Lusimus Issue 33 (Jun 2016)

Lusimus THE RADLEY BROADSHEET

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Issue 33, June 2016

We record with deep regret the deaths of two former Tutors of A Social.

James Wesson

Peter Way

James Wesson who was a Don at Radley from 1992 to 2003 and Tutor of A Social from 1995 to 2003, died on 19th March 2016.

James was in charge of cricket at Radley during the great era in the 1990s with seven successive unbeaten sides.

Peter Way who was a boy at Radley from 1936 to 1941, a Radley Don from 1952 to 1983 and Tutor of A Social from 1963 to 1973, died on 30th March 2016.

Peter is remembered as an inspirational teacher and for his outstanding theatre productions and Dons’ Plays.

A Thanksgiving Service was held for James Wesson at Radley on Saturday 14th May.

A Thanksgiving Service will be held for Peter Way at Radley on Saturday 24th September.

see pages 2 & 3

Andrew Motion – page 3

The Warden – page 5

Hamish Aird – page 6

Harry Parker – page 11

Sport – pages 19-20

Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET James Wesson’s Thanksgiving Service – Saturday 14th May

Andrew Cunningham

The Wesson Cup – Sunday 8th May

The Wesson Cup took place on 8th May between the Rangers, I Zingari and Radley College – the competition was won by I Zingari captained by Olly Langton (1994 & Tutor of J Social) Above right: Andy Wagner (Radley Cricket Pro and administrator) with Andrew Strauss (Former Captain of England and now England and Wales Cricket Board Director of Cricket) I Zingari: Alex Gordon-Lennox,Will Langton, Ed Pearson, David Wynne-Griffiths, George Craig, Jim Corry, Charlie Wallis, Hector Freyne, Bertie Bennett-Jones, Theo Bossom, Olly Langton The Radley Rangers: Olly West, Jos North, Rupert Henson, Ben Hutton, Jamie Dalrymple, Mike Bellhouse, Malcolm Borwick, Charlie Hutchins, Charlie Langton, George Coles, George Grace, Henry Barrow 2

Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET My Hero Peter Way, 1924-2016 From The Guardian, 9th April 2016.

Sir Andrew Motion (1966), Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009, in memory of his English teacher and Social Tutor:

I’ve yet to meet the writer who didn’t have an inspirational English teacher. Mine was Peter Way: Mr Way for five school years, then Peter for the next 40odd. Our classroom paths first crossed when he began teaching me English at A-level in 1967.

At that stage I had no great

interest in literature (no one in my family had much time for books), and no expectation of going to university (no one in my father’s family had ever been); two years later, reading was at the centre of my life.

This was his gift to me – and he gave it without ostentation,

always speaking modestly and carefully, in such a way as to make poetry (in particular) seem an endlessly ingenious thing, but also as natural to the species as breathing. He lent me books from his own library, encouraged me to write my first poems, helped me to prepare

In Memory of Peter Way

by Sir Andrew Motion

My teacher, who reached down inside my head and turned the first lights on. Who gave me Keats to read, which turned on more. Who made me read. Who made me write. Who made me argue for the truth in things themselves. Who told me manners maketh man. Who let me question even the things he said himself were true.

Who gave my life to me, by which I mean the things I chose and not inheritance.

Who showed a quiet voice can carry far.

Who took the gratitude I owed to him and changed it into friendship. Who was kind.

My teacher, who died yesterday at peace – his hardest lesson and the last of these.

Peter Way and Andrew Motion at Radley in June 2015

The Guardian 9th April 2016 3

for my university entrance and afterwards managed the transition from teacher/pupil to close friend/close friend. It’s no exaggeration to say that in certain ways he gave me my life – as I’ve also said in the poem that follows, which I wrote the day after his death on 30 March.

Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Ray Underwood – King of Boats

Ray, then aged 15, started in the boat-building section of Salters in Oxford (they used to make rowing racing boats) in 1964. After serving his apprenticeship he went to work at Eton in 1970 where he remained, apart from a short gap, until 1990 when he came to Radley. Ray has quietly and skilfully repaired and maintained the Radley fleet of boats for 26 years. Ray is a genius with all types of wooden boats but equally at home with fibreglass.

In the early 2000s Richard Beauchamp, the Bursar, decided Ray would need to earn half his income by taking in outside work and repairing boats for other clubs and individuals.

It did not take long before Ray was earning more than his whole Radley income by this means. So, in effect, the Radley College Boat Club had its boats repaired and maintained for many years for no charge.

Pat Clarke – King of Mowers

Pat came to Radley in 1966, straight from school aged 15. After 50 years at Radley he will work part time from later in the year.

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Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET The Warden

The Warden, John Moule what Head Masters actually did all day ... apparently there was some scepticism as to whether I really did anything much. I hope I convinced him.

It was a salutary experience, however, and it reminded me that it is always good to get out of the office and be seen; quite apart from anything else, it is vitally important to see and feel the school in action. With that in mind, I have spent some time this term and last visiting all the Socials both for their weekly Social Prayers and, on a separate occasion, to wander around during Prep. As I have

One evening in particular stands out. It started with Chapel as we began the task of recording favourite hymns for a CD during the congregational practices. Boys always sing well but with the prospect of CD immortality, the Precentor has brought out the very best in them ... it is moving and genuinely uplifting to be part of it. I went to the Social in question in good heart. I wandered around, ably hosted by two members of the

6.1 group. In the first room, I was accosted by a boy who wished to know my views on the origins of the universe.

