AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 ATRIUM OLD PAULINE NEWS THE ST PAUL’S SCHOOL ALUMNI MAGAZINE

Saul Klein The serial entrepreneur fascinated by the intersection of social and economic impact

100 Years of House Parties Coffee Time Last Word Jeremy Withers Green leads Robin Hirsch considers the cultural Ed Vaizey MP, recently stripped a discussion about a century heritage of coffeehouse culture on of the Tory party whip, makes of Christian Union fellowship both sides of the Atlantic a case for compromise

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02 Briefings 24 Interview News of Old Paulines including the life of C16th Saul Klein (1983-88), entrepreneur extraordinaire OP Thomas Gresham and the 40th anniversary row of the 1979 1st VIII at Henley 28 Old Pauline Club News Featuring New Faces; the Shaping Our Future 07 OP fundraising campaign; the Annual Dinner; 10-, Simon Lovick (2008-13) explores Maltby Street 20- and 40-year reunions, the centenary of the Market, Bermondsey OP Lodge and the reunion of Real Sao Paulo

08 Pauline Profiles 36 Et Cetera Featuring voice-over star Jonathan Kydd (1967-72); Robin Hirsch (1956-61) considers the history of consultant colorectal surgeon Nirooshun Rajendran coffeehouse culture on both sides of the Atlantic (1989-94); physician and immunologist John Bienenstock (1950-54); former Deputy Mayor of London, Stephen Greenhalgh (1980-84) and DJ and 38 Obituaries record shop owner John Stapleton (1973-77) 42 Old Pauline Sport 18 Judaism and St Paul’s Round-ups from the OP Rugby, Football, Cricket, Simon Lovick (2008-13) talks to Benji Stanley Fives and Golf Clubs (1996-2001), Rabbi of Westminster Synagogue and Student Rabbi Anthony Lazarus (2008-13) about their experiences at School 46 Past Times Snippets from 10, 20, 50 and 100 years ago, plus 20 100 Years of House Parties the Atrium crossword by Lorie Church (1992-97) To celebrate a centenary of Christian Union House Parties, Jeremy Withers Green (1975-80) and 47 Last Word Henry Dyer (2010-15) talk to John Beastall (1954- Ed Vaizey MP (1981-85) 59), Ed Fryer (2004-09), Basil Moss (1948-53) and Andy Puddifoot (1974-79) 48 Diary dates Editorial

Welcome to Atrium magazine. As my last act as editor, it is my pleasure to present the renamed and redesigned Old Pauline News. I hope you enjoy it. But why the change?

t has been 11 years since the magazine last I warmly welcome Jeremy Withers Green to had a facelift. With the help of designers the role of editor and wish him well. Jeremy IHaime & Butler, I believe the magazine has already established himself at the Club has never looked better and will give incoming as Social Engagement Officer, with some editor Jeremy Withers Green (1975-80) a inspiring new ideas for reaching out to superb base on which to launch his new ideas. members of all ages. His plan to commission younger OPs to contribute to the magazine will Since 2008, there have been many changes undoubtedly make for a good read and extend to the staffing of the office and developments the magazine’s inclusiveness. in the relationship between the School and Club – a very positive move to bring the two As my own ‘last word’ as editor, I would like to closer together. The magazine should reflect pay tribute to my predecessor Paul Leppard those developments, to become a publication (1954-60), who edited the Old Pauline News that can communicate across the whole for 12 years (1996-2008). Paul sadly died in Pauline community while retaining its identity August. He was a witty and innovative editor, as the St Paul’s School’s alumni magazine. transforming the magazine during his time in charge. His efforts proved a tremendous Atrium was suggested as a possible new name platform on which to build. for the magazine in our members’ survey last year. As an iconic space within the School Finally, I would like to thank all those with soon after the move to Barnes in 1968, the whom I have had the pleasure of interviewing atrium has always served as a central social for the magazine. Without exception you have hub, a venue for discussion and performance. been courteous and cooperative, but most A new atrium is being built to replace the of all, fascinating to talk to. original – and is seen as an important part of the next stage of the School’s development. Simon Bishop (1962-65) As an umbrella title and metaphor for all things Pauline, both old and new, (though not so much, I accept, for those like me who went to the School in West ), the name should carry strong resonance. Old Pauline News will remain as the magazine’s subtitle. 01 BRIEFINGS

This summer, Anosh Malik scored four consecutive hundreds for the St Paul’s 1st X1 against Reed’s School, The Leys, Monkton Combe and the MCC. He is a Middlesex Academy player. Anosh is 16 years old with another two years at the School.

Cricket Legends at St Paul’s

The most famous Pauline cricketer is following an argument between his too many risks when batting and for probably Percy Fender (1906-10) who father and the High Master, AE Hillard. experimenting with too many different played 13 tests for in the His father objected to the School styles while bowling. Sounds 1920’s. At St Paul’s, Fender played for putting Percy’s cricket before his something like Garry Sobers. the School team for three years. In studies; times do not always change. 1909, he topped the School’s batting Fender was removed from the School Probably the most successful Pauline averages, scoring a century against immediately. The President of cricket cricketer while at School was Norman Bedford School. In 1910, his School did not consider him a reliable Martin Mischler (1934-39). He was also career came to an abrupt end cricketer; he was criticised for taking Captain of School in 1939. He had an incredible season in 1938. He scored 5 centuries, including 211* against Jesus College, Cambridge. The remaining four were two pairs of consecutive centuries. He averaged 87 that season. Mischler played 24 first class matches and was a Cambridge blue as wicketkeeper in 1946 and 1947. Wisden’s 1947 entry about Cambridge’s season reads, ‘N. M. Mischler, despite some trouble with his hands, which necessitated periods of rest, was a very sound wicket keeper. Against Warwickshire he held five brilliant catches in an innings.’

Mischler went up to Cambridge after serving in the Indian Army in WW2. He was twice mentioned in despatches. He found time while serving in India to play for the Europeans against the Parsees and the Indians. After graduating, Mischler worked in the chemical industry acting as Hoechst’s chairman in the UK. He was awarded the German Order of Merit in 1985.  Jeremy Withers Green

t A contemporary cartoon of Percy Fender (1906-10), probably the most famous of Pauline cricketers

02 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 Letters & Emails

Missing ‘G’ Club

I am sure I shall not be the only former member of that worthy (although in my day not terribly successful) Club to feel let down by Hilary Cummings for omitting G Doctorate Award New Parliamentary Club – famous as Marlborough – Under-Secretary of from her reminder list in the most Jonathan Cornthwaite (1967-71) has recent OP News. I’ll generously put been granted a doctorate by the State for it down to a printing error! University of Roehampton. The subject Michael C Fletcher (1955-60) of his thesis was the interface between (1991-96), MP for UK intellectual property law and the Worcester, has been appointed as You unfortunately left out G Club’s internet. Intellectual property law is the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of name from the list on p3 of your principal element of Jonathan’s State at the Scotland Office. He newly formatted OP News. As I practice at the firm of replaces Ian Duncan, who has moved recall, it was ‘Marlborough’ and the solicitors of which he is a partner. to the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Club colour was yellow. How sad that the evocative Club names have Robin has represented Worcester since given way to utilitarian, soul-less 2010 and previously served in the initials. It would be interesting to Department for Exiting the European know what led to the changes in Union. He will work at the Scotland 1953 and 1976. Office under Alister Jack, who David Howard (1957-61) replaced . Robin will also serve at the Northern Ireland Office. Mea culpa. I must defend School Librarian Hilary Cummings’ good name by admitting that the missing G Club entry was down to a typographic glitch, not any omission on her High House Reunion part. My apologies to all G Club members past 2020 and present and to Hilary (Ed)

A High House Reunion is in the early stages of planning for the first half of next year. A small committee has been formed and further information will be St Paul’s School’s role in sent out on in an email in the near future. In the meantime, if anyone Operation Overlord would like to get involved or seek further information please feel free to Historian and author Simon Forty’s contact one of the following: new book, D-Day UK : 100 locations in Britain, published by John Shepherd has been acquired by the School [email protected] library. The book refers to the 21st Kwok Li Army Group, commanded by General [email protected] Montgomery (1902-06), being Babloo Ramamurthy stationed at St Paul’s School on the [email protected] West Kensington site. After the Martin Buckeldee Power of the Word evacuation of the School to , [email protected] the School was requisitioned in July Yusuf Hassan Keshavjee In an interview with , 1940 as the headquarters of the Home [email protected] , the International Forces. From July 1943, it became the John Kersey Trade Secretary, chose Daylight headquarters of the 21st army group to [email protected] Robbery: How Tax Changed Our which Montgomery was promoted in Past by Dominic Frisby (1982-87), December 1943. It was at St Paul’s that as one of her recommended the Normandy landings (Operation reads. Overlord) were planned in 1944.

03 BRIEFINGS

School House Reunion

“I hadn’t seen many of these fellows for 58 years so I was prepared for non-recognition both ways”

I love the memory of my time at St And furthermore, I had booked into It was excellent to meet up with Paul’s, particularly so as a proud School the hotel as a guest for the two nights contemporaries both of my own year House border of the “Mac” era. surrounding the luncheon. This meant (1961), prior and subsequent – I would be sleeping in an area adjacent completely delightful. Thanks to all It was therefore with some excitement to locations of my dormitories whilst of you who helped make this a that I registered as an attendee at this there as a border. My whole stay memorable gathering for a long- year’s School House Old Boys (SHOBs) promised to be a personally departed out-of-towner. Long after reunion luncheon so competently memorable affair on many levels. lunch had been cleared away some arranged by Michael Nathan this year’s of us were still to be found seated SHOBs Reunion Luncheon organiser And so it was on Friday 26th April, immediately below the main stairway par excellence. Thank you Michael. I departed my room and descended in the hallway still chewing the cud. by the back stairs to find Tim Cunis I live in Melbourne Australia and (1955-60) just in time to assist in the It was wonderful to see and talk with therefore whilst being completely erection of the photo gallery that was Mrs McGuiness who with her husband supportive of all OP activities it has not to be our back drop for our luncheon Phil looked after School House so been possible to participate over the in the main dining room. capability following the Mac era. years. However, this time I was It was a splendid reunion luncheon determined to make it over to West Gradually in dribs and drabs, 22 SHOBs thoroughly enjoyed by all. Thank you. Kensington and meet up with my of the Mac era assembled for pre-lunch fellow borders. drinks in the hotel bar. I hadn’t seen  Robin Jervis-Read (1957-61) many of these fellows for 58 years so Also of importance was that the I was prepared for non-recognition School House building – the only both ways. This was of course the case Those attending: Andrew Biro (1963-67), Paul structure left standing on the old West until names were exchanged and faces Cartledge (1960-64), Roger Croft (1961-66), Tim Cunis (1955-60) (OPC Archivist), Paul Ganjou (1960-65), Peter Kensington site, mercifully heritage fell into place immediately. Graham (1960-63), Richard Hardy (1960-65), Philip listed, has been magnificently and Heycock (1955-60), Jeffery Isaacs (1955-60), Robin Jervis-Read (1957-61), Surawat Kongsiri (1952-57), tastefully re-modelled into a beautiful Suffice to say the luncheon was, to my Christine McGuinness, Paul McGuinness (1978-83), boutique hotel. And this was to be the mind, a huge success. Great memories Danny Michelson (1957-61), Ian Milburn (1960-65), Paul location, as for previous SHOB reunion both good and bad were shared by all Moir (1959-65), Michael Nathan (1958-63), Arun Nigam (1958-63), Leslie Phillips (1958-61), Sally Phillips (Guest luncheons, for this year’s affair. with those that wanted to hear and be of L Phillips), Mike Preston (1958-64), Clifford Shanbury reminded of times oh so long ago but (1958-63), John Vogt (1955-60). definitely not so far away.

