b 12) to work remotely, cycle and surf

GEORGE kELLY (f 11) continues his role as the Lead Designer at WaterBear Network in Amsterdam Recent highlights include the successful rebrand of The Environmental Photography of the Year award which is now in its 15th year He also helped Mergulo Plant-Based Butter W in the Best Packaging of a New Product at UK Packaging Awards 2021 Chip Off The Block, the West County food van he shared with his very close friend, the late John montgomery (g 11) went back to Glastonbury for a successful year of trading

AnthOnY titLEY (b 08) Having Graduated from Oxford Brooks University in 2013 in international Hospitality Management, I have been working in the hospitality industry in London for the past 9 years I joined the Soho House graduate management programme and have worked my way up the management ranks and was promoted in March of this year to General Manager at one of our sites in Chiswick, London This has come after a tough couple of Covid hit years for my industry, but things are going well, and I am very much enjoying my role I spent much of the 2 lockdowns developing my passion of cooking and have spent much of the last year travelling abroad between work to different countries really immersing myself in the different cuisines and bringing these ideas back to work with me

It was during this incredible experience that I decided I wanted to pause my civilian career for 12 months and mobilise full time into the Royal Marines (having been a Reservist since university) I’m currently serving with 45 Commando and making the most of having ample more summits to tackle in the nearby Cairngorms

GEORGE ALLEn (c 09) In September last year I left Instinctif Partners, after almost nine years with the firm, and joined Teneo as Senior Vice President I am still in Dubai and focused on Investor Relations and Financial Communications across the Gulf region See Engagements page 36

LAuRiE BLAiR AnD SEB JAQuES (b 09) travelled with ex FARC Guerillas in Colombia in April 2022 Laurie’s article on the experience also featured in the Economist magazine and podcast

ChARLiE mAnSFiELD (g 13) See Marriages page 38 Lots has happened since I left school, I’ve got my MBA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and started working at Google in Austin

BADAR AFZAL (m 14) I have been working at Oxford Brookes university since January 2022 and recently I secured a new role as an apprenticeships coordinator helping to support the recruitment of Trainee Nursing Associates, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, and District Nurses I had previously completed an apprenticeship at The University of Exeter and apprenticeships were always a field I was interested in entering I continue to volunteer as an Apprentice Ambassador for the ESFA/National Apprenticeship Service

BEn hEBER (f 17) I have recently graduated from Edinburgh Uni with a 2:1 in Economics During the last academic year, I was Club Captain of the university Rugby Club

Following completion of an internship at Polar Capital in London, I have accepted a job offer from Deloitte LLP to start work as an analyst in the Tax and Legal team within the financial investors service line I will also be studying towards my ICAS accountancy exams while I work

ALAn huGhES-hALLEtt (a 17) I graduated from UCL with a high 2:1 in Economics and I am currently (August 2022) working at Warner Music as a Finance Intern which finishes in November I have started my own events company called Farrago which I will be doing full-time after Warner Music We are a London-based community that helps musicians and visual and performance artists by providing them with the tools to ignite their careers mainly through events by giving them the platform to showcase their talents at large venues We also help our artists by helping them to build their web3 presence, linking them to other business opportunities and much more To keep up to date, please follow our instagram farrago uk or visit our website at www farrago club

GEORGE CLiFFORD (a 18) I had my postponed graduation for my undergraduate degree in BSc Psychology from Newcastle last Easter And in October I graduated with an MSc in Sport & Exercise Psychology I’ve decided to travel to Australia for a year to take some time off!

LOuiS StREEt (b 18) see tim Street (b 51)

LLEYtOn SWEEnEY (f 19) and a group of his friends from the Wales University Officer Training Corps, raised over £1,300 for the Royal British Legion by running 11km every day for 11 days around Cardiff and in the Brecon Beacons leading up to 11 November

OLLY tinCknELL (c 19) I recently graduated from the University of Reading, where I was the Social Secretary of the Real Estate Society, with Real Estate BSc Hons I will start work as Graduate Surveyor with CBRE in September 2023 but in the meantime I am getting some work experience with Areli Real Estate Limited in Mayfair as a Development Surveyor until February and I am going to spend the next six months travelling around the world The first two months I will be volunteering at Restart Orphanage in Gilgil, Kenya The following four months include travelling through Southeast Asia, Oceania, and North America

LOuiS D’ABO (g 20) has just completed his second year at Liverpool University studying philosophy He will be spending his 3rd year as an exchange student in the USA at the University of Georgia in Athens before completing his 4th year at Liverpool

WiLL WEStmACOtt (c 19) This summer I completed a 2 month internship for IMG (Endeavor group) after finishing my second year at Exeter I have mainly worked with HSBC for the Open and Visa for the Women’s Euros and preparation for the Qatar World Cup As part of this process, I got to go to St Andrews for two weeks with work

mAX FinDLAY (d 20) SInce leaving school I spent 9 months travelling through Africa during Covid I explored different cultures and ways of life across the continent, leaving in October 2020 for Kenya, and was joined by Joe heber (f 20) in January and we then travelled through Tanzania, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe,

Zambia and South Africa together I worked on various projects and farms such as lion conservation, a crocodile farm, a Tannery, and a slaughterhouse I also worked at a secluded safari lodge in the foothills of Mount Kenya I managed to climb Mount Kenya, with a touch of altitude sickness We finished our last 3 months together at a prestigious safari lodge in South Africa, Fugitive’s Drift, which is based at the heart of the Zulu War battlefields I had many adventures from hitchhiking in the back of a pick-up whilst lying on bags of salt for 8 hours, hiking up rocky outcrops to see the most breathtaking views, to being the first to bungee-jump off the Victoria Falls bridge in a year and a half due to Covid

I am now at Oxford Brookes studying History and Politics

ED JOnES (d 20) I joined IBM in July 2021 and spent a fantastic year at the company gaining valuable experience in a large organisation I have recently accepted a job offer to start at Schroders in Fixed Income On the side I have also been really fortunate to have had the opportunity to work for Dash Water as a brand ambassador Seeing their growth this year has been fantastic and their recent takeover on the London underground was a proud moment

huGO LOnGRiGG (m 20) see Jeremy Longrigg (h 84)

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