Ten minutes of challenging cut and thrust debate. Somewhat exhausted by that, we moved on and, while no other room provided quite so feisty a conversation, we ranged from polo in North America to the merits (or otherwise) of Brexit, sports literature and psychology, a book (apparently a best seller – news to me) on the art of chopping and stacking Norwegian wood, the prospects of the 1st XI the following day, and whether or not it was really ethically possible to be genuinely altruistic. I witnessed the embarrassment of one boy who modestly answered my question about his Real Tennis handicap with the ‘Oh it’s rubbish Sir, it’s only 39’ only to discover mine was the much more rubbish 58. He was wonderfully polite about it, if a little patronising.

I left the Social to walk home, at approximately 9.30pm.

On my way out, a boy was returning from a revision session and I bemoaned the fact that he had not been there to play me in a game of chess as he was the house champion.

He said: ‘I’ll play you now, Sir’. Two and a quarter hours

later, after a titanic struggle, he won. I got home shortly before midnight, having apologised to the poor resident Sub Tutor who had to stay up while we finished. But it is not the game of chess that I wanted to highlight – for obvious reasons given the result – but simply the fact that it afforded me an opportunity to witness the interaction, far more informally, of the boys as they reached the end of the day, chatted to each other at Cocoa and beyond and planned for the day ahead. And one moment stood out. A Shell boy, due to set off at 6am for a rowing regatta, asked a 6.2 boy – in the 1st VIII – if there was any chance he could be woken up to make sure that he got to the bus in time. The 6.2 happily agreed. I wonder how many schools that would happen in.

I came across a Sewell quote recently where he simply talks of the importance, in the educational project he was embarking on at Radley, of ‘the tone and atmosphere among which they live’. I think he is absolutely right; amidst all else that we do, it is the tone and the atmosphere that matter most. And, as I step out of my office as often as I can and witness it, I think Sewell would be happy.

Roger Shaw

I used to have the dubious privilege of being Head in a school where my son was a pupil; most people worry about the impact it might have had on him but the reverse is equally worthy of sympathy. Not because he was badly behaved or difficult in any way, I hasten to add, but simply because through him I had insight – sometimes painfully – into what boys thought as opposed to the blissful ignorance which usually pertains. One particular moment comes to mind. He approached me a little cautiously on behalf of his friends – so he said – to ask

seen the boys collectively listening to a talk by a Don, to the weekly notices, to the congratulations and reprimands of the Tutor, I have been struck by the genuine collegiality and camaraderie which characterises them and indeed, the same qualities in the Dons who gather in their sub-tutor teams. And as I have wandered around during Prep, I have been impressed by the variety of conversations that have emerged: in one Social last week, one corridor produced discussions on P.G. Wodehouse (a boy who knows his way to the Warden’s heart), French political satire, grime music (a boy who doesn’t know the way to the Warden’s heart), winemaking, the monarchy and the travails of supporting Arsenal.

Stimulating, and encouraging.

The College Choir at Coventry Cathedral in February 5

Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Will Bailey

Hamish Aird – Foundation Philosopher

After 50 years at Radley Hamish Aird will retire for ‘absolutely the final time’ in July. His Radley career as Classics Scholar, Don, Tutor, Sub Warden, Actor, Cricketer, wine expert, fount of wisdom, Foundation Philosopher and much more will be celebrated with a lunch at Radley on Saturday 2nd July.

Alby Shale (2004) – Rwanda Cricket Stadium

There was a section in The Telegraph of 19 February about the Rwanda Cricket Foundation Stadium and its Project Director, Alby Shale.

See: s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/Fields-Of-Dreams/index.html In 2013 Alby (shown right on his knees) successfully completed a 26 hour batting challenge, a new world record. He faced 6062 balls or 1010.2 overs from over 200 bowlers and was only bowled for the first time well into his fifteenth hour at the crease. His efforts raised over £4000 for the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation.

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Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Development Director’s Report event to be held in London in the Michaelmas term. At the heart of our efforts – as it has been the thrust of so many of our recent donors’ wishes – will be the imperative to raise significant funds that will transform our ability to provide bursaries and the chance of a Radley education to boys who wouldn’t otherwise have that opportunity. More news soon to come.

There have been many people (ORs, Parents, Dons and others who are part of the Radley firmament) who said to me over my initial few months that I would soon be drawn fully into the life, ethos and beguiling qualities of Radley. Such has been my experience in these first nine months – of both the place and the people – and I consider myself profoundly lucky to have ‘landed’ in this corner of Oxfordshire. Declamations, afternoons on the touchline and more recently the boundary rope on Bigside, concerts and performances in the Theatre and the Silk Hall, and the pleasures of meeting members of the Radley community in the UK and further afield have been both enjoyable and fulfilling.

I would like to start by expressing, on behalf of the Warden and Trustees too, our sincerest thanks to all those members of the Radley community who have supported the Foundation during this financial year. As things stand, with three months still to go, we anticipate having raised nearly £1.3 million in donations. This demonstrates both an extraordinary level of generosity and an equal measure of partnership and support for the College and its ambitions. In the last month alone, just over £230,000 has been given and pledged to the James Wesson Bursary Fund, which I describe below – an initiative that has clearly struck a strong chord with both ORs and their parents who knew James whilst he was here. Thank you so very much again to everyone who has supported the Foundation, both generally and for specific funds and purposes.

I spoke in the last Lusimus of our plans to launch the next stage of the Foundation’s work – and the ways in which, at every level, members of the Radley community will be able to become involved. With the Warden, we are nearing that point and you will very soon be receiving news of an important

Since arriving at Radley, I have learned of the depth of connection and gratitude felt by many ORs and their families towards particular Dons and Tutors who will have provided inspiration and shaped their time at the College. It is both entirely understandable and natural that we would wish to recognise their contribution – and I would be delighted and very grateful to hear from all of you who are drawn to any of the following:

(in gifts of a few pounds up to considerably more) has already been given and pledged from ORs in A Social and the 1st XI during WJW’s years, their parents and other friends – and we are delighted that the first recipient of an award through the ‘JWBF’ will arrive at Radley this coming September.