04 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 OP Sets Up Foundation in Honour of Siblings Killed in Sri Lanka Terror Attack

 Henry Dyer

David Linsey (2011-16) has set up a We are also working with Their Future foundation in memory of the “loving Today, a children’s charity that finds and giving spirits” of his siblings, foster families for children and Amelie (15) & Daniel (19), after they improves conditions in orphanages were killed in the Easter Sunday terror nationwide. attack in Colombo, Sri Lanka. David has delayed his finals in Economics & Other projects we are working on Management at Wadham College, include a mental health centre in a rural Oxford, for a year, to set-up and run community affected by the bombings, Rave On the foundation. a mental health programme to accompany the McGill programme, Nic Grecas (1972-76) recently He told Atrium “The foundation works and a women’s shelter in Colombo. featured in – a fine in two main areas: helping local victims’ With your support we will be able to example of a new demographic of families and education, and improving bring peace and restoration to those older ravers. Now, when Nic and his local medical facilities and training. most hurt by Easter Sunday’s atrocity.” wife Tonia go to events, he says they are usually the oldest people there. We have made great progress so far The foundation was officially launched – the Foundation has established a in July at the House of Commons and Nic is not alone. According to a poll national trauma care improvement has been backed by the Sri Lankan of 2,000 adults by the ticket platform programme which has secured High Commissioner. A charity ball will Eventbrite, 2.6 million Britons over the endorsement from Sri Lankan Ministry be held on 1 Friday November at the age of 45 go clubbing at least once of Health, and will involve a visit to Sri Shangri-La on floor 35 of the Shard, a week and 40% say they have more Lankan hospitals nationwide by a team with a three-course meal and stamina than ravers half their age. of McGill trauma specialists. entertainment. The clubbing population may have aged but they are continuing to enjoy We are working with local charities to – Donations can be made to the A&D themselves. help victims on the ground. Our first Foundation on www.justgiving.com/ grant has been made to Nest, a mental crowdfunding/amelieanddaniel Nic says he started raving in the late health charity that is using our – Donations with gift-aid can be made 80s but stopped going in his late 40s. donation to send community health on www.justgiving.com/amelie- Now he is back on the scene. “For me, workers to sites affected by the daniellinseyfoundation it was like coming home. It’s a very bombing. – Tickets to the charity ball available at www.tinyurl.com/OP-ADBALL19 welcoming, warm atmosphere and – Further details on the charity at I didn’t feel awkward being one of the www.facebook.com/amelieanddaniel oldest people there.” q (L-R) David Linsey, Lynn Stainer MBE (head of partner charity Their Future Today), Shailesh or email David at: Vara MP, and Dr. Lakmini Mendis the Minister [email protected] “A night out can be exhausting. (Commercial) from Sri Lankan High A typical event will last eight or nine Commission in the UK. hours. We pace ourselves and we’ll dip in and out and drink plenty of water. But the music and atmosphere energises me. I couldn’t run a mile, but this gives me loads of exercise. Since I’ve been going, I’m sure it’s contributed to me losing more than five stone. Mostly, I love it because of the people – we’ve made friends from all over the world through it. When we got married last year, we hosted a trance event in a local club.”

“When I was younger, as long as the music was reasonably fast and I could jump up and down to it, I wasn’t that picky. Nowadays, I tend to go to the trance nights because I think a whole event of hardcore – which has a really fast tempo – would actually kill me.”

05 BRIEFINGS

Positive Impacts on Global Emissions from Shipping

Michael Herson (1961-66) was the key note speaker at the Riviera Sulphur Cap Conference in Amsterdam – a major annual conference within the shipping industry – ahead of tough new IMO regulations on shipping emissions due to take effect from 1 January next year. 1979’ers He announced to the industry that The 1979 St Paul’s School crew from stroke side. The crew in the the new mini satellite technology reunited this year at Henley Royal picture from left to right are Martin developed by Planet Labs (in which Regatta to celebrate the 40th Parker cox, Robert O’Dowd stroke, Google is a major investor) empowers anniversary of their win in the Special Peter Milborne, Christopher Roberts, regulators and its high-resolution Race for Schools. The day consisted of Steve Francis, Alex Bound, Simon surveillance capabilities will become an rowing down the course during the Crump, David Flint Wood and additional tool for shipping companies lunch interval on the Friday of the David Dewhurst bow. Having done a to monitor engine efficiency and regatta, followed by a very sociable 30th anniversary row over and now reduce emissions. The Google/Planet lunch at Simon Crump’s car park a 40th we are all looking forward to story has since been followed up by space. In 1979 the crew had been the 50th in 2029 with a hope that the editor of MDC magazine: stroked from bow side but as we were we will all be able to do. www.marinemec.com/news/view,can- borrowing the 2nd VIII’s boat we sniffing-and-scoping-restore-faith-in- changed the order to be stroked  Robert O’Dowd (1974-79) shipping_57852.htm

Gresham’s Law The life and times of Queen ’s banker

Drawing on new research, the ’s oldest higher education historian John Guy has recreated Sir institution, still in existence . Thomas Gresham’s life (1519-79) and singular personality in his recently Gresham was educated at St Paul’s, published book. He reveals ‘a survivor, then next to St Paul’s Cathedral, during flexible enough to do business with the late 1520’s. Later, his father, merchants and potentates no matter Sir , wanted Thomas their religious or ideological convictions’. to become a merchant, but he first sent him to university at Gonville and Ambassador to the Netherlands, Sir Caius College, Cambridge. He was Thomas Gresham founded the Royal concurrently apprenticed in the Exchange in the City of London in Mercers’ Company to his uncle Sir John 1565. The grasshopper emblem from Gresham, founder of Gresham’s Gresham’s coat of arms can be seen in School, while he was still at university. the design of the exchange’s weather In 1543 the Mercers’ Company vane. Thanks to his bequest, Gresham admitted the 24-year-old Thomas College was established in 1597, as a liveryman.

06 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 OP London

OPs are invited to share their favourite places to eat, drink or visit in the capital. Please send your suggestions to: [email protected]

This selection is by Simon Lovick (2008-13) p Maltby Street Market, Bermondsey

WHERE TO EAT WHERE TO DRINK WHERE TO VISIT Abu Zaad, Shepherd’s Bush Market The Southampton Arms, Gospel Oak Maltby Street Market, Bermondsey In the shadow of Westfield remains Expansive beer gardens, music Exmouth Market is the pride and joy one of London’s most thriving textile pumping through the speakers, Pimm’s of London’s food scene, but just trade markets, Shepherds Bush Market. by the jugful. The Southampton Arms minutes away, below the railway, is At its heart sits Abu Zaad, a Syrian doesn’t really have any of this, and Maltby Street Market, an offshoot restaurant boasting some of the best that’s probably its charm, for those of Bermondsey’s regenerated Middle Eastern food you’ll eat in West looking for something slightly simpler. neighbourhood. Outside, you have an London (some achievement given the The fact it only recently started outstanding choice of hot food, baked competition). The falafel – crunchy on accepting card payments probably says goods, and drinks. Venture inside one the outside and fluffy in the middle – it all. Ales, which rotate frequently, are of the railway arches, however, and are cooked the right way, as is the rich in fine supply, pulled into tankards you’ll find a treasure trove of antiques and creamy hummus. It’s easily worth which you can enjoy inside its old and collectibles, things you’ll never taking a punt on some unknown items wooden interior or outside in the cosy know you need until you see them, – you might not know what you’re back garden. You won’t find a gourmet as well as a few dimly lit wine bars. ordering until it arrives, but that’s pub menu but you can buy insanely Only open at weekends. half the fun. good hog roast sandwiches.

Musical Connections

Tom Benjamin (1972-76) felt moved Nic and I left in 1976, just as the first to bring a couple of music-loving wave of punk rock hit the London friends to the attention of Atrium after music scene. John had for years been noticing his old St Paul’s friend Nic an avid vinyl collector and it was his Grecas (1972-76) had been mentioned passion for music that drew me to him. in The Guardian (see page 05). Also My friendship with John took off in a appearing in this edition of Atrium is a new direction, and it was music that full profile of John Stapleton (1973-77), kept us together as we went to a Bristol-based DJ and record university, me in London and him in shop owner. Bristol. I moved to Bristol partly because John lived there. Nic had also “Nic and I were in the same year at stayed in London but we drifted apart. Colet Court and St Paul’s, where we went in 1972. Although I stuck with One of the most memorable Classics and Nic went for Science, we experiences of my life was the first remained close friends for the rest of WOMAD festival held in Shepton our time at School. Back then we were Mallet in July 1982, where John and Tom moved to Canada in 1990, settling both really into military history, I worked the night shift on the gates. first in Vancouver, later moving to whether it be Roman, Carthaginian, Decades later, John still lives in Bristol Victoria on Vancouver Island. “So now Napoleonic or Second World War. I where he is a well-known DJ and it’s Facebook that keeps us connected! think that’s how we connected with manager of Wanted Records John’s always playing gigs and shows, John Stapleton, through a games- (see page 16). while Nic and his wife Tonia hit the rave playing club at school. scene all over Europe!”

07 OLD PAULINE PROFILES

Our Kydd By Jeremy Withers Green

There was finally a pause in our conversation when I asked Jonathan Kydd (1967-72) how best to describe what he does. Having decided against dilettante, we agreed on multi-faceted performing artist. Have a look at www.jonathankydd.com and decide for yourself.

08 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 “Jonathan thanks former High Master, Tom Howarth, for being the inspiration of the poshest voice he now uses”

onathan was a ‘cross bridger’ baseball cap. Jonathan is currently various bands, writing all the material. spending his time at Colet Court rewriting his father’s unpublished In 1988, The Kondos came third on and his first year at St Paul’s in autobiography. New Faces. While Jonathan sang, Adam and finishing As well as a prolific tally of voiceovers Roake (1971-75), Julian Treasure schoolJ in Barnes. His clearest memories – he has voiced ads for practically (1971-75) and Graham Puddifoot of School were plays (Zigger Zagger, The everything – there have been films, (1967-72) backed him. A non-OP lawyer Marowitz Hamlet, Orpheus in the promos, TV series, corporate films, and in the band advised them not to sign a Underworld and Sgt Musgrave’s Dance) so much more. He appeared in the leaky professional contract, which could directed by Harry Quinn and Brian Advertisement of the Year in 1986: the AA have made them stars. Other bands have Robson and trekking to Osterley. At the commercial that features a car buried in been The Amazing Singing Dentists, time, Adam Sisman (1967-71) described sand. He was Tom in Pipkins. His are the The Bay Citee Molars and The Websters. Jonathan as ‘a sporting ape’. This might voices on the cult Ferrero Rocher His current band is The Rudy Vees. have been right but he was a successful Ambassador’s Reception advertisement. They have an Electronica single out one with the highlights being in Howard He can be heard on Toy Story That Time about John Bercow (available on iTunes). Masters’ (1964-70) unbeaten cricket XI Forgot and the current Mr Bean cartoons He has written four musicals, and is in 1970, a First XV colour, Captain of in which he plays 30 characters. He is currently working with Sir Stanley A Club, Cricket and Fives and Secretary Big Ears in Noddy. He was the voice of Baker’s son on a new musical project. of Squash in 1972. Academia did not Paddington in 73 episodes of Paddington Jonathan’s knees are now knackered feature notably but Jonathan thanks Bear and on 55 video games including but sport has remained a passion. He former High Master, Tom Howarth, Assassin’s Creed and Fable. He has first played Old Pauline cricket in 1971 for being the inspiration of the poshest performed in 180 Radio 4 comedy under Tim Razzall (1957-62) who he voice he now uses. episodes: his own favourite being the describes as “Brearley-like and has After French and Drama at Hull Dial M for Pizza. He has performed inspired my attempts at captaincy”. University, it was always going to be ‘the countless roles alongside comedian Hal He played for the OP’s regularly from stage’. His first film part had been in Cruttenden (1982-87). 1977-86 when acting allowed. He 1962 in The Iron Maiden and he was in stopped playing at Thames Ditton in six Ribena commercials in 1961. His “His are the voices on the 1994. Other teams include The Stage, father, Sam Kydd, acted in more films cult Ferrero Rocher The Gaieties and the MCC. A rabid than any other British actor. Not to be Chelsea FC supporter, Jonathan (having outdone, Jonathan set to. Having Ambassador’s Reception been spotted playing Fat Puffin by Hugh performed 12,000 plus voiceovers, he advertisement” Hastings (1966-70)) was the club’s first now holds his own record. He has Stamford the Lion mascot. He wore the recorded an audio book of his own novel For many years Jonathan performed costume for three matches before being Faark – Diary of a Voice Over. at the Festival. In 1981 he sacked for asking to be paid £10 a match. Sam and his mother, Pinkie (one of was Perrier Award runner-up with Chris Jonathan has crossed the bridge the first female copywriters and an Douglas (BBC4’s Ed Reardon) and in again and lives with Henrietta (who he international table tennis player (1949 1984 he wrote the review Out of Order met voice-overing at Virgin) and their World Doubles Finalist), became great with Chris Middleton (1967-71). 10-year-old daughter, Georgia in influences in Jonathan’s life. His father’s And then there is the music. He wrote Hammersmith. best acting advice was, “never wear a hat 24 songs for comedian Brian Conley for that falls off”. To this day, Jonathan is his TV series. He has been a lead vocalist  For more information: rarely seen without a tight-fitting “unless there is someone prettier” with www.jonathankydd.com

