Contributors Jonathan Peel
Tom Newton Dunn
Anthony Burns-Cox
(B1 1976-81)
(C2 1986-91)
(C2 1957-62)
Jonathan studied Classics at King’s College London before becoming an opera singer working as a soloist in the UK, Seattle, Naples, Koln and Strasbourg and performing throughout Europe. Later, he became an English teacher and was assistant headmaster of John Lyon School, Harrow, at the time of his retirement. He lives near Salisbury.
Tom is the presenter on TalkTV’s flagship evening news programme, First Edition. He has been a political journalist for 15 years, serving as The Sun’s political editor, Times Radio’s chief political commentator, and a columnist for The Times and the Evening Standard. Previously, he was a defence correspondent covering the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.
Anthony studied Music at Oxford. He spent much of his life in church music, notably as organist of Romsey Abbey. He became Director of Music at Norman Court School before retiring, allowing him to indulge his passion for organising holidays in France for organists, playing the best instruments, followed by eating and drinking well!
Ginny Light
Tom Cayford
David Walsh
(NC 1991-96)
(LI 2011-16)
(C1 1960-65)
After her Geography degree, Ginny worked in journalism including many globetrotting years with The Times. She returned to Geography as a teacher of the subject, pursuing a passion that was first ignited all those years ago in Marlborough’s Leaf Block. She now writes for Muddy Stilettos and presides over a smallholding in Oxfordshire.
Tom completed an MPhys in Physics and Astronomy at Durham and now works as a spacecraft engineer for OneWeb. He travelled after university, spending several months in Mexico and Kenya, writing scientific articles along the way. He worked at a Covid test centre during the pandemic and spent last winter working in the French Alps.
David mainly taught at Tonbridge School, retiring as Second Master in 2009. A cricket Blue, he played in the only Marlborough Blues side to win the Cricketer Cup in 1980. He has authored and co-authored five books about the two World Wars, including contributing many of the stories to Marlborough and the Great War in 100 Stories.
Francis Chamberlain
Liz Tan
Rhianon Bragg
(C2 1973-77)
(CO 2018-20)
(PR 1988-90)
From Marlborough, Francis went straight to Australia where he remained for some time. After about 20 years as a criminal barrister, he now works as a tribunal judge in the areas of mental health and capacity. He is interested in field sports, pipe music and Anglo-Indian history. This year he is Steward Warden of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers.
Liz is completing her Physics BSc at Imperial College, London. During her time there, she has enjoyed working on many physics experiments including building a cloud chamber, a device used to detect subatomic particles. Outside of university, Liz tutors Physics and Maths. Next year, she is hoping to start her career in the City.
After studying Zoology and then Applied Hydrobiology at Cardiff, Rhianon worked for several years before raising her family with whom she now manages a smallholding. Drawing from her own experience of domestic abuse, Rhianon is working with the aim of raising awareness of the issue and is affecting positive change.
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