The Family Issue
It’s All Relative
Senior School teacher Damaris Manser will soon be working alongside her daughter and two grandchildren. She tells all to The Voice At Tanglin, the idea of “Generations of Excellence” is one all staff identify with, but none more closely than Senior School teacher Damaris Manser. Damaris has worked alongside her own children for more than a decade and, from April, will also welcome her grandchildren to the school. Damaris, a Teacher of English, has worked at Tanglin for more than 15 years, although her involvement with the school began in 1992 when her eldest child, Lydia, joined what was then known as Winchester Nursery. Damaris has since seen all four of her children go all the way through the school. Lydia, Calder and Estella are all currently in the UK, with youngest daughter Cecily due to graduate this summer. With the return of Lydia to Singapore and Lydia’s children, five-year-old Teddy and Arlo (3), enrolling in the Infant School in Term 3, Damaris will soon have her two grandsons with her at Tanglin, too. “It’s so exciting,” she tells. “With Lydia living overseas, friends had been asking me, ‘Don’t you want to go and spend some time with your grandchildren?’ And now, of course, they are coming here!” Damaris’ eldest three children are all enjoying success in the UK. Lydia, who up until recently worked in advertising and marketing, is a successful interior blogger and property influencer who has featured in the Wall Street Journal; Calder works in London’s financial district; Estella is part way through a degree in Medicine at the
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Above: Damaris and Cecily. Opposite: Damaris’ daughter Lydia, and Lydia’s sons Teddy and Arlo, who will soon be enrolling in the Infant School.