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FANTASTIC WHEN IT GOES WELL

Nirooshun Rajendran (1989-94) is a he started, he was told there was a gap younger people. We used to screen the Consultant Colorectal Surgeon year job available at the Royal College over-60’s. The new guidelines are to practicing at the Digestive Disease of Surgeons of England which he screen the over-50‘s and I wouldn’t be Centre, part of the Barking, Havering succeeded in getting. “This was really surprised if we start screening the over and Redbridge University Hospitals useful in giving me exposure to various 40’s soon. In younger people this tends NHS Trust. His main interests are types of surgery, it gave me a different to be a sporadic mutation without there locally advanced or recurrent rectal angle, training and education and being a family history of the condition. cancer and inflammatory bowel helped me in my choice to go into There is now more testing carried out disease. He was awarded the Peter surgery when I eventually started in on tumours to look for genetic causes MacCallum Cancer Centre Surgical medical school. to screen families for. Diet too is Oncology/Colorectal Fellowship “Early on, it was always very exciting. definitely a factor. (2014-15) in Melbourne as well as an Training was different then. You felt you In terms of prognosis, presenting RSO position at St Mark’s Hospital. had to earn it. There has subsequently early is hugely important for better As a sixteen-year-old at St Paul’s, been a big culture change. We now have outcomes. As a general comment, men, Niroo took the opportunity to shadow to really encourage our juniors to come as a group, tend to be poor at admitting a paediatrician at The Royal Brompton to theatre and to want to train. I worked they have anything wrong. And there Hospital. He managed to wander into with a good group that got on really are sometimes cultural issues that theatre one day and saw a heart well. I don’t think we really appreciated prevent people coming forward with operation being performed on a how lucky we were to be trained at St symptoms.” 3-year-old girl. “I remember thinking George’s and how outstanding our Talking about new developments in then that I would like to become a tutors were.” Niroo did his basic surgical his field, Niroo mentions that keyhole surgeon. But it was my sister, Yalini, who rotation there before gaining his surgery has taken off since he began was probably most responsible for my MD(Res) degree. training. “Now we train junior registrars, going into medicine in the first place. so much has it become the norm.” While She was born with cerebral palsy. Niroo admits that his area of expertise is Because of that, I had an increased “ I wouldn’t be surprised if not considered the most glamorous, if a exposure to the medical field from diagnosis is made in good time, it can when I was very young.” Niroo is we start screening the over have a positive impact on someone’s life one of a number within his wider family 40’s soon” expectancy. Colorectal surgery also that have become medics. “One cousin offers variety – big open operations, is training in bariatric surgery, one keyhole surgery, endoscopic surgery is a paediatrician and several others Colorectal cancer has become one and now robotic surgery. “It’s fantastic are GPs. It has become quite a of the more common diseases we have when it goes well.” medical family.” in the UK and in the western world “Robots do not work autonomously! From St Paul’s, Niroo was accepted generally. It’s the second largest They facilitate what we are doing – tools into St George’s Medical School, cancer-causing mortality in the UK. It is that we control that can give us a lot University of London. However, before also becoming increasingly common in more manoeuvrability. Robot arms are

10 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 inserted via laparoscopic or keyhole At St Paul’s, one of Niroo’s friends, ‘ports’. They have wrist-like joints which Alastair Stark (1989-94), set up MedSoc “Colorectal cancer are controlled by our own wrists via a which is still thriving. Niroo enjoyed console, mimicking our movements. helping get “anyone they could get their has become one of We now also have a great view of what hands on” to come and give talks, later the more common we are doing thanks to high definition extending to bigger names like Prof 3D video.” Lord Winston (1954-59). diseases we have in Niroo has worked alongside other In today’s demanding schedule, when OPs including Consultant Bariatric he does have any spare time, Niroo likes the UK” Surgeon Kumaran Ratnasingham to spend it with his wife Michelle and his (1991-96) and Consultant son Ishan, who is nine years old. Oesophagogastric Surgeon Prof Piers I am currently trying to persuade some Gatenby (1988-93). He also remains in fellow St Paul’s alumni to make up a relay touch with Nirubhan Pathmanabhan team for 2020, so watch this space! (1990-95), a highly successful banker at Goldman Sachs, with whom he has been friends since junior school. q Nirooshun Rajendran (far right) with his surgical team

11 OLD PAULINE PROFILES

Exploring the Gut-Brain Axis

12 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 “This is a very exciting and productive area to be working in – even at my great age, I am still hugely energised by it.”

Dr John Bienenstock (1950-54) is John first went to the Massachusetts an ‘address’ such as the breasts, salivary internationally known as a physician General Hospital in for a couple glands, gut, or lung. We were able to and mucosal immunologist. He is a of years before moving to Buffalo with define this and termed it the Common Distinguished University Professor at J1 exchange visitor status. In 1968 John Mucosal Immune System – an important McMaster University, an Honorary MD suddenly found himself drafted for the finding that radically changed our (Goteborg, Sweden), a Fellow of the Vietnam war. He appealed to the draft thinking about immunisation.” Royal Society of Canada, a Member board declaring the decision illegal. Today, John is looking again at the of the Order of Canada and an They simply told him, “sue us, son!” At function of the gut, at how specific inductee into The Canadian Medical this time McMaster University Medical bacteria affect not just the immune Hall of Fame. He is the Founding School was opening in Hamilton, system, but also the nervous system and Director of the McMaster Brain-Body Ontario, Canada. John jumped at the the brain. “I have been drawn to the field Institute at St Joseph’s Healthcare opportunity to join and has been there of psychoneuroimmunology, still looked Hamilton, a former Chair of Pathology ever since. upon by some with a degree of askance, and subsequently Dean and Vice- A career path in immunology had in which the brain affects the nervous President of the Faculty of Health never occurred to John as he intended to system, which in turn affects the Sciences, McMaster University. work on amyloidosis but on his arrival in immune system. We want to know how John enjoyed his time at St Paul’s and Boston the man he was supposed to bacteria in the gut affect mood and appreciated the scholarship that enabled report to had left for the Boston City behaviour, the so-called ‘gut-brain axis’ his education there. He was taught Hospital. Steve Krane the Head of the and we have discovered that they do it Greek by Mr Cotter, who he also Lovett Memorial Group in in part by stimulating the vagus nerve. remembers as an international bridge Rheumatology gave him three options – This area has become a very popular player and mixed doubles croquet player collagen, carbohydrate or immunology, subject – people want to know whether, representing England. then a relatively new research subject. if they take a certain pro-biotic, it will John was knocked out twice while John went for the latter, despite stave off or treat anxiety, stress or boxing at St Paul’s. “They tried to having no prior knowledge of the subject depression etc. This is a very exciting persuade my parents to let me carry on – “it was pure serendipity”. Later, and productive area to be working in – when I said I’d had enough! We boxed when working alongside Tom Tomasi, even at my great age, I am still hugely against both Oxford and Cambridge, Professor of Microbiology & energised by it. which is incredible to think about now – Immunology at the State University The only other OP John has seen I was just 15 at the time.” He also played of New York in Buffalo, that John’s real intermittently over the years is Sir for the Rugby 1st XV and later for the interest in the subject was ignited. Jonathan Miller (1947-53), who OP’s at Thames Ditton. Tomasi was a pioneer in a new field, now preceded him at St Paul’s by a few years. Having studied Latin, Greek and referred to as mucosal immunology. “Jonathan came to McMaster to do a Ancient History at St Paul’s, John was “Tom was heavily into the structure sabbatical when he decided to return to told he should go to Oxford or and function of the most abundant medicine. We reconnected there.” Cambridge to read Classics. He wasn’t antibody class, IgA (Immunoglobulin A) John is a fairly frequent visitor to the convinced and decided to completely found in all bodily secretions but poorly UK, with his wife who became a change tack and go into medicine, as his represented in the circulation. He psychiatrist and the President of the father had done. Needing then to have showed how it was made in mucous College of Physicians of Ontario before science qualifications he was moved membranes by lymphocytes and her retirement. They see old friends and swiftly to LB8 for a year where he was transported into the lumen of the gut, family such as his sister a former taught by Sid Pask. He then trained at respiratory tract, saliva and breast milk Paulina who is now a Tibetan Buddhist King’s College and Westminster where it protects against viral and nun based in Kagyu Samye Ling Hospital, before venturing on various bacterial infections. It was cutting edge Monastery near Lockerbie in Scotland. house jobs around London and getting research. When I eventually went to John recently met up with Alex Wilson his MRCP. He met his future wife Dody McMaster, I carried on with this work at the Chelsea Arts Club where he is an at Westminster before a move to the and discovered that the cells making overseas member. John is an artist in his States to obtain what was then an IgA, which travel around the body, have free time, working with inks to create important stamp: the BTA (Been to a predilection to go selectively to free-form landscapes. America!). mucosal tissues. They are stamped with 13 OLD PAULINE PROFILES

PUBLIC OFFICE, PR IVATE BUSINESS Stephen Greenhalgh (1980-84) says he has had “a lot of fun” combining a business career with local and city politics.

14 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 “All people seem to remember are the second-hand water cannons”

fter university, Stephen the Conservatives the momentum to take Stephen left St Paul’s in 1984, which decided that he wanted to control of the council with a thumping “seems a lifetime ago”. All the teachers go into business. He wanted majority in 2006. This was the first that played such a huge part in his life at to learn about marketing and Conservative majority administration in the School have long since been retired. Ajoined Procter & Gamble with Andrew Hammersmith & Fulham since 1968. His tutor, John Bayliss, died a few years Ground (1980-84), who is a lifelong The key themes to the campaign were ago. Nonetheless, they all still loom large friend. Both of them became Brand simple: lower taxes, less waste and better in his consciousness. Managers at P&G in the early 1990’s. services such as cleaner streets and safer However, Stephen always wanted to streets. “The next six years as council Stephen recalls that some of his school start his own business and had several leader were about delivery: council tax reports from Mr Bayliss were hilarious: attempts that failed before setting up was cut repeatedly by 3% in five out of he remembers asking him what ‘debacle’ BIBA Medical with his father, Roger, the six years, so that H&F set the third meant. “It’s a medieval French word for who was Professor of Surgery at lowest council tax in the country after cock-up, after you’ve added the acute Charing Cross Hospital for many Wandsworth and Westminster.” At the and circumflex accents!” It mattered years and subsequently at Imperial same time, he says, council services were that these teachers believed in him; College. BIBA Medical is a medical improved significantly, “All achieved by a Bayliss and Peter Maudsley would communications company. It publishes Conservative Council with no previous eventually nurture Stephen’s lifelong eight specialist newspapers and experience of office.” love of languages. The 1980’s History organises the Charing Cross department “was inspirational” and for Symposium, which has attracted over After six years at the helm in him brought the eighteenth and 4,000 attendees from 80+ countries for Hammersmith & Fulham, Stephen felt nineteenth centuries alive. Stephen the last six years. Currently Stephen’s that it was time to step away from believes the quality of the teaching was biggest challenge is launching BIBA frontline politics but Mayor Johnson had largely responsible for him reading Medical in the United States. other ideas. In 2012 Johnson narrowly History at Trinity College, Cambridge. beat Ken Livingstone for a second time Finally, Les Barlow saw some talent Politics has always been a passion. He and asked Stephen to be his Deputy at rugby in a fellow prop and it was had been involved in student politics at Mayor for Policing & Crime. The mission his brilliant coaching that gave Stephen university and was President of the was simple: cut crime, keep police officer the opportunity to play for Middlesex Cambridge Union in the same term as numbers at 32,000 and make sure that Schools, as well as play for the was President of the there was no repeat of the 2011 riots. Cambridge LX’s. It was playing rugby . He even spoke in “Keeping police officer numbers at that for the Old Paulines for a number Michael’s farewell debate! Stephen level was really tough as £600 million of of years that enabled him to keep his describes his political career as “being savings had to be found.” When Boris connections with the School community. built on a solid foundation of failure”. and Stephen left office in May 2016, total He became a local councillor in Fulham recorded crime was down ten per cent, in January 1996 and spent more than neighbourhood crime was down 18.4 per 10 years in opposition to the Labour cent, compared to an 11 per cent council, becoming leader of the reduction in the rest of England and opposition in 2003 when his close Wales. The number of murders had also friend, Greg Hands, became the fallen from 144 in 2008 to 111 in 2015. Hammersmith & Fulham prospective “But all people seem to remember are the parliamentary candidate. Greg won this three second-hand water cannons that marginal seat in 2005 and this gave were purchased!” 15 OLD PAULINE PROFILES

VINYL VALHALLA

John Stapleton (1973-77) is a DJ and vinyl record shop owner living in Bristol. For five years he performed with the experimental rock band, the Blue Aeroplanes.