The Peter Way Bursary Peter Way was a great lover of and contributor to Radley.

As a boy, he was involved in countless sporting, artistic and academic pursuits and was appointed Senior Prefect in 1941. After distinguished wartime service, Oxford University and teaching posts in

The James Wesson Bursary Fund James Wesson was Tutor of A Social for nine years, as well as being Don in charge of cricket for eleven seasons. He was a truly wonderful inspiration, mentor and friend to many ORs. Very sadly, James passed away in March 2016.

Shortly after James’ death the Radley Foundation received a gift of £50,000 from a great friend of James, so that a Bursary fund could be set up in his memory to enable

boys to come to Radley who would otherwise never get that opportunity. The ambition is that future recipients of the Bursary should come from less advantaged backgrounds and, ideally, have a real interest in and passion for cricket. This wonderful idea will allow the memory of James to live on at Radley for years to come. We are thrilled that, at the time of writing, just over £230,000

the United States and at Bristol Grammar School, he returned to Radley in 1952. He was Officer Commanding the Radley CCF from 1958 to 1963 and Tutor of A Social from 1963 to 1973.

He was in charge of the Literary Society, the producer of many plays including unforgettable Dons’ plays, many of which he wrote. Above all Peter was a remarkable and inspiring English teacher. Through the Literary Society, he drew many distinguished writers of the time to visit Radley and address the boys. Winner of the Newdigate Prize at Oxford, he was an accomplished poet himself as well as being a fine artist. As is recorded elsewhere in these pages, many ORs bear witness to the immense influence that Peter Way had on them and the debt that they owe him: and none more than Andrew Motion, the former Poet Laureate.

In the weeks since Peter’s death, we have already heard from a number of ORs who would like to contribute to a Bursary Fund in lasting memory of him and, as those plans take shape, we would be delighted and very grateful to hear from others who may too wish to become involved.

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The Vyvyan Hope Society It can be argued that Vyvyan Hope did as much as anyone to secure the College’s financial future. Along with being one of the longest-serving Tutors between 1929 and 1948, Hon. Secretary of the Radleian Society during WWII and a highlyrespected mathematician, he is remembered for two particular feats: first, he was the person who persuaded a consortium of ORs to invest in buying the open land around the College when it was offered for sale at short notice, and then making over that purchase to the College. He was also an assiduous letter writer and there is every reason to believe that it was his efforts in writing to OR prisoners of war that led to the generosity of the Couzens family, Walter Radford, Monty Spencer Ell and others leaving substantial legacies to Radley. It is entirely appropriate that the Society that now bears his name exists for all those who have so kindly left a bequest to Radley in their Wills.

For many, leaving a legacy represents the most efficient and manageable way of making a gift to Radley. We understand that many people prefer the business of making a Will to remain a private matter. We respect this of course and guarantee anonymity where it is sought. On the other hand, although the receipt of legacies is always tinged with sadness, it can be slightly less so if we have had a chance to say thank you during a donor’s lifetime.

The Vyvyan Hope Society enjoyed a most convivial Luncheon recently at the College at which we were delighted to recognise John Bridcut (OR and member of Council) as the Society’s inaugural President.

John or I would be delighted to hear from any Old Radleian who would like to know more about the Society or, more broadly, the practicalities and advantages of leaving a legacy to Radley.

Finally, this summer marks a poignant moment in our Foundation office itself. Fifty years after he arrived at Radley, Hamish Aird retires (not for the first time!) from Radley. As Sub-Tutor of F Social for seven years, Tutor of E Social for fifteen years and Sub Warden for over thirteen years, teacher of Classics and English and leader of classical expeditions, in charge of the Rustics cricket team, wine enthusiast, actor in many of the Dons’ plays, and latterly as Foundation Advisor, Hamish has been a prominent and much-loved figure within the Radley community.

Anthony Robinson (1962, Former Parent and Development Director from 2008 to 2015) distils the essence of Hamish: Has there ever been a Radley Don more loved than Hamish?

A kind, caring and empathetic schoolmaster and a wonderfully warm person, unflappable and constant, his quick mind, humanity, wisdom, judgment, wit, diplomacy and boyish sense of fun have been relished by many generations of Radleians, parents and Dons. He is equally likely to smile at naughtiness or puncture pomposity as he is to encourage intellectual curiosity; a delicious mix. Blessed with a gift for friendship with all ages, he will forever be remembered as one of the great Radley Dons.

Indeed, in many ways he has come to personify the very heartbeat of the place.

As ever, I would be delighted to discuss the Foundation and its purposes – either generally, or in connection with a particular Fund or idea – with any member of the Radley community. Please do contact me at the College or on colin.dudgeon@radley.org.uk.

Thank you so much again to all who have given their support this year to the Foundation.

Colin Dudgeon Development Director

Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Marathon des Sables – Paddy Montgomery (2000) and Alex Gordon Lennox (2004) For Paddy Montgomery this was Stage 2 of his (selfinflicted) World’s Toughest Triathlon. The first part was the Race Across Europe, the 2934 mile bike race across Europe (11 days, 12 hours, 21 minutes and 4 seconds).

The Marathon Des Sables is a six day ultra-marathon covering 250 km in the Sahara desert – an event described as the hardest footrace on earth.

The rules require you to be self-sufficient, to carry with you on your back everything except water that you need to survive.

Most runners are pleased if they manage to complete the course but Alex Gordon Lennox finished 72nd out of the 973 who finished (and 1250 who started) the event, a magnificent achievement.