16 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 “ What really turned my head was the George Lucas film American Graffiti”

riginally harbouring seemed to take much notice then, plus I major label.” ambitions to become a had the advantage of being six-foot tall.” John’s vinyl obsession developed his scientist having enjoyed John won a scholarship to St Paul’s musical trajectory when his ‘Dope on Ochemistry at School, by the from Durston House in Ealing. He stays Plastic’ series of compilations proved to second term of his science degree at in touch with St Paul’s contemporaries be a big success, with several hundred Bristol University John decided it Matthew Johnson (1973-77) who is now thousand copies sold. This helped to wasn’t for him. He found the subject involved with the reform of drug policy, launch John on a brief but intense material rushed and taking an Tom Benjamin (1972-1976), a Union international career as a DJ, with regular unwelcome turn down a mathematics official in Canada, and Rodas Irving gigs all over Europe and Australia. route, which he wasn’t so keen on. (1973-77), a designer and woodworker John’s love for collecting vinyl finally Instead, he turned to Humanities at who currently runs Oxford Oak, a found commercial opportunity ten Bristol Polytechnic. “Let’s say I didn’t company that makes and installs years ago. Despite the national financial get on very well with Bristol University, bespoke garden furniture using locally collapse at the time, he decided to open but I did get on with Bristol. I have sourced oak. Wanted Records, in St Nicholas Market, lived there ever since.” Looking back on the start of his music Bristol, which has since become a Music was always one of John’s career, John says he doesn’t really popular destination for anyone principal interests despite not being a remember how it all got started. “I used interested in buying and selling vinyl musician himself. “I was a terrible to go to see a band in Bristol called The records. Vogue has described it as the musician at St Paul’s. I was much more Art Objects with Gerard Langley who best record shop in Britain. Enthusiasts record and gig obsessed – David Bowie, later formed the Blue Aeroplanes. now regularly come from London and Roxy Music, Led Zeppelin. But what Suddenly, I just seemed to be in his abroad, including from Russia, Germany, really turned my head was the George band, on their third gig I think it was, Italy and Japan, to check the collection. Lucas film American Graffiti, with its playing turntable and cassette tapes. Meanwhile, the popularity of vinyl amazing rock’n’roll soundtrack. Then I We developed a seamless performance continues to grow. realised that there were records of this with no gaps between songs. I would fill John is content with what he says is music in junk shops all over west the intervals with recorded speech and a relatively simple stress-free life with London.” other sound effects. There was no Jane, his partner of twenty-five years. “I started going to see bands in 1975 sampling back then, so it was new, but He is still regularly gigging in the vibrant when I was 15. Being in London at the also a bit botched!” Bristol music scene and beyond. And start of the punk movement I just got John toured extensively through although he says the shop will never sucked in to the grass roots music Europe with the Blue Aeroplanes and make his fortune, he is happy doing scene. Venues like The Nashville in West found himself returning from gigs all what he loves best. Kensington, the Red Cow in over the UK. “It took its toll eventually. I John mentions that he is always Hammersmith, The Greyhound in was getting home at 7am in the interested in vinyl collections, so do get Fulham and the more central ones like morning, sometimes being dropped off in touch if you have anything to sell. The Marquee and The Rock Garden at my work as the day began. Ironically, I were all in full swing. I was really too decided to leave just before they toured  For more information: young to be allowed in, but nobody with REM and subsequently signed to a www.wantedrecords.co.uk 17 FEATURE

JUDAISM AND ST PAU L’ S

In March last year, thousands of people from the Jewish community took to the streets outside parliament, holding jet black placards and echoing the words ‘Enough is Enough’ with regards to anti-semitism in British politics. For British Jews, aside from heated arguments as to the extent of the endemic nature of anti-Semitism on the British Left, this triggered questions of national and religious identity, a centuries- old debate regarding their position in wider British society.

18 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 “ I could never really explore my religion at School”

p Rabbi Bejamin Stanley p Student Rabbi Anthony Lazarus (1996-2001) (2008-2013)

Simon Lovick (2008-13) talks to two Old Paulines who have made or are making careers within their faith, and about their experiences of being Jewish at St Paul’s.

For Benji Stanley (1996-2001), rabbi of have always occupied a peripheral space appealed, and has stayed with Anthony Westminster Synagogue, Jewish at St Paul’s. A scandal in the 1960s, as he progresses towards community identity is part of his day-to-day. regarding an alleged 15% Jewish quota leadership. Engaging a thriving community, leading introduced by the governors, famously Progressing into the rabbinate, or prayer and services, and teaching and caused the resignation of Isaiah Berlin even considering a career in religious learning Jewish text are his bread and from the OP Club, and cast a shadow teaching and leading, is not a well- butter. over the School’s mission to educate trodden career path for 21st century For him, St Paul’s and Judaism were boys “from all nations and countries Paulines. pretty separate – two spheres which indifferently”. Anthony is entering his third year at rarely overlapped. “There weren’t many Leo Baeck College, the progressive spaces to talk about Judaism, but I rabbinic seminary in north London. don’t know if I personally needed that at “…anything different must “I could never really explore my religion the time,” Benji remembers. “Maybe it’s at School; it was certainly Christian- something to do with the English sense be something you are slightly normative,” Anthony remembers. of identity, which dictates that you must embarrassed about” “Deciding to become a rabbi started for do anything you can to fit in, and me at university. There was no moment anything different must be something of God speaking to me out of the clouds you are slightly embarrassed about.” But a consistent focus on communal – it was part of growing up, part of the His identity was never called into gathering has been provided through natural intellectual development that question, nor was he subjected to the renowned Jewish Assembly – to you acquire at university.” explicit anti-Semitism, but his Judaism varying degrees a forum of For Benji, it was the religious studies was certainly something that set him conversation, debate, and even model of teaching that stifled this apart, particularly when it came to the subversion. Student Rabbi Anthony religious exploration at School – one constant back-and-forth that Paulines Lazarus (2008-2013) clearly remembers lesson a week as the only forum to learn are often known for. the subversive nature of the tri-weekly explicitly about religion. These lessons “It’s perhaps something unpleasant assemblies that he used to co-organise lacked the depth and space to truly about wider school culture, that it was in his time at St Paul’s. “It felt like we had explore religion through text and more just about seizing anything you found a loophole where, instead of culture. could to belittle or scorn—whether that doing the conventional praying thing at In fact, Benji stumbled upon a love was your looks, your identity, your Chapel next door, we could spend the of text and literature through his fourth nationality, your religion, or your time talking about light-hearted Jewish form English teacher Ms McClaren, academic failings.” culture,” Anthony recalls. “We’d chat something which certainly formed the To his surprise, his Jewish identity about identity, about festivals. But to be basis of his religious teaching. “It comes soon became a source of social status— honest, the strongest memories aren’t down to making wisdom and literature particularly when it came to the girls he that of the sincere assemblies, or the come to life, and allowing people to befriended at his youth movement informative ones, but the nonsense internalise it and apply it in real life,” he RSY-Netzer. assemblies!” insists. “It gave me a sense of other In a nominally Anglican and There was something about this people, of myself, and really helped me increasingly secular environment, Jews sense of Jewish organising which to listen.” 19 A CONVERSATION WITH CONNECTING PAULINES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY

100 YEARS OF HOUSE PARTIES

To mark the centenary of Christian Union House Parties, Jeremy Withers Green (1975-80) and Henry Dyer (2010-15) met John Beastall (1954-59), Ed Fryer (2004-09), Basil Moss (1948-53) and Andy Puddifoot (1974-79) to exchange memories and experiences from what has been a popular event on the St Paul’s Christian Union calendar since 1919. They were aided by Eric Hayward’s (1913-15) book The Story of the Meetings, and Basil and John’s personal memories stretching back to just after World War II.

JWG: Basil, when did you first go to a HD: What do you mean, when you say Form. I never stopped going after that House Party? “huge effect”? point. BM: I remember it very well, 1948. I was JB: It’s hard to explain. But it was the JWG: I sense not much has changed in in School House at the time. And Ian joy, really. This real feeling that there 100 years. Sutherland (1944-50) came into the was something spiritual. Everyone was EF: I think you could take someone dormitory. And he said, “you might be very friendly and nice to a small boy. from a house party from anytime since interested in that?” He flung a house I hadn’t been exposed really to 1919, walk into “singsong” today and it party application form onto my bed. Christianity at home. And therefore, this would be just the same. I think there are And that was that. was the first time I really began to think probably things that have evolved. We JWG: Did House Parties run through about it. might use a video in a talk now. Officers the war, while the School was at BM: I think joy is a very important communicate via phones and social Crowthorne? word. If we describe the atmosphere media but the core of what we are still HD: They did. Here it is in Eric Hayward’s of a house party. Great joy. There was trying do is completely the same. We book. “Wartime house parties were at a big playing field at Ashfold – and just use technology and things for Dunchurch. The first of which was to be I remember walking across this, thinking efficiency’s sake. the most memorable, because at half well, now which would I prefer to be a JB: I can only speak up to 2004, which past eight the siren went and we could famous actor or a Christian Union was when I retired. But then it was all hear waves of German bombers officer? almost exactly the same as it was in passing overhead on the way to attack AP: It was Summer 1974 for me. By 1955. Coventry and Birmingham.” which time we were properly ensconced AP: One thing that has not changed is JWG: I have found a letter to Eric from at Ashfold. And yes, it was quite an the wonderful amount of free time Alan Cook (Master 1929-64) dated experience of a new way of doing things – just to do what you want with some September 3rd 1939 about evacuation that I hadn’t really had a glimpse of structure. The first house party in 1919 arrangements following the Summer through Colet Court. But this was a was just a riot. They all went away and House Party. Eric had been to the first whole different way of looking at life. let off steam post WW1. House Party in 1919. EF: I remember one of the gentlemen in JWG: How much does the Summer AP: And he was on house parties until this room coming to Colet Court to talk House Party cost? the mid 1970’s. about house parties and not being that EF: £465 this year for 10 days. JWG: And John? excited by it. And then being dragged HD: Is there a bursary fund? JB: My first House Party was the along to my first Friday Meeting by Guy EF: A house party sits as an official summer of 1955, which was the end of Makepeace (2004-09) and, no fault of School trip. We have always said on my first year at School. A friend of mine Guy’s, again not being particularly every form, if money is an issue, money David Cornwell (1954-58) said, “How excited. And then I started chatting to isn’t an issue. Come regardless of your about this?” And so, I went and that was someone who is now one of my best background and financial position. Our it. That first Summer House Party did mates, Jack Welby (2000-05), who was closer links with the School means that have a huge effect on me. an Upper Eighth. I was in the Fourth boys can now be funded via the

20 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 t Opposite, clockwise from top left: Ed Fryer, Andy Puddifoot, Basil Moss and John Beastall When researching for this ‘In Conversation’, I found a photograph from 1946. Some names were listed on the back including John Thorn (1939-43). I went to visit John at his Winchester nursing home and will publish a full profile in the next Atrium. He shared his memories of the Christian Union from the years when the School was evacuated at Crowthorne and from when he served as a CU officer after the Second World War. “Pisquash, the Sunday meetings and the House Parties continued through the war. At the time, I found a spiritual home with Eric Hayward and the Christian Union. It was all just so friendly.” After serving in the Royal Navy for the last two years of the war, John read History at Corpus Christi, Cambridge. While there and until the early 1950’s he was an officer at House Parties. JWG

“The challenge is to stay relevant.”

21 A CONVERSATION WITH CONNECTING PAULINES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY

“A good School chaplain makes all the difference.”

School’s bursary provision in addition relatively short period of time, quite a to our own fund which we have run for shift. The challenge is to stay relevant. many years. JWG: What about Christian Union and JWG: “Needs blind” ahead of the house party outreach and charity work? School; can we discuss links with the JB: Work parties I think started in 1961. School? We used to have residential work JB: A good School chaplain makes parties, we would go somewhere and a difference. I understand the current do something useful or at least we chaplain is very, very supportive. The thought it was useful. The first work School from a safe guarding party was at Galmpton in Devon, where perspective is quite rightly very sensitive we built some concrete steps up to the about any activities that boys go on and first floor of the local church hall. They that led the School to say that they are called the St Paul’s Steps and they needed to supervise the Christian survive to this day. We were local Union. A member of School staff does decorators as well and we used to get now attend and the School handles the referrals from Hammersmith Council. application forms. However, the And then more recently there’s been Christian Union remains an independent help at day centres. charity with its own trustees. Obviously EF: We help out with Glass Door, a local we have always taken safeguarding very homelessness charity. seriously. For many years officers have HD: There’s also the charity fundraising had DBS checks. of the meetings and the house parties. JWG: What challenges do you think EF: We probably raise every summer there are? about £5,000 from the House Party on EF: I think numbers – the pressure on CustAid. boys’ time doesn’t get any easier. I also EF: Bids are made for officers to think that more boys have little or no undertake custard based challenges - grounding in the Christian faith. much easier than running a marathon or JWG: Do you think that’s the way boys cycling a stage of the Tour de France. are taught at Junior School or the The boys are incredibly generous. I’m demographics of the School? always amazed by 14/15 year olds EF: I’d say probably a combination. happily parting with up to £100. JB: The sad fact is religion is much less JWG: And the Boat Trips. part of society than it used to be. JB: The first boat trip was in 1980. EF: I think Matthew Knox (St Paul’s Applications for the summer house chaplain) is very supportive and party were very high and we couldn’t fit passionate about what being a Christian everybody in. So we suggested to some foundation means for the School. of those who had just left school that AP: When I was at school, in the 1970’s, we should take a boat trip on the being a Christian was perfectly normal. Norfolk Broads. And that has continued In the 1980’s it was very acceptable. Into ever since. It is a huge spiritual the 1990’s, you are certainly a minority. refreshment for us. And then decade by decade from there, JWG: And when did House Party I think it’s slipping away. And we are numbers peak? more on the fringe now. That is, in a AP: It was 1980. I remember being told

22 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 that I was going to give a talk to the hundred years of house parties with 1961. Richard Atkinson (1971-76) was largest number of people on a house an event next year hopefully coinciding Captain of Rugby and is now Bishop of party ever because I was doing the first with the consecration of the new Bedford. A particularly Pauline muscular night talk. And the number of people on St Paul’s Chapel. Christianity in action – perhaps sums that house party was 146. I don’t know JWG: We can certainly mention that. up a hundred years of house parties. why I remember that. It will be quite a reunion. I have a EF: Was the talk any good? telegram from Bishop Pat (Cecil AP: Oh, brilliant. It was life changing Patterson 1920-27) to Eric Hayward in for everyone. 1960 congratulating the Christian EF: Day after, there were only 132 Union on 60 years. Bishop Pat was people. Captain of Boxing and went on to EF: We want to commemorate a become Archbishop of West Africa in

23 INTERVIEW

Q&A: Searching for Unicorns

Co-founder and original CEO of LOVEFiLM International Saul Klein (1983-88) was also part of the original executive team at Skype later acquired by eBay. Until 2015 Saul was a partner at Index Ventures which he continues to represent on the boards of several portfolio companies. He has been described as a serial entrepreneur with two decades of experience building and exiting companies in the US, Israel and Europe with a particular passion for working with seed and early stage businesses. More recently he co-founded Kano, the build and code educational technology software firm, and previously Seedcamp, an early stage investment fund and Local Globe, the UK-based venture capital firm.

24 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 “I wouldn’t say that entrepreneurship is something you can teach”

You were last interviewed by the Old thousands of products across the world. the inevitable obstacles in their way. Pauline News back in 2011, can you Last year the company teamed up with That’s a core focus for us. talk us through what you have been Warner Brothers to produce an involved with since? interactive Harry Potter wand. Over the last two years we have also In 2011, I was living in Tel Aviv. I moved expanded beyond investing in ‘seed’ back to London the following year in In 2015, I made a major transition. I left stage companies. We have raised a sister time for the London Olympics. I had a Index to set up Local Globe with my dad, fund in order to make investments in great experience living in Israel with my Robin. Local Globe is a new fund set up companies, primarily ones we have young family. specifically to invest in potentially known since the inception stage, who impactful London founders. Over the have grown up a bit. We are also When I came back to London, I was last four years we have focussed on focussing on businesses that are still in working for Index Ventures, but my building the fund and the team. Over the early stages of having social and partners kindly allowed me time to that time we have become what is economic impact. Companies can be develop a new company, Kano, which probably the first early-stage institutional quite mature – 7 to 10 years old, but if I started after a conversation I had with investment fund to offer help to new the opportunity they are addressing is my elder son. He was six years old at the founders. large enough and if their approach to time. I asked him if he would like to that opportunity is innovative enough, know how to make a computer? He said What interests you most about the they can still be considered as being ‘Yes, but it would have to be as easy to business? early stage. As an example, most people make as Lego! I want to do it myself.’ People with great innovative ideas, aided 15 years ago hadn’t heard of Netflix, That was the inspiration behind the idea by technology, allowing businesses to be certainly neither as consumers or as of Kano, which I set up with my cousin created around those original ideas. You investors. If you’d invested in Netflix Alex, who now runs it. It’s a computer want to be involved as early as possible 15 years ago, it was then valued at company that seeks to demystify the with those businesses. What I have seen something like £2-3billion. That would process of computing by letting you be and learned over the years is that the have been considered an early stage hands-on. My son enjoyed participating first 25 people in an organisation really investment. Now it is worth £130billion. in the experience of seeing something help to define the DNA of that The sort of companies we are drawn to grow from being an idea to a business organisation, in terms of the values, the invest in all have the potential to become with its own team.” culture, the strategy, what it is making much bigger stories. A phrase we often and who its customers are. That use is ‘practical science fiction’ to Kano is effectively a computer kit that inception period of a company’s life is an describe companies that could, in 10-15 you build yourself, with software that amazing time. That’s where I love to be years from now, have the chance to allows and teaches you to code. At the involved. As entrepreneurs ourselves, my become household names or become time it was the most successful dad and I are both drawn to those early mainstream. educational products on Kickstarter, one moments and can empathise with people of the early crowdfunded businesses and going through their challenges and can has gone on to sell hundreds of suggest strategies that can help overcome g contd. 25 INTERVIEW

“What I have seen and learned… is that the first 25 people in an organisation really help to define the DNA of that organisation”

Have you found that there are there bring people along with you – your team, was nothing as yet on the UK side. The common denominators amongst your customers or users, investors and then PM set up the new successful founders? shareholders. If you get really successful role of Tech Ambassador, which I filled That is probably the question we ask you’re going to have to bring regulators for a couple of years. The post gradually ourselves every week! Having done this along with you too. Innovation is a small extended into becoming more of a for 20-plus years now, some of what I do part of the overall equation. With tech, business ambassadorial role. becomes intuitive, what people call in there is sometimes a misconception that the industry ‘pattern recognition’. You inventors, scientists even wizards are Has the Hub model has proved can develop a sixth sense for what tinkering in their garage or successful? success looks like, but it is very hard to experimenting in the lab! Yes, that model is being extended to four articulate. However, what we or five other countries including Kenya, increasingly try to do, certainly in our Can you explain how you came to be South Africa and Indonesia. On a team, is discuss the characteristics of involved with the UK/Israeli Tech Hub? personal level, my policy focus migrated what we are looking for – what makes a I’ve been involved on and off with the to three areas – more advisory work with great business from our perspective. policy aspects of technology going back the UK government, being on the board There are lots of businesses that don’t to the mid 1990’s. I was working in the of the Israel Economy Council and the tick our particular boxes. US at Microsoft. I was responsible for business ambassador remit, more helping to create the role of Chief Privacy broadly talking about UK tech Increasingly, we apply as much science Officer. We recognised that although the opportunities, particularly with Israel. and data to the process of how we make internet was quite small then, with decisions as we can. We don’t allow data something like 150 million users on it What I found surprising once I had to make decisions for us, but we do use it compared to the 3.5 billion today, the returned to the UK, was just how strong to shape the conversation that we have management on personal information the UK tech economy was. At Index we about any particular investment that was going to be a big deal. I used to invested from San Francisco to Tel Aviv we’re making. The more information spend a lot of time talking to regulators and everywhere in between. At Local you have on a business, i.e. the older it is, and policy makers in Washington DC Globe maybe 60-70% of our investment the more data you can use to challenge and Brussels. is UK focussed, we wanted to play a role your instincts or back up your in strengthening that ecosystem. After assumptions. I then avoided anything to do with San Francisco and Beijing, London is politics for a decade for all the reasons the third best place in the world to start Fundamentally though, we are just you’d expect – frustration, bureaucracy. and grow a tech company. It trying to understand the human beings Then I met a fellow OP in Israel, incrementally dawned on me between behind the businesses, their drive, their (1984-89), who had been 2012-2015 that one of the main capability and most importantly their appointed the UK ambassador to Israel. motivations at Local Globe should be to emotional intelligence and their ability One of his main initiatives was to figure focus more on the UK, and not just in to listen, learn and lead with other out how to better connect the UK to all London. Oxford and Cambridge are also people. In our experience you can get the new technology and innovation that very strong with numbers similar to very lucky and succeed, but you are was happening in Israel and vice versa – Berlin. And there are £5 billion much more likely to succeed if you connecting Israeli companies and companies in Manchester for example, combine those capabilities with softer start-ups with the UK market and with similar numbers to that of skills. Being able to both imagine and investors. Together we set up the UK/ Amsterdam. articulate your vision, your story, is Israeli Tech Hub. When I left Israel, the absolutely critical. You need to be able to hub was of course based there but there

26 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 “I was fascinated by the intersection of social and economic impact”

Do you keep up with fellow OPs? some of the general skills you pick up at a Dickens, Wordsworth and Mary I still see Alex Chesterman (1984-89) great educational institution. It’s not just Wollstencroft all originally lived. It has who set up LOVEFiLM with me. We still about the acquisition of knowledge, it’s always been a place connected with co-invest in a lot of deals together. I see more to do with developing leadership social change. One of our explicit Simon Levene (1984-89) a lot. We also and social skills, listening skills and objectives as part of that neighbourhood co-invest in many things together. One gaining self-awareness. You can learn is understanding how we can make a of my best friends from School, Dominic those by doing a school play, being part positive contribution to it. We feel that Jacquersson (1983-88), came to join us of a team or having good pastoral at this point technology has become so at Index after I moved back from Israel. support and challenging people to be ubiquitous in society that if it doesn’t He is now Head of Talent there. I more than just their exam results. engage positively we will miss some continue to work with Matthew Gould a of the opportunities that it can offer. great deal. He is now running NHSX, a Is there an ethical streak running Technology shouldn’t be created in a unit advancing digital transformation in through the mindset of VC’s? vacuum, as it can be in Silicon Valley, the NHS. I came across At Index there was a partner on the without thinking through just what the (1984-89), when I was doing policy work board of Human Rights Watch, another human consequences could be from for Downing Street. I gave a speech at on the board of Witness and another on its success. the Leavers’ Ceremony a couple of years the board of Maggie’s Cancer Centre. ago, which was orchestrated by George The first thing I wanted to do when Do you still get a kick out of what Burgess (2005-10) who I backed when he I joined Index was start Seedcamp. you do? was setting up Gojimo. Alex Gezelius Like my fellow partners, I wanted to Absolutely! (1995-2000), with us at Index, is now contribute something outside our own a founder of a business and an investor. organisation. At Index you had more And another Old Pauline colleague, freedom to pursue those areas. I became Lenny Picardo (1995-2000), was one a trustee of Comic Relief three or four of the earliest Deliveroo employees. years ago. I was fascinated by the intersection of social and economic Is St Paul’s doing enough for boys impact. Two or three years ago I started interested in following an something with two others called Zinc. entrepreneurial path? Zinc builds companies that are explicitly When I came back to the School with my designed to have a positive social impact. son who was then taking his 11+, I Every year we pick a mission. Mission hadn’t been back for about 20 years. I One was improving the emotional and was blown away – what had always been mental wellbeing of women and girls in an amazing set of facilities had got even the developed world. Mission Two was better. One of the students had even businesses designed to support people built a car. It feels to me that the school who had been hardest hit by automation is really pushing the boundaries. and globalisation.

I wouldn’t say that entrepreneurship is At Local Globe we have moved into the something you can teach. The set of neighbourhood behind the Crick capabilities you are looking for in Institute, between St Pancras and Euston entrepreneurs is less about business plan called Somerstown. It’s a fascinating and or pitch competitions, it’s more about very historic community in which

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

I am delighted and honoured to have been elected as the Old Pauline Club President for the next two years. I shall do all I can to build on the work of recent Presidents in growing the Club to ensure that it maintains its successful role in the Pauline Community. A year ago, Rob Smith set up the Strategy Review Group (SRG) and the initial work has made good progress; I am delighted that he will continue to carry out an active role in the SRG. Alumni organisations such as ours certainly face a number of challenges as the world in which we operate has changed significantly in recent years. Inevitably there will be a range of views expressed as to how to take the Club forward. As long as we focus on our core values I am confident that we will make the correct decisions. Shaping Our Future Launch With a membership now in excess of 10,000, with an age range of 18 to over 100, it remains a constant challenge The Shaping Our Future campaign, which aims to focus St Paul’s School towards the original vision set out by John to meet the expectations of all members; also what appeals Colet upon our foundation, was launched in May in the to us changes throughout our post-school life. Working with splendour of St Paul’s Cathedral crypt. Both the setting and the School and the Governors, we continue to review our occasion made it an inspiring evening. The High Master activities and respond to the changing needs of OPs outlined the three pillars of the campaign; Excellence recognising the varying extent of involvement and without Exclusivity – (bursaries), Working in Partnership and expectations – communicating news, mentoring, sports and Building to Inspire (continued investment in our facilities). social activities. The Club will aim, with the excellent help Alongside Professor Bailey, former parents and bursary provided by the Development & Engagement Office at recipients also spoke about the importance of this School, to meet the needs of OPs, covering social, career- campaign for the School community. related, leisure and sporting activities. For sporting activities, various initiative are currently The response to date has been incredibly encouraging. being taken to boost the awareness and use of the superb We have now raised £4.5m in gifts and pledges towards the bursaries and partnership target of £10.4m – with gifts facilities at Thames Ditton, including the inaugural OP ranging from a regular £1.59 to a one-off £1m. We have Sports Festival. That and the launch of the Pauline Cycling a distance to go though and the key to success will be the Network will be taking place in September. scale of participation: we hope to continue to engage As well as social and sporting activities, a principle aim a large number of our community at whatever level is right of the Club is to support the School; following the launch for each of them. of Shaping Our Future last term, we all now have the opportunity to contribute towards the bursary appeal and To find out more information about the campaign, please St Paul’s in partnership. visit Support Us at stpaulsschool.org.uk

Brian Jones (1961-66)