The 2016 Marathon des Sables Top Left: Alex Gordon Lennox. Top Right: Seamus Crawford and Paddy Montgomery

Paddy Mongomery is raising funds for the Prostate Project and the Shooting Star Chase (a leading children’s hospice charity caring for babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families). The final stage of his ‘Triathlon’ is the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, a 3000 nautical mile rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean starting in December 2016 from La Gomera to Antigua. www.saddlesandsea.com

Alex Gordon Lennox is fundraising for two charities, Anthony Nolan (saving the lives of people with blood cancer) and Alzheimer’s Research. www.alexgordonlennox.com

Charles Stevens & Will Hsu (2010) – Cycling from Beijing to Tehran Charles Stevens and Will Hsu have started their Silk Road ride in aid of A Child Unheard.

The Silk Road from Beijing to Tehran is considered to be the longest, hardest, hottest and coldest route in the world as well as historically highly significant. At over 10,000km, passing through 9 countries with temperatures ranging from minus 10°C to above 45 centigrade, it is a test at all extremities. Over the 120 days we will climb to over 4,000 metres and descend to below sea level. We will aim to be two of the youngest people to ever complete it, (less have completed it than have climbed Everest).

A Child Unheard was founded on the premise that the early years of a child’s life are the most important for their mental and physical development. It aims to foster this ‘by providing them with a safe, caring environment in which they can positively develop’. This small charity through its first education centre in Mityana, Uganda has already helped to improve the lives of some of Africa’s most physically and psychologically vulnerable children. We aim to help continue their inspiring work at a critical stage in the charity’s development.

Route Breakdown

29 May - 18 June Ulan Bator, Mongolia – GornoAltaysk, Russia

8 - 18 July Almaty, Kazakstan – Osh, Kyrgyzstan

15 May - 27 May Beijing, China to Ulan Bator, Mongolia

20 June - 5 July Gorno-Altaysk, Russia – Almaty, Kazakstan

20 July - 5 August Osh, Kyrgyzstan – Dushanbe, Tajikistan

7 August - 23 August Dushanbe, Tajikistan- via Uzbekistan – Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

See: beijingtotehran.com Donate at: www.charitycheckout. co.uk/1136396/Beijing-Tehran

26 August - 5 September Ashgabat – Tehran, Iran

Frederic Bolton (2004) – London Marathon Frederic Bolton completed the London Marathon this year to raise funds for The Ear Foundation. After the setbacks Frederic suffered last year which meant that he had to withdraw from the marathon, this time the hours of training with his friend Camilla Lukas paid off and they crossed the finish line in under 5 hours.

Frederic writes: I had meningitis at the age of twenty months and was completely deafened. When

I was four I received a Cochlear Implant. The Ear Foundation is based in Nottingham and has provided support both to me and my parents after my implantation at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. It has pioneered cochlear implants for children since 1989 and continues to help deaf children and adults around the UK. It provides a valuable connection between the clinics where people with

deafness have regained hearing, and the local communities where hearing technologies are used in everyday life.

The Ear Foundation is a charity that I have grown up knowing, and I will use every opportunity to help this charity to do everything they can to assist deaf children and young adults to get through what can be a very difficult process for them and their friends and family.

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I will be hugely grateful for any donation for this charity, big or small, and if you would like to donate please click on:

All the money that friends kindly donated to my marathon attempt last year has been included in this year’s donation.

www.justgiving.com/ FredericandCamilla

Thank you for all your donations this year and the last!

If you would rather send a cheque to the charity directly, their address is: The Ear Foundation Limited 83 Sherwin Road Lenton Nottingham NG7 2FB

Frederic’s time for the Marathon was 4 hours 35 minutes.

Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Watesy’s Wiggos – Tour de Force Chris Ross-Hurst (1990), Ed Way (1990), James Mulford (1990), Henry Sessions Hodge (1990), Will Ridley (1990), Mike Bellhouse (1989) John Berry/Getty Images

Sid Keyte (1984) – Bath Half Marathon

Sid Keyte ran The Bath Half Marathon in March for The Bath Rugby Foundation who help disabled and disadvantaged kids and young people develop their confidence through the power of sport. http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SidKeyte

Tom Parker (1996) – Cumbrian Challenge On 14th May, Tom with three friends took part in the 2016 Cumbrian Challenge, a 31.5km walk covering 1650m of ascent through the Lake District. They competed against an inspirational team of wounded servicemen and women to raise funds for Walking With the Wounded – all donations go towards helping wounded soldiers to get back into the workplace. http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/team-affinity

Adrian Theed (1983) – Goppin Challenge

This is how it might look as the first of Watesy’s Wiggos leaves Mont Saint Michel Chris Ross-Hurst writes: Six ORs are taking on two stages of this year’s Tour de Force, an amateur cycling event that follows the route of all 21 stages of the Tour de France. We’ll be setting off on 25th June, cycling 370 kms from the Grand Départ at Mont Saint Michel to Utah beach and then on to Cherbourg on day two.

“Why on earth are you doing that?” I hear you ask. Well, it is all in aid of the William Wates Memorial Trust – http://www.wwmt.org/ – a charity that exists to celebrate the life of a friend, William Wates (Radley 1990-1995), who was tragically killed when travelling in South America in 1996. Although WWMT isn’t a well-known charity, the grants they give out create massive opportunities and positively change the lives of hundreds of young people. WWMT helps the most disadvantaged keep away from a life of crime and violence, and fulfil their potential. This is achieved by supporting charities that engage young people through the mediums of sports, arts and education.

Adrian negotiates the mud during the 2015 event The Goppin Challenge is billed as the toughest eight-mile obstacle courses in the country, and with good reason. The hilly route on woodland tracks tests even the hardiest of runners – “our competitors will be up to their neck in water within 200m of leaving the start line” – there are burning mounds of wood-chip to negotiate, mud, tunnels, waterfalls to climb, lakes to swim, bogs, streams, more mud, clay, tunnels and man-made obstacles. Adrian is taking part for the Cordwainer’s charity for the Royal London School for the Blind.