28 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 NEW FACES Secretary, Alan Day, in order the Nobel prize, he has been Old Pauline Club to make the transition as s awarded the Oliver E Buckley Committee List 2019/20 Old Pauline Club President mooth as possible. I am easily Condensed Matter Prize (1993) contactable and if you have and the Dirac Medal (2012). President Brian Jones (1961-66) B M Jones Brian took over the OP Club any ideas.” Contact: presidency from Rob Smith [email protected] Professor Mark Bailey Past Presidents (1981-86) at the Annual Dinner in D J Cakebread, B D Moss, C D L Hogbin, June. He has been closely Editor of Atrium magazine C J W Madge, F W Neate, Sir Alexander Jeremy Withers Green (1975-80) Graham GBE DCL, R C Cunis, Professor involved with Club activities for the Rt Hon Lord McColl of Dulwich, The many years – as Vice President Rt Hon the Lord Baker of Dorking CH, since 2011, and before that as a N J Carr, J M Dennis, J H M East, Sir Nigel player, Fixture Secretary and Vice Thompson KCMG CBE, R J Smith President for the OPFC. He has Vice Presidents also been a member of and Guild P R A Baker, Professor M D Bailey, Master (2012) for the Guild of R S Baldock, J S Beastall CB, S C H Mercers’ Scholars. He is a Bishop, J R Blair CBE, Sir David Brewer Freeman of the City of London CMG, CVO, N St J Brooks, R D Burton, and a member of the Fletchers Mark has been High Master of W M A Carroll, Professor P A Cartledge, St Paul’s and Visiting Professor M A Colato, R K Compton, T J D Cunis, . S J Dennis MBE, L M Dorfman CBE, After gaining a degree in of Later Medieval History in the C R Dring, C G Duckworth, A R Duncan, economics from Manchester Jeremy spent 25 years as an University of East Anglia since J A H Ellis, R A Engel, D H P Etherton, University, Brian joined Peat, analyst and senior manager in 2011. His academic career The Rt Hon Sir Terence Etherton, Marwick, Mitchell & Co (now investment banking mainly at J P between 1986 and 1999 included Sir Brian Fall GCVO KCMG, T J R Goode, Morgan Cazenove. After leaving Fellowships at two Cambridge D J Gordon-Smith, Lt Gen Sir Peter KPMG), qualifying as a chartered Graham KCB CBE, Professor F D M accountant in 1972. Joining the City he has worked as a colleges, lecturing in Medieval Haldane, S A Hyman, S R Harding, Schroders plc in 1977, Brian chairman and charity trustee for History. In 1999 he became R J G Holman, J A Howard, B M Jones, served in various finance roles Friends of the Elderly in the care Headmaster of Leeds Grammar S D Kerrigan, P J King, T G Knight, over the course of 27 years. homes sector; the 999 Club, a School and in 2008 oversaw its B Lowe, J W S Lyons, I C MacDougall, Deptford-based homelessness merger with Leeds Girls’ High Professor C P Mayer, R R G McIntosh, At the time of his retirement he A R M McLean CLH, I C McNicol, was Finance Director for Schroder charity as well as for the Haller School. He has been a A K Nigam, G G O Osborne, T B Peters, Investment Management Ltd. Foundation, a charity involved in headteacher for 20 years. D M Porteus, The Rt Hon the Lord Razzall Since retiring, Brian has been sustainable development in Mark is the 2018-19 James Ford CBE, The Rt Hon the Lord Renwick of a governor for Twickenham Mombasa, Kenya. Lecturer in British History at the Clifton KCMG, B M Roberts, J E Rolfe, and a Visiting M K Seigel, J C F Simpson, R J Smith, Preparatory School and formally D R Snow MBE, S S Strauss, governor of a primary school From 2014, Jeremy has been Fellow of All Souls, Oxford. He A G Summers, R Summers, J L Thorn, in Hounslow. Director and Chairman of the previously played rugby for R Ticciati OBE, Sir Mark Walport FRS, Brian has three sons, and now Membership and Communications Wasps and England and Professor the Lord Winston of has eight grandchildren from his Committee of the Cazenove captained Suffolk at cricket. Hammersmith Association, the alumni He was President of Cambridge first marriage to Carole, who died Honorary Secretary in 2014. Brian married Isabel in association of Cazenove; and University RUFC between 2010 A C Day February this year. since 2016 has been an Executive and 2018. As High Master of St and Board Member for the Old Paul’s, Mark has overseen the Honorary Treasurer Honorary Secretary Pauline Club, becoming Social largest rebuild of the School since N St J Brooks FCA Engagement Secretary last year. the move from West Kensington Sam Turner (2011-16) Main Committee to Barnes in 1968. Composed of all the above and New Vice Presidents P R A Baker (OP Lodge), A J B Riley Professor F Duncan Haldane Sam Hyman (1992-97) (Rugby Football Club), S C H Bishop (1965-69) (Editor, Atrium), T J D Cunis (Archivist & AROPS Representative), N P Troen (Association Football Club), J P King (Colet Boat Club), P J King (Fives Club & Membership Secretary), N H Norgren (Elected), T B Peters (Cricket Club), J Withers Green (Social Engagement Officer), J D Morgan (Golfing Society), D C Tristao (Tennis Club)

After leaving School in 2016, Sam Executive Committee spent a year working full time in B M Jones (President & Chairman of education at Farleigh School in the Committee), R J Smith (Immediate Since leaving School Sam has Past President), A C Day (Hon Secretary), Hampshire and more recently at N St J Brooks (Hon Treasurer), St Paul’s. He has spent the last Professor Haldane is currently the been involved with the Old S C H Bishop (Editor, Atrium), three years working as a sports Sherman Fairchild University Pauline Club Cricket and Rugby N J Carr (TDSSC Ltd Representative), coach at St Paul’s, as well as Professor of Physics at Princeton Clubs and the OP Trust. He is J H M East (Elected), J A Howard (Liaison working with colleagues in other University, and a Distinguished currently the Hon Treasurer of Committee Representative), Visiting Research Chair at both the OPCC and OP Trust. P J King (Elected), J D Morgan (Elected), departments such as Geography J Withers Green (Social Engagement and Duke of Edinburgh. Sam has Perimeter Institute for Physics. He Officer) also completed his Commercial is a co-recipient of the 2016 Nobel Sam is a chartered surveyor, Pilot Training and is about to start Prize in Physics for his theoretical having run his own general Liaison Committee flying for a UK airline. He also has discoveries of topological phase practice for the past 10 years J A Howard (Chairman),, I M Benjamin, N J Carr, R J G Holman experience in Flight Training transitions and topological phases specialising in energy Advice and Interview Training. of matter. Duncan was elected a assessments. He is now focussed Ground Committee “I am excited to be playing a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) on residential developments in J M Dennis (Chairman), R K Compton, role within the OP Club as the new in 1996 and a Fellow of the the Cotswolds. In addition, he is G Godfrey (Groundsman), M P Kiernan, Honorary Secretary and look American Academy of Arts and Managing Director of VinoVeritas J Sherjan Sciences (Boston) in 1992; a Asia Ltd, a Hong Kong based forward to meeting as many OPs Accountants as possible to best gauge the Fellow of the American Physical wine company, specialising in Kreston Reeves LLP direction in which the community Society (1986) and a Fellow of the the wholesale of Italian wine would like the Club to go in the Institute of Physics (1996) (UK) to the trade and private markets. Trustee future. I start my role officially in and a Fellow of the American Sam is married and has two OPC Trustee Company Limited January 2020 but am already Association for the Advancement daughters. working with the existing of Science (2001). In addition to 29 CLUB NEWS

Summer Festival

A sunny day in June provided the perfect backdrop for this year’s Summer Festival, held on Big Side before the end of the academic year. The fields were bustling with a plethora of activities, from the main bandstand hosting musical performances to inflatable obstacle courses providing a fun challenge for both young and old. Speakers’ Corner provided the cerebral focus of the festival; Mr Warriner explained the physics that lies behind ice-cream, even making some of his own with the help of liquid nitrogen. Fortunately for all involved, the final product was far from being edible! Mr Block and his wife regaled tales of cycling across Africa on a tandem, Ben Monro-Davies discussed the future of the news industry, and Mr Still used Lego to demonstrate the goings-on during the Big Bang. Alongside this, there was a giant crossword that was collectively completed, with all 146 clues being cracked throughout the day, as well as our bespoke OP Ale being served up by Friendship Adventure. With over 1,700 people coming through the gates, amongst them guests from partner schools, Old Paulines, Governors, parents and current pupils, there was a wonderful atmosphere as the entire community came together for the day.

30 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 Reunions Leavers’ Ceremony

We, the class of 2019, are now Old Paulines. The Leavers’ Ceremony marked our exit from the green fields of Barnes and our entrance to adulthood with all the accompanying responsibilities: the fabled red laundry bags we have finally received were a terrifying indication of what lies ahead. I presumed it would be a relatively low-key affair, and casual though it was, Brian Jones’s (OPC President) presence 10-year Reunion and his welcoming us to the Club underscored that we were joining a league ten-thousand-strong which gives rise to fortuitous encounters and fosters relationships between generations of Paulines. As the first year group to join the on-line network of St Paul’s Connect while at School, we appreciate the surfeit of generosity and support from Old Paulines. I would also like to thank the Club for their donation of the gifts which we received at the Leavers’ Ceremony. 20-year Reunion  Ariff Castronovo (Captain of School)

Photography Bruce Viveash (1961-66) 10-year Reunion boarding house and which teachers On Friday 7 June, the 10 Year Reunion were still there twenty years on. A big took place, inviting leavers from 2009 thank you to Imran Hamid, Matthew back to the Wathen Hall Foyer to enjoy Kent and Rob Bayne for their work in food, drinks, a tour of the School and organising the evening and to all 55 of course the company of old friends. Old Paulines that attended. The evening was kindly organised by Mike Gale, Albert Snowball, Oliver 40-year Reunion Ratnatunga and JP Jabre and was While we were planning the reunion attended by some 50 Old Paulines. The of leavers from 40 years ago, news relatively short period since attendees broke of the School’s intentions to start left the school meant that many staff admitting girls in the Eighth form, so remembered them well and came along we opened the reunion up to wives, to catch up and find out what had girlfriends, partners and Paulinas. happened in the ten years following the On the evening there were 71 of us Upper Eighth. The event was followed including 15 ‘guests’. Luckily the reunion by a short walk over the river to the came a few days after the launch of Rutland Arms where the evening ‘Shaping Our Future’. So we had the continued. opportunity for Alex Wilson to brief us on the School’s bursary ambitions and 20-year Reunion the plans for the new boathouse and On Friday 21 June, on a gloriously sunny cricket pavilion. Donations were made day, the 1999 leavers were invited back and leads generated as the idea of a to the School for their 20 Year Reunion. return to John Colet’s original vision in Owing to the good weather the drinks an inspiring environment was presented and food were served on the Wathen and discussed. Hall Lawn and the atmosphere was Of course, stories of teenage derring- jovial. A tour of the School was led by do were also told and, in some cases, Alex Wilson, former Undermaster and even believed. Reunions can have that Associate Director of Pauline Relations sense that forty years is no time at all. followed by a spirited question and We just picked up where we had left answer session, with questions off in 1980. regarding the School ethos, the  Jeremy Withers Green

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Annual Dinner 2019 q Annual Dinner Speeches in the Long Room at the Honourable Artillery Company

p Major James Kelly (1974-79) p Pre-dinner drinks Speaker at the Annual Dinner at the Honourable Artillery Company

Over sixty OPs and staff members Presentations were made on behalf attended this year’s Annual Dinner, of the Old Pauline Club to retiring held at the Honourable Artillery members of staff Simon May, Company in the City of London. Head of Classics, after 35 years’ service, and Owen Toller, teacher of The speaker was Major James Kelly mathematics, after 24 years’ service. (1974-79), who gave a vivid description of his experiences in the A commemorative framed Scots Guards during terms of duty photograph, which also listed the in Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, the names of the crew, the coaches Gulf War, the Falklands War and and their record-breaking regatta Bosnia. He recalled that it had been achievements, was presented by p Presentation New OPC President Brian Jones presents the camaraderie within sport and the OPC to Sarah Field, President a commemorative photographic record the Christian Union at St Paul’s that of the Boat Club and Matt Smith, as of the 2018 St Paul’s School 1st VIII’s gave him a solid grounding for a life representatives of the victorious achievements to Matt Smith and Sarah Field, President of the Boat Club on behalf in the army. 2018 Princess Elizabeth Cup-winning of the Old Pauline Club. St Paul’s 1st Rowing VIII team. The High Master, Mark Bailey, gave a breezy update on all matters St Paul’s, Retiring OPC President Rob Smith including the design and construction (1981-86) presented incoming OPC of a Formula 24 racing car by the President Brian Jones (1961-66) with boys that raced at Goodwood; victory his official chain of office. Brian then in the Junior EU Young Enterprise outlined his commitment to the competition; the stellar performances Shaping Our Future fundraising of the St Paul’s 1st rowing VIII and the initiative, explaining the number of somewhat less successful, yet bursary places is projected to reach quintessentially Pauline, inaugural 153 by 2023. He encouraged all OPs Club fashion competition. to register on St Paul’s Connect, the School’s networking and mentoring platform designed to connect the entire St Paul’s Community.

32 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 “The School tolerated but did not encourage us”

Real St Paul’s Reunited

On 2 July this year, twelve men in their 70s met for lunch at St Paul’s Hotel, the last remnant of the old West Kensington School building still standing. Most of these twelve had not seen each other in over half a century, yet this was not some ‘OP Earliest Vintage’ gathering. Rather, it was a reunion of a number of members of Real São Paulo, the unofficial Pauline football club that flourished between 1960 and 1965.1 Founded by Christopher Musk (1956-60) and Blair Cann (1956-60) as Real St Paul’s, the club played its first match against St Matthew’s Youth Club, Ealing, on 23 October, 1960, and ran out 5-3 winners. Real soon enjoyed the moral support of the well-known football writer Brian Glanville of , who also made sure that we received occasional publicity in his column or with a nudge to the London evening papers. Glanville’s own team, Chelsea Casuals, sprinkled with journalists and literary men, were regular opponents. Also on our fixture list were clubs like The Press Association and Corinthian-Casuals (whom we used to play at the beautiful ground in Roehampton). We even brought ‘soccer’ to the USAF base at High Wycombe, winning 9-1. There were also matches against footballing schools such as Westminster, Lancing and Brentwood. The first of these schools we famously beat 5-4 in the autumn of 1961, David Karmel (1960-65) scoring four times, a feat which made the papers. Lancing and Brentwood proved to be more doughty opponents, however. The Lancing match (February 1962) was infamous for its aftermath, when the Lancing headmaster complained that we had falsely pretended to represent St Paul’s by including a talented non-Pauline in our line-up. However, High Master Gilkes rejected the complaint and we were swiftly exonerated. Being founder-members of the Rugby Union, the School Although I have never attended an OP function, I had no tolerated but did not encourage us. It insisted we abandon hesitation in travelling from my home in the Netherlands our original name of Real St Paul’s and withheld permission to attend this reunion. Real São Paulo had after all been for us to play in the Public Schools 6-a-side football so much a part of my life at St Paul’s. Running the club for competition of 1961. It eventually banned members of two years had consumed much of the time and energy School rugby teams from playing for us (understandably, I certainly could have better directed at my schoolwork, after one or two serious injuries). It even put a stop to and I was a source of frustration to my parents and kickabouts with footballs before weekly rugby games at teachers. Who knows, life might have been turned out Osterley. Yet by 1963, the tide had begun to turn: Real, now differently if I had sorted out my priorities, but wearing the red England strip from the 1962 World Cup, a I have no regrets. gift of , took part in the 6-a-sides I need hardly say that the reunion was a wonderful under the supervision of a master, Norman Davies, and occasion, and we are all looking forward to future acquitted itself with credit. opportunities to meet. Following a previous piece on football at St Paul’s  Eric Kellerman (1957-62) (OP News, Autumn/Winter 2017), I was contacted by two former team members, Paddy Clark (1959-63) and Real Sao Paulo (RSP) Laurence Ben-Nathan (1959-64). After months of mailing, Laurence Ben-Nathan would like to hear from any OP that the idea of a reunion was tentatively floated. played for RSP in the 1960s and particularly in the Public The response to the proposal to meet was entirely Schools 6-a-sides at Sydenham, Kent on 21 Dec 1965. positive, though Mike Dunn (1958-62) could not attend His contact email is: [email protected] as he was now living in Australia. Dick Hardy (1960-65) suggested St Paul’s Hotel as a particularly appropriate 1 Real São Paulo was not the only soccer team to have existed at St Paul’s. venue as he had actually boarded there when it was The Ealing Wasps were also active in the mid-60s of which editor Simon known as School House. Bishop (1962-65) was a member.

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100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OLD PAULINE LODGE

p L-R: W. Bro. Rabbi Zvi L Solomons (Senior Warden), RW Bro Peter Baker (Worshipful Master), Bro Charles Polack, and W. Bro Mark Teeger (Junior Warden)

Freemasonry is a system of morality, friendships with each other and a We can also vouch for good food, which is based on the ancient relationship with the School. Many wine, and workings in the Lodge Masons guilds. We gather in a of the most eminent Old Paulines room. We are particularly lucky to be mixture of a social and fundraising since then have been members. able to use the School for all of our context, and the Order aims to build Today the Old Pauline Lodge is a meetings, and look forward to a great us as human beings - making good lively group across many different meeting graced with many dignitaries. men better. There are many lodges years. We all have the School in If you are interested in becoming associated with schools, including common, although brethren have a Freemason, in joining the Old Pauline 35 public schools, which are banded memories of different masters and Lodge, or attending any of our together in the Public Schools three different buildings. We have meetings as a Mason, please write to Lodges’ Council. We often visit each welcomed some very recent Old our Secretary, Nigel Young (1964-68) other’s Lodges, and are delighted Paulines into our midst, who left [email protected] to get to know masons at other School only a very short time ago, Public Schools. as well as some more experienced Forthcoming meetings: This year, on 16th October, the Old and venerable OPs. The delight of Thursday 16th January 2020 Pauline Lodge celebrates its 100th being able to mix with other Old Wednesday 18th March 2020 anniversary. Dedicated on 18th July Paulines in a non-stratified manner Thursday 11th June 2020 1919, it was founded specifically to is one of the best aspects of being help Old Paulines maintain their a member of the Lodge.

EAST ANGLIA OLD PAULINES

A group of OPs in East Anglia, who left school in the early 1950s, meet for a pub lunch at a local pub in Kirtling around mid-summer’s day each year with our wives. This year we met on 18th June. We missed Nick and Susie Campling particularly this year, who had been regular attenders before Nick died in November 2018.

For anyone who has moved into the area recently, we meet next on Monday 22nd June 2020. You are very welcome to join us.

p Left-right: Standing: Elizabeth and John Hall, Judy Stone with David Stone seated, Robin Bennington, Richard Allan, David Heaney, and Joe Hordern Sitting: Pauline Hordern, Diana Zurlinden, and Roslyn Zurlinden.

34 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 Third Thursday Drinks

Over the last year we have been making an evening of it. In total, holding monthly Third Thursday around 100 OPs have attended; some Drinks’ evenings in London where once, some have become “regulars”. OPs of all vintages meet informally, hosted by the President or the These evenings will continue in the Deputy President. The expectation autumn with hosts from the C20th was that this would appeal to OPs and C21st in the hope that OPs from working in the City and West End but their years at St Paul’s will want to there have been a full range of ages meet up with their peer group. OPs attending from nineteen to over of all vintages will of course be eighty. Two locations, the Apex Hotel welcome to join them. in the City and the Primo Bar in the Park Plaza Hotel near Waterloo Station have been the most successful venues. Each evening was attended by 20-30 OPs, some The next Third Thursday Drinks are dropping in for one drink, some planned for 21 November.

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35 ET CETERA The Coffeehouse Comes to the New World

Robin Hirsch (1956-61), was, until recently, proprietor of the Cornelia Street café in Greenwich Village, New York. In this, the first of two pieces on coffeehouse culture, he considers a shared history and cultural heritage on both sides of the Atlantic.

36 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 presented an unknown black singer We have almost reached the present named Billie Holiday as his opening act moment. in 1938, breaking forever the racial barriers that had permeated every club Ellen Stewart, until her death in 2011, from Midtown to Harlem. still rang her bell every night, welcoming audiences to La Mama, but she no longer Writers. Actors. Musicians. A certain ran a café: she was the presiding genius social and political consciousness. The of La Mama Experimental Theatre mix was very familiar. All that was Club, still a worldwide force for good in missing was a scene. the theatre but a world away from the café where all of that began. Joe Cino Greenwich Village in New York City That scene materialised in the fifties, had a much shorter innings, committing has for more than a century been the just after the demise of Café Society and suicide in a particularly violent and heart of America’s Bohemia. It is Barney Josephson’s departure for 8th grisly way as success and drugs and descended from and harkens back to Street. Suddenly, almost overnight, the homosexuality, and the ever-vigilant the coffeehouse culture of Europe, in coffeehouse proper re-appeared. On Feds and NYPD, and tax and obscenity particular the legendary coffeehouses MacDougal Street and Bleecker, at the charges overwhelmed him. of eighteenth-century London: Will’s, Reggio, the Figaro, the Rienzi, the Button’s, White’s, St. James’s, the homes Gaslight, in the fifties and early sixties, And after a much briefer heyday than away from home of Dryden, Poe, coffee suddenly came flavored with the the glory days of seventeenth- and Johnson, Addison, Steele, and surely poetry of the Beats, the music of a eighteenth-century London, one by one, a burgeoning number of Old Paulines. burgeoning horde of folksingers, and the and then in droves, other cafés and Also, let us not forget Edward Lloyd’s freewheeling experiments of visual coffeehouses, a staple of New York life, of Tower Street, where shipping agents artists and performers whose fell by the wayside, because rents hung out, and from which they idiosyncratic congress gave birth to became too high, because the desire to eventually decamped to form their own happenings. congregate was eclipsed by the desire to insurance headquarters, taking with watch television, because the excitement them the name of a long-dead I arrived in New York from London in of what happened in certain cafés was coffeehouse proprietor and becoming… the sixties at the tail end of this institutionalised and co-opted by Lloyd’s of London. particular comet, supposedly to write high-stakes cabarets and concerts and about avant-garde American theatre. galleries and theatres. A century later, across the Atlantic, in Two cafés were of particular interest Greenwich Village, at Polly’s on to me, although I arrived too late for In Part II, in the spring edition of Atrium, MacDougal Street before the First World one and just after the other had Robin will tell the story of one café that did War, John Reed and Max Eastman and transmogrified itself into something at survive (at least until this year): the Theodore Dreiser and a pair of Sinclairs once larger and more freewheeling. At Cornelia Street Café, which he and two (Upton and Lewis) were digesting the their respective headquarters – Caffe others started in 1977. political, artistic, and psychological Cino in the West Village and Café news from Europe and translating them La Mama in the East – Joe Cino and into a distinctly American idiom. And at Ellen Stewart had between them given the Café Royal, which opened in 1920 birth to Off Off Broadway, the most on Second Avenue, the heartland of vital theatrical movement in postwar Yiddish theatre, a mad frenzy of actors, America, if not the world. However, writers, agents and producers created when I got off the boat in 1967, I was still the Yiddish Sardi’s, as it came to be wedded to the notion that theatre was known, about as far removed in style about plays and could be understood by and temperament from the Café Royal reading texts, and I had no idea that of Oscar Wilde as it was possible to get. avant-garde American theatre was about And at Café Society, in the basement of to explode into a myriad of forms and One Sheridan Square, Barney Josephson directions.

“At Café Society… Barney Josephson presented an unknown black singer named Billie Holiday as his opening act in 1938”

37 OBITUARIES

Name (at SPS) John S Ashworth 1956-61 William B Atkinson 1945-48 Alexander D Bennett 2007-12 Mark M Braham 1935-40 Archibald (Archie) E Carter 1936-39 Rupert W Clarke 1949-54 Bryan P Colston 1936-39 William (Bill) B Atkinson Alexander D C Bennett (1945-48) (2007-12) Prof John A Dormandy 1949-54 Bill was the first member of his family to Alexander died tragically, celebrating the Carl E Engel 1935-37 attend St Paul’s. He was followed by his end of his final exams at Loughborough Howard D Gregson 1936-42 two brothers (Robert [died 2007] and University. He was due to join the Formula 1 Philip). He was also the father of two ‘Racing Point’ design team in June. Christopher Harper-Bill 1960-65 Paulines (Richard and Timothy) and a Alexander developed an early passion Laurence E Hooper 1994-99 Paulina (Elizabeth); his grandson Felix has for cars and motorsport. With his elder Paul A Leppard 1954-60 just left the School. brother Hugh, he joined a local kart racing Bill joined St Paul’s at Crowthorne club, winning a number of trophies by the Nicholas J L Lockett 1959-62 before transferring back to Hammersmith. time he was 12. But in his teens, his focus Charles Lumsden 1952-56 Described in his final report as ‘a quiet boy turned to music. At 16, he founded a rock but a very sound fellow’, he was a member band with fellow students at St Paul’s, Howard Manuel 1951-56 of both the 1st XV and 1st XI and maintained ‘The Third Wave.’ He began to dream Dominic A P May 1971-75 these sporting interests through his of a career in music, but the band broke Peter J Montagnon 1963-67 involvement with the Old Pauline Club. up when he left School to go to Exeter A member of the OPC committee for University to study Geography. Prof Jason M Reese 1980-84 many years, he was for a time its While he continued to perform in other Christopher R T Rowe Former Honorary Treasurer. bands, he passed his driving test shortly Undermaster Bill left School at 17. A committed after his 17th birthday. His interest in member of the Christian Union (‘Pi- cars was rekindled. Deciding against Sir David Rowland 1947-52 Squash’), a conversation there with Eric Geography as a career path, he returned Geoffrey J Sadow 1944-49 Hayward led to employment as a Lloyds to St Paul’s to sit Maths A level before Christopher (Chris) Insurance Broker with Anslow-Wilson and studying Automotive Engineering at H W Shales 1962-67 Amery Limited. Apart from two years Loughborough University. He purchased National Service served mainly in North an elderly Nissan 200SX and promptly Simon de M Wells 1953-58 Africa, Bill remained with them, rising to installed a large turbocharger and roll Richard Zorza 1963-67 be Joint Managing Director in 1985, before cage to take the car on track days. the firm was acquired by Jardine Lloyd Alex most enjoyed the practical side Thompson. For two years he was of engineering, spending his third-year Chairman of two of their companies. industrial placement with the Formula 1 Tim Gillum Section editor Specialising in marine reinsurance he team Toro Rosso, where his creative and When submitting obituaries, please enjoyed the Lloyds trading floor, along problem-solving skills came to the contact [email protected] with the annual conference in Monte Carlo. fore. After a gap year, he returned to Family was at the heart of Bill’s life. He Loughborough in 2018 to finish his degree. Because of space constraints we ask was married for 64 years to Eileen, whom He secured a job in the aerodynamics that when submitting an obituary for he met as a teenager in Ealing; together group at the Racing Point Formula 1 publication, it be no more than 325 they nurtured a strong family identity team, where he was described as an words. Longer obituaries will be edited through the annual family gathering in outstanding candidate. to fit with author’s permission. Cornwall, Christmas celebrations and so Alex had a diverse group of friends from much more. Bill delighted in his three St Paul’s, and a partner, Jon. He was close * Indicates obituaries also appeared children and nine grandchildren and a to his three siblings. At family parties he in the national broadsheet newspapers. particular joy latterly was his attendance would lead the musical entertainment. ** Indicates longer obituaries also at the weddings of two of his grandchildren. But the confidence and enjoyment he appearing on the OPC website: opclub. A major stroke in 2010 threatened his found in taking risks ultimately proved stpaulsschool.org.uk/pages/obituaries life but, despite some infirmity, he enjoyed to be his Achilles heel. He is sorely missed another nine years. A proud Pauline, Bill by all his friends and his family. was a thankful, generous and Christian man A memorial will be held for Alexander who made the most of the opportunities before the end of the year with details which life gave him. to be advised. Bill’s Family Mark Bennett, Father