So, please dig deep as we certainly will on our Tour de Force!

You can sponsor us here: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/WatesysWiggos

www.justgiving.com/ATheed2016

Thank you very much for your support.

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Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Nicholas Salaman (1949) Book

In early March Nicholas Salaman launched his new book, The White Ship, at Daunt Books in the Fulham Road in

London. The actor Edward Fox who did his National Service with Nicholas, read an extract from the book.

Christopher Fauske (1976) Book drama as part of a biographical re-evaluation. Christopher Fauske places the poet’s relationship with Ireland, the Second World War, his father and the key women in his life at its centre, unravelling unprecedented considerations that challenge the critical foundations of this luminary of Irish writing.

This powerful new perspective on MacNeice’s life and work explores his poetry, prose and

Christopher J. Fauske is Professor of Communications at Salem State University and is the author of Jonathan Swift and the Church of Ireland (Irish Academic Press, 2002) amongst other publications on Irish literature and history.

Sir Nicholas Jackson (1948) Opera

Francis Bennett (1955) helped the author to find a suitable publisher.

London Concertante performed Sir Nicholas Jackson’s The Rose and the Ring in May at the Charterhouse in the 16th Century Great Chamber, Charterhouse Square, London.

The opera in two parts is based on William Makepeace Thackeray’s neglected masterpiece and incorporates orchestrations and adaptations of music by Domenico Scarlatti.

Robert King (1974) CD Mendelssohn famously revived Bach’s St Matthew Passion, but he was also fascinated by the music of Handel, having studied his music on a visit to London in 1829. In 1833 he revised, reorchestrated and semi-staged (with a series of tableaux vivants) Handel’s great Old Testament oratorio Israel in Egypt. It has now been reconstructed by Robert King, and the results are fascinating: burbling clarinets supply continuo, added solo recitatives fill out the sequence of choral movements, and a totally Mendelssohnian overture now kicks off the story. Handel’s masterly depictions of frogs,

plagues and other natural disasters in his choruses are enhanced (though with

German texts) in this feisty performance.

The Observer

A stunning night was the RCS’s reward for a decade of support.

All four pieces premiered on Tuesday reflected the musical, dramatic, theatrical and intellectual probity with which these young composers set about and achieved their aims.

I was blown away by the fierce

emotional impact of Henry McPherson’s multi-media opera, Uhte, which was as pure in theatrical articulation as anything in Britten, and as raw as the most naked emotions in Maxwell Davies’ music theatre pieces; wonderfully performed on film by the BBC

SSO and Martyn Brabbins with an outstanding squad of RCS singers.

Henry McPherson (2008) From The Herald Scotland: Plug Festival review at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow.

Who would have thought it a decade ago, when head of composition at the RCS,

Gordon McPherson, introduced the institution’s new music festival with the ungainly title of Plug that it would be celebrating its 10th anniversary with an opening night that drew a packed hall and the luminaries and leading composers of the Scottish music scene?

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http://www.heraldscotland. com/arts_ents/14469901.

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Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET The Novel Anatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker (1996) featured in the Telegraph Magazine surrounding them do: shoes and boots, a helmet, a trove of dollars, a drone, that bike, weaponry, a bag of fertilizer, a medal, a beer glass, a snowflake, dog tags, an exploding IED and the medical implements that are subsequently employed.

Anatomy of a Soldier is a moving, enlightening and fiercely dramatic novel about one man’s journey of survival and the experiences of those around him. Forty-five objects, one unforgettable story.

Captain Tom Barnes is leading British troops in a war zone.

Two boys are growing up there, sharing a prized bicycle and flying kites, before finding themselves separated once the soldiers appear in their countryside. On all sides of this conflict, people are about to be caught up in the violence, from the man who trains one boy to fight the infidel invaders to Barnes’s family waiting for him to return home.

We see them not as they see themselves, but as all the objects

Reviews It’s marvellously told and this way of telling it ... giving the inanimate a voice ... is both engrossing and distancing and I know of nothing quite like it.

Alan Bennett It is a novel of concentrated ferocity and chilling accomplishments, tense and unflinching but alive to every nuance of feeling.

Hilary Mantel This is a brilliant book, direct from the battle zone, where all

the paraphernalia of slaughter is deployed to tell its particular and savage story.

Edna O’Brien A tour de force. In this brilliant and beguiling novel Harry Parker sees the hidden forces that act on the bodies and souls of combatants and noncombatants. These pages are dangerous but they contain compassion and sorrow too.

There is wonder here at what men have done to themselves.

It feels like war through the looking glass but it is utterly real.

Nadeem Aslam Highly original. This is a compassionate and compelling book where the artefacts and detritus of war tell their own emotive stories. The language has a clarity about it that elevates it to the beautiful.

Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat We’ve become desensitized to war stories, but Harry Parker – not simply through the originality of his approach but also through skilful storytelling,

intimate observation, and an endless ability to surprise and move the reader – cuts past our calluses and delivers a bold new narrative of war and its aftermath.

Phil Klay, author of Redeployment A riveting, evocative, brutally realistic read. Anatomy of a Soldier is a novel, but one clearly based on the author’s searing experiences in combat and during recovery. It provides a vivid description of life as a soldier in Afghanistan and of life after being seriously

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/health/harry-parker-losing-my-legs-in-afghanistan-was-like-losing-a-lov

Dmitri Kasterine (1945) – Newburgh: Beauty and Tragedy

Dmitri has achieved funding through Kickstarter for his film, Newburgh: Beauty and Tragedy, about Newburgh in New York State, where people live in poverty and amongst violence, yet love and courage persist.

Dmitri writes: Making a film to reveal the hardship suffered by individuals and families, to give a voice to families who live in uninhabitable houses is, I believe, a compelling way of showing what is actually happening to the fabric and the people of Newburgh.

Through the medium of this film my aim is to move people in positions of influence and

power – those people who can attract corporations and investors that give rise to jobs – to move them to take notice, and then to take action.

I am not only bringing to the attention of the world outside the plight of Newburgh’s citizens, but also showing the abiding hope in so many of their faces and voices. It is a cruel system that exists here – there is hunger and want, yet I also see self-possession and grace.

We have a crew of three apprentices whom we met on the streets of Newburgh. I instructed them in how to use

a sound recorder and in the responsibilities of assistant producer. We needed an ease of passage through the streets, and the apprentices wanted to learn how to make a film that was important to them. The idea for a number of sequences in the film came from them, and were organized by them. With the funds we raised through Kickstarter, we were able to pay the apprentices a good wage and offer meals during shoots. By including our crew in the editing of the film, they will continue to receive training and be paid for their work. And, they will help shape the story they recorded.

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wounded. What Harry Parker has written will enthrall, enlighten, and stay with readers.

General (Ret) David Petraeus, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, 2010-11 Book Description: A stunning debut – of patriotism, heroism, and profound humanism ... that will immediately take its place on the short shelf of classics about men at war and what all that truly means.

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BAFTA for Rupert Lloyd (1994)

At the 2016 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards in February Naji Abu Nowar (writer/director) and Rupert Lloyd (1994), (producer/ editor) won the award for Outstanding Debut by a British writer, director or producer for their film Theeb.

Naji Abu Nowar & Rupert Lloyd at the BAFTAs

Jerry Lane (1993) wrote the music for Theeb and Hugh Brunt (1999) was Music Producer and Orchestrator.

Theeb was nominated for best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars in February.

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George Butterworth

Radley was proud to stage a two-day celebration of George Butterworth’s life, work and influences, in collaboration with the English Music Festival on 26th and 27th May. The College-wide commemoration marked the Centenary of George Butterworth’s death and celebrated his connections with the College. During the Festival more than 100 Radley boys, together with distinguished visiting speakers and musicians, were involved

career in teaching. He left Radley in 1910 to study at the Royal College of Music.

Engraved glass panel by Laurence Whistler in the Music School at Radley in a range of concerts, readings, talks, plays and art installations.

In 1909 a talented young musician and Oxford graduate took up a teaching post at Radley, living in The Lodge at

the entrance to the school and composing his most famous work, A Shropshire Lad, a song cycle based on poems by A. E. Housman. His responsibilities at Radley involved teaching piano and this afforded him 12

the opportunity to pursue his own interests in composition.

Butterworth also helped with sports, offering his skills in cricket, racquets and fives.

However, for all this, he was not cut out for a long-term

George Butterworth, a lieutenant and acting company commander in the 13th Durham Light Infantry, died in the early hours of 5th August 1916, killed by a German sniper. His men buried him where he fell and his body still has no marked grave. It was a tragic end to a short life – he was just thirty-one.

Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Richard Hubert Smith

David Pountney (1961) – Figaro Gets a Divorce

David Pountney, Artistic Director at Welsh National Opera, commissioned and directed a new opera by Elena Langer, Figaro Gets a Divorce, for which he wrote the libretto.

The Sunday Times reported in May: ‘For the second time this season, Welsh National Opera celebrates its 70th anniversary with a new work. Iain Bell’s In Parenthesis follows Elena Langer’s

hugely likeable Figaro Gets a Divorce and is again directed by the company’s David Pountney, with the success of a man who has devoted his entire adult life to opera in Britain, leading Scottish Opera and

English National Opera, as well as being the first and only British director of the Bregenz Festival. You have to wonder why he, of all British directors, hasn’t been honoured with a knighthood’.

John Lubbock, OBE (1959) and Hannah Fraser-Mackenzie (1999) at the Ashmolean

At a ‘Prom” in February John Lubbock conducted the Royal Academy Strings and Hannah Fraser-Mackenzie sang at the Ashmolean in Oxford.

John Lubbock is the Founder and conductor of the Orchestra of St John’s.

He began his musical life as a chorister at St George’s Chapel Windsor Castle

and later, having studied singing at the Royal Academy of Music, went on to sing with the John Alldis choir, was a founder member of the London Symphony Chorus and was a member of the Swingle Singers. Besides the orchestra’s public concerts John and his players give around 50 concerts a year to autistic children and others with

learning difficulties through the charity ‘Music For Autism’ started by his wife Christine Cairns in 2002. They have also developed a series of concerts for people with dementia.

Hannah Fraser-Mackenzie (née Nye) is a versatile soprano who studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire, gaining 13

a distinction for her Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal studies, and the Conservatoire Postgraduate Diploma prize. Hannah is a professional member of the Philharmonia Chorus, performing to high acclaim at venues including the Auditorium de Lyon, Valencia’s Palau de la Musica and The Roval Festival Hall.

Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET John Bridcut (1965) Director & Producer

Peter Taylor (Former Parent) Presenter

John Bridcut produced Elizabeth at 90 – A Family Tribute on BBC1 in April.

Peter Taylor presented Panorama - Inside Europe’s Terror Attacks in March.

From highly organised cells like the one that killed 130 people in Paris, to lone attackers within our own communities, the programme revealed how the so-called Islamic State’s terror network has been operating secretly in Europe, and Western intelligence agencies’ battle to stop it.

James Maycock (1980) Director & Producer

Amid the celebratory events, film-maker John Bridcut’s documentary looked at the more private side of the monarch. Bridcut was given access to the complete collection of the Queen’s private cine films, shot not just by her, but also the Duke of Edinburgh, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Most of the footage has never been made public. There were also reminiscences from Prince Harry, the Princess Royal and Princess Alexandra.

John Bridcut was also Series Producer for the two parts of Europe: Them or Us 1. An Island Apart 2. Voice of the People.

James Maycock produced Yehudi Menuhin: Who’s Yehudi?, broadcast on BBC4 in April. The programme was described as: A delightful profile of the 20th century’s greatest violinist, timed to commemorate his centenary. Clemency Burton-Hill is the ideal host: she was a student of Menuhin’s and calls him “the ultimate teacher because he was always learning. He never stopped.”

As we geared up for the EU referendum, Nick Robinson explored the turbulent relationship between Britain and continental Europe since the end of the second world war. In an often surprising and emotional story, the decision-makers on both sides of the Channel explain what happened, and why. At its heart is Britain’s essential dilemma: is Europe ‘them’ or ‘us’?

Harry Wallop (1988) – Channel 4

Surprisingly lively, even poignant The Daily Telegraph Authoritative, impartial, informative yet also surprisingly witty, this is publicservice broadcasting at its best Daily Mail A scrupulously impartial examination of the past to inform the present, while at the same time lobbing a few stun grenades into the debate The Times

Harry Wallop presented Dispatches on Channel 4 in March revealing what has been happening to Cadbury since it was bought by Kraft.

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Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Radley for Life Entrepreneurs Event – April 2016

At the end of April Caroline Monaghan, our events wizard, organised a Radley for Life networking event, kindly hosted

by Killic & Co, in London for entrepreneurs.

Nearly 100 people attended the event. From left to right above: Richard Huntingford (1969) introduced Will Wells (1997), Doug Ker (1989), and Guy Proddow (1985) who spoke about their young businesses.

A Q&A session was chaired by Judy Marsden, a former Radley parent, followed by an open networking session at the end of the evening.

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We are aiming to have another event later on this year. www.radley.org.uk/RFL

Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Golf – Finalists in the Halford Hewitt 2016 ORGS Team: W. E. S Bailey (1968) T. E. Beasley (2007) A. D. Chilvers (1979) D. H. E. Cotton (1983) H. A. B. Douglass (1992) T. J. Etridge (1985) A. W. I. Leetham (1983) D. C. G. Montgomery (1995) C. A. D. Macqueen (2001) H. N. Mackeown (1955) B. Molavi (1993) S. J. E. Peck (1985) Non playing Captain: R. H. Palmer (1956) Selector: C. J. Ball (1958) Radley were narrowly beaten

by Tonbridge (3-2) in the final of the Halford Hewitt at Royal Cinque Ports at the beginning of April.

In the earlier rounds we beat Highgate, Cheltenham, Ampleforth, Eton (holders),

and Shrewsbury on our way to the final. Hugh Mackeown (74) flew from Ireland to join the team – again. Hugh first played in 1974 having been spotted by Richard Palmer (Hon. Sec.) as an Irish international. At the other end of the scale, Tom Beasley (son of John, master at Radley) at St Andrews University, flew down on Friday night after the completion of his tournament there. Our closest match was against Ampleforth on Saturday morning. Our 5th pair in the deciding match won on the 21st after some knee trembling 3 foot putts to keep the match alive. At the 21st Angus Chilvers had to play our second shot off the sea wall – still managing a par 5 after Ampleforth suffered poor luck when their second shot came to rest under a divot.

The team performed very well and despite the

Dominic Cotton holes to win v Cheltenham

disappointment of defeat in the final were in good spirits.

The current Radley team have some real talent. We are looking forward to being able to welcome one or two of them to the team. We are always looking for low single figure handicap golfers to come and join the Halford Hewitt team. Whatever golfing level you are at please register at www.orgs.org.uk William Bailey (Match Manager Halford Hewitt team) will@planitevents.co.uk Duncan Montgomery and Tom Beasley

Team briefing

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Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Hamish Aird

Radleian Society Committee Dinner

Four Wardens at the Radleian Society Committee Lunch in May: Dennis Silk, Richard Morgan, Angus McPhail and John Moule

The Beagles 75th Anniversary Meet & Dinner - March 2016

Article in Horse & Hound 14 April 2016 The report in Horse & Hound ended: ...there was barely sufficient time to change for the Beagles’ 75th Anniversary Dinner, held in the magnificent surroundings of Hall, where no fewer than

23 former masters joined other guests to hear speeches from the current Warden, the Chairman, joint-­master Archie CliftonBrown and Edwin Atkinson.

The much-loved and respected former Warden, Dennis Silk,

had also made the effort to attend and Atty Beor­-Roberts reminded guests of his robust support for the beagles when interviewed publicly on radio many years earlier. How heartening to discover that the Beagles at Radley remain 17

an integral and well-supported part of College life.

can be ordered from the Hunt chairman:

A History of the Radley College Beagles, compiled

by Edwin Atkinson, will be available in October this year.

Hardback copies cost £20 and

atty.beor­roberts@knightfrank.com

Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Calendar of Events 2016

Vyvyan Hope Lunch

Radleian Society & Foundation Provisional Programme Hamish Aird’s Farewell Celebration Saturday 2 July, Radley Radley Mariners/Boat Club Dinner Friday 16 September, Radley Shell Parents Drinks Sunday 25 September, Radley Choir Reunion Saturday 19 November, Radley Young OR Christmas Drinks November/December, London Property Dinner February 2017, London Livery Dinner February 2017, London Details will be published on the website when events are confirmed and invitations will be sent out by mail or email. See: www.radley.org.uk

The Lunch for the Vyvyan Hope Society (Legacy donors) at Radley in May

New Zealand

If you have questions about Radleian Society and Foundation Events please contact: Caroline Monaghan: Tel: 01235 543171 Email: caroline.monaghan@radley.org.uk

Hamish Mackie (1987) Exhibition After the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May Hamish’s next exhibition, with over 40 new bronzes, will be at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 from 10 to 22 October.

20 October 2015 Auckland, New Zealand – meeting the British High Commissioner to New Zealand.

Left to right: Cornelia Phillips, John Sellers (1957), David Spriggs (1970), Jonathan Sinclair, The British High Commissioner (1984), Andy Ross (1968), Brian Roper (1949), Alex Phillips (1985) Brian Roper writes: Brian was looking glum as it was his 80th Birthday so showing his age! It was a very happy occasion and we all agreed to do the same next year and hope more ORs will be present. Greetings to all at the old school.

South West ORs

Miles MacEacharn arranged a gathering of South West ORs in November at his house in Devon.

Left to Right: Tom Stables (2007), Dick Sale (1977), Miles MacEacharn (1978), Guy Arnold (1977), James McNeile (1977), Anthony Jervoise (1977), Edward Martin (1977) 18

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Cricket

Kim Bailey (1967) – 2nd in the Grand National

The Last Samurai (left) trained by Kim Bailey and ridden by David Bass and Vics Canvas (centre) ridden by Robert Dunne clear the last fence as eventual winner, Rule The World (right), ridden by David Mullins jumps it in third place during the Grand National in April.

Nick Gubbins (2007) on his way to his score of 91 during the County Championship match between Surrey and Middlesex in May (top) and 62 during the match between Durham and Middlesex in April (above)

Rowing Yale lightweight crews also won the first varsity and 2nd varsity races, won bronze in the 3rd varsity and the overall lightweight cup. Louis à Brassard (2010) was in the Yale 3rd lightweight crew and Hubert Simpson (2008) and Alex George (2006) were in the Yale 2nd lightweight boat – so six ORs were in the medals, five of them for Yale.

Sam Ringer (2009) was a spare man for the Cambridge and Goldie Boat Race squad. After a year in the J14 3rd Octo at Radley he gave up rowing until he went up to Pembroke College in 2014.

Donald Legget (1956) was part of the Cambridge coaching team. He started in 1968 so this was his 49th year with Cambridge.

Rob Clegg (1984) umpired the Women’s Boat Race.

Ollie Wynne-Griffith (2007, fourth from the right) and Charlie Elwes (2010, fifth from the left) rowing for the Yale Heavyweight 1st crew won the Eastern Sprints (the US Ivy League Championships) in May beating Tom George (2008) stroking the Princeton crew into second place.

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David Searle (1969) continues as Executive Director of the company that stages the University Boat Races on the Tideway.

Miles Morland (1957), pictured below on his travels, provided financial support for the Oxford Lightweight Women who won their Boat Race at Henley, coming back from nearly a length down to win by a canvas.

Lusimus . THE RADLEY BROADSHEET Football

Sailing

The 2016 Belvidere cup was held in April at Queen Mary’s Reservoir in Middlesex. The winner was Winchester followed by Abingdon (last year’s winner) and the RTYC Academy on the same score, Canford was 4th, Wellington 5th, Radley 6th and Charterhouse 7th.

The Radley team was Piers Hugh Smith (2008), Mike Baldwin (1980) and George Pitcher (2004).

Alexis Dogilewski (1958), ORSA Commodore, was the Race Officer.

The ORs beat the College 4-1 in a match at Radley at the end of January.

Back left to right: Luke Cheetham, Jimmy Donger, Alex Kelly, Henry Taylour, Mike Rolt, Henry Mills, George Cooke Yarborough, Matt Bailey, Front left to right: Jack Trowbridge, Humphrey Kelly, Ollie Hext, Os Miller, Dan Brownlee, Fred Lowe Below: Action in the College goalmouth

The 2017 Belvidere Cup will be held on Saturday 1st April.

Rugby

Will Stuart (2009) & Tom West (2009) were in the England U20 Six Nations squad and have been selected for the England squad for the U20 Rugby World Cup being played in Manchester in June.

They are both members of the Wasps squad.

Contact Details Radley College, Abingdon, OX14 2HR Web: www.radley.org.uk

Radley College win LB Cup

Colin Dudgeon, Development Director Tel: 01235 543151 Email: colin.dudgeon@radley.org.uk Lucy Johnsson, Administrator & PA to Development Director Tel: 01235 548543 Email: lucy.johnsson@radley.org.uk Kim Charlton, Data Wrangler Tel: 01235 543172 Email: kim.charlton@radley.org.uk Caroline Monaghan, Events & Communications Wizard Tel: 01235 543171 Email: caroline.monaghan@radley.org.uk Hamish Aird, Foundation Philosopher Tel: 01235 548574 Email: hha@radley.org.uk

Congratulations to the Radley 1st XI who won a thrilling LB Cup Final against Haberdashers’ Aske’s in March.

The score was 1-1 at full time, 2-2 after extra time and 5-4 on penalties.

The team: Ed Agnew, Tom Binks, George Bracken, Alex Bruce, Max Davis, Ollie Donaldson, Jack Elvin, Tom Eden, George Gent, Charlie le Grice, Tom Ogilvie, Tom Oliver, Toby Orders, James Sloan, Charlie Williams.

Edward Holt is the Master i/c. The team are coached by Christian San Jose and Les Newell.

The LB Cup is a competition run by Oakham involving sixteen Independent Schools. Radley reached the final in 2012 and 2014 and last won the trophy in 2011.

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Jock Mullard, Editor, Lusimus & Old Radleian Tel: 01235 543103 Email: jock.mullard@radley.org.uk The Radley Foundation – Registered Charity No. 272671 The Radleian Society – Registered Charity No. 309243