38 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 Professor John A Dormandy Howard D Gregson Prof Christopher Harper-Bill (1949-54) (1936-42) (1961-65) John was born in 1937 in , and Born in London in 1923, Tim (as he was Christopher was a leading medieval was educated in Geneva and Paris before widely known) Gregson was educated at ecclesiastical historian, becoming coming to London. He had to learn English St Paul’s where he was a classics scholar. Professor of Medieval History at St Mary’s as a third language to attend St Paul’s. He was commissioned into the Royal College, Strawberry Hill, 1976-96, then He went on to qualify in Medicine at the Engineers in 1943. In 1944 he landed on Professor of Medieval History at the University of London, and became Professor Sword Beach on D Day+1 and spent the University of East Anglia from 1996 to 2012. of Vascular Surgery at St George’s rest of the war designing and building He was born on 22 August 1947, son of Hospital, London. Bailey bridges across the great rivers and Thomas Harper-Bill and Violet née Eastland John was one of the team that helped canals of northern France and of Slough. Christopher went from St Paul’s develop on-demand pacemakers in the and ultimately the Rhine. to King’s College, London, to read History, 60’s and 70’s, and went on to become one After the war, he read Mechanical where he studied under ecclesiastical of the world’s experts in arterial disease. Sciences at St John’s College Cambridge, historians Christopher and Anne Duggan, He published over 200 research papers, where he also played tennis for the leading to a PhD thesis on John Morton, and was responsible for the agreement College. He became an instructor at Mons Archbishop of Canterbury (1486-1500) – across Europe and the US on how to treat Officer Cadet School and then at the a towering piece of scholarship so early in peripheral arterial disease. He received the Royal School of Engineering at Chatham, an academic career, that led to published Fahraeus Medal, and was named Hunterian followed by tours of duty in Gibraltar, editions of Morton’s registers in 1987, 1991, Professor, was Chairman of the Institute of Nepal, Singapore and Germany, and finally and 2000. Haemorrheology, and President of Clinical at RARDE (Royal Armaments Research At King’s, Christopher developed an Medicine at the Royal Society of Medicine. and Development Establishment), before interest in the impact of the Norman At the age of 82, he was still chairing a retiring from the Army in 1964. Conquest on the English Church and in global drug trial at the time of his death. He taught A level maths at Cranleigh editing the early cartularies of monastic In one of the more surreal chapters of School for 24 years where, with his communities. He took on the general his career, he somehow managed to catch practical experience of civil and military editorship of the Suffolk Charters series, the eye of two dictators in the 80’s, and engineering during and after the war, he and he also became director of the Battle was flown to operate on Colonel Gaddafi encouraged and inspired countless Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies in Libya and then Saddam Hussein’s numbers of pupils and students to follow 1995-99. Christopher was a formidable mother in Baghdad. this career path. He coached and refereed Latinist, by repute one of the best Latinists He was a regular visitor to the Savoy, junior colts rugby, started a still thriving that St Paul’s has produced, but rather than where he had a home. In 2018 his book tennis tradition and was a greatly respected taking the tried route to Literae humaniores ‘A History of Savoy’ was published. He had Housemaster. As a devout Christian, he at Oxford, chose to apply his skills to the recently embarked upon a second book also often preached in school chapel. editing of difficult Medieval Latin texts. ‘The Illustrious Sick’, about famous people On final retirement in 1988, he and his He also produced many articles on the whose illnesses had had a significant wife Susan, whom he married in 1956 just early medieval church and an excellent impact on history. before his involvement in the Suez undergraduate textbook on the pre- John liked speed, skiing downhill or on operation, devoted their lives to the local Reformation English church, still widely used. his scooter, zipping between traffic on his community in the rural village of Tarrant Christopher discovered a passion for Vespa. He played chess competitively, Keyneston in Dorset; a warden of the cricket and classics at St Paul’s that loved the theatre, and travelled extensively. parish church (an appointment he had shaped the rest of his life. He was He continued to play golf and tennis; and held in two previous parishes), guardian convivial, generous, great fun and as likely was off-piste skiing two weeks before his of local security through Neighbourhood to be found in a public house as in a public death. As he put it, he was “very familiar Watch, and wholehearted supporter of library. He was a kind and gentle teacher, with the cardiovascular risk factors, and the newly built Village Hall. much loved by his students. He believed thoroughly enjoyed all of them”. Tim remained throughout his life a deeply in the spirit of collegiality and John died suddenly in Paris, shortly devoted Christian, public servant, pater camaraderie, he extended that belief to all after his wife, Klara, had passed away. familias to one son, two daughters and who were interested in medieval history. He leaves behind two children, two five grandchildren, and a friend to all who He married twice, had no children, and stepchildren, and a large extended family. knew him. He was a true gentleman resided in Strawberry Hill for much of his Contributions from friends and family who lived a good life. life. He died peacefully on 8 September Sir Peter Gregson, son 2018 in Handsworth, Yorkshire. Mark Bailey, High Master, St Paul’s School

39 OBITUARIES

Laurence E Hooper Dominic A P May Professor Jason Reese (1994-99) (1971-75) (1980-84)* Laurence Hooper, who died on 25 January My younger brother Dominic died suddenly At the time of his sudden and unexpected 2019 of cancer, came to St Paul’s via Sussex and unexpectedly in May 2019 aged 61. He death aged 51, Professor Jason Reese House and Colet Court. A contemporary was born in Kensington in 1958, the middle (1980-84) was Regius Professor of recalls ‘a class-topper, polyglot, musically of three brothers. His father, a refugee Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, gifted’, ‘good at any sport he tried’, and from Nazi Germany, was a professional where he also served as the Director of that in a race ‘the ominous sound of singer. Dommy, as his family knew him, Research in the School of Engineering. A Laurence overtaking could be heard, grew up instilled with a love of music and highly valued mentor to many, Jason was his footfalls half as frequent’. the performing arts. an engineering scientist whose research He played several instruments, and Dommy lived his life to the full, with focused on creating the novel design and possessed a promising singing voice. numerous passionate interests. Not the simulation methods needed for emerging The signs of a polymath were there. He least of these was Doctor Who. Not content micro and nano-flow technologies. thought he might be a scientist, but decided with being a mere fan, he become editor Jason was born in Wimbledon, son of that he did not want ‘to wear a white coat’, of its fanzine Celestial Toyroom. For the the late historian Dr Trevor Reese and and half way through his A levels began last 30 years of his life he regularly Hilary Reese (née Charker). At St Paul’s, to concentrate seriously on his parallel contributed to the official Doctor Who Jason took Physics, Maths and Chemistry interest, languages, and particularly Italian, Magazine. He developed many friendships at A Level. He then embarked on his first where he encountered Dante. within the Doctor Who world, from both degree in Physics at Imperial College, In 1999 he won a choral award and a fandom and TV production. graduating in 1988. He later completed place at Corpus Christi College, After leaving St Paul’s and completing doctoral research on shock waves in Cambridge to read modern languages. An his education, Dommy had a successful rarefied gases at the University of Oxford Erasmus stint in Rome saw him cooking for career as a financial controller, first at in 1993. Following postdoctoral research in an orphanage and establishing a central London Transport, later at BP. Although Berlin and Cambridge, his first lectureship focus of his future studies, the apparent financial management and prudence was held at the University of Aberdeen discrepancy between the ‘real’ social and came naturally to him, it was not one of from 1996 to 2000. He subsequently held political and the ‘ideal’ cultural Italy. his passions. His true passion was theatre, posts at King’s College, London and the With an MPhil and PhD in Italian Studies especially musicals. He started investing University of Strathclyde before moving from Corpus, in 2009 he joined Notre in theatre productions as an ‘angel’. This to the Regius Chair at Edinburgh. Dame University in Indiana as a Devers started as a flutter, but soon became his Jason continued to develop his research post-doctoral fellow. From 2010 to 2013 major motivation. and was appointed Royal Academy of he held the inaugural Donnelley memorial At the age of 50, Dommy decided to Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies fellowship at Chicago University, moving take early retirement in order to devote in 2018 – a platform that allowed him to Wesleyan University as a visiting himself to his real interests in life. His to translate his work on Engineering assistant professor, continuing his work theatre investments took on a life of Science into an integrated set of tools on exile and authorship in Dante. their own, and he ended up backing for the design and development of key In 2014 he joined the faculty at some of the West End’s most successful technologies for the 21st century. Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. productions. In 2017 he was appointed In addition to his academic work, Jason A Dartmouth library interview and his Associate Producer for the musical Big co-founded Brinker Technology Ltd in Twitter account record interests ranging Fish, a story he felt was especially close 2002, a spin-off from research at the over history, law, theology, politics, rugby, to his heart. University of Aberdeen, which won the cricket, cinema and mediaeval Italy. He Dommy was an avid world traveller. This Queen’s Award for International Trade gave generous academic advice and brought him face-to-face with grinding in 2012. He was awarded the Lord Kelvin pastoral support to students, and was poverty, leading him to be a supporter Medal (the Senior Prize in Physical Sciences) much respected as both mentor and of relief charities, as well as individually by the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2015. teacher. His list of published articles, sponsoring several children. In an unpublished interview with the OP chapters, translations and reviews is Most people’s abiding memory of News shortly before he died, Jason quoted extensive. The ‘dazzling conversationalist Dommy is of his wacky sense of humour from aerospace engineer and mathematician who could speak on any topic’ will be and his beaming smile. He never took life Theodore von Kármán:‘Scientists discover recognised by his Pauline peers. too seriously. the world that exists; engineers create the Laurence is survived by his wife Dommy is survived by his brothers world that never was.’ Elizabeth Franklin and their son Teddy, Nicholas and Simon, his aunt Elizabeth, his Jason is survived by his wife, historian born in 2013, his mother and his three uncle Edward and his many loving friends. Professor Alexandra Shepard, and their siblings. Jenifer Ball, tutor Nick May (1968-72), brother daughter Zoe.

40 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 Sir J David Rowland Simon de Mowbray Wells Richard Zorza (1947-52)* (1953-58) (1963-67) Insurance broker Sir David Rowland won Simon attended St Paul’s from 1953-58 Richard Zorza died aged 69 of notoriety during his rescue of Lloyd’s where he became a prefect. He later myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) cancer at of London in the face of overwhelming qualified as a chartered accountant in his Collington Life Care Retirement Community hostility, after reckless underwriting had father’s practice. His father (known as near Washington, DC. He and his wife brought £8 billion in losses. Of 34,000 Puggie) attended St Paul’s from 1917-20 Joan moved to Collington in May of 2012. Names, 5,000 were facing losses of more and was a devoted Old Pauline. Simon’s Six months later he learned he had MDS. than £600,000 each. Rowland, installed brothers Jonathan (1947-50) and Bowen In 2001, Richard and Joan had moved to as chairman of Lloyd’s at the peak of the (1948-54) were at St Paul’s before him. Washington, DC. Richard had noticed that crisis in 1993, was the obvious target for Simon married Carolyn when he was 21 lawyers had priced themselves beyond their rage. Rowland was later rewarded and they had a daughter Fiona and a son what most litigants could afford, and that with a knighthood in the 1997 new year Julian. Both his wife and daughter, Fiona, the courts were unprepared to fairly honours. He was also awarded a Gold predeceased him. Julian writes about his handle them, particularly in civil cases Medal for Services to Lloyd’s, which has father’s character as follows. where there was no right to court- been given just 17 times since it was ‘Despite a heart condition that had appointed lawyers. His expertise in ethics introduced 100 years ago. every new doctor reaching for the phone spurred him to help create the legal field John David Rowland was born in to call an ambulance when they listened to of Access to Justice and start the Self London in 1933 and grew up in his heart for the first time, he refused to let Represented Litigation Network to enable Marylebone, the only child of Cyril it limit him, in a pugnacious manner every judges and courts administrators to fairly Rowland and his wife, Eileen (née Pollock). bit as stubborn as his father, Puggie Wells. handle unrepresented litigants. Though He was evacuated from the capital during Frequently charming and hospitable to initially uneasy, the judicial system soon the Second World War and lived with his strangers, he was always hardest on those embraced his approach. The Conferences grandmother and two maiden aunts in closest to him and frequently irritating, of Chief Justices and State Court Anglesey, north Wales. Later, at St Paul’s, infuriating and sometimes unpleasant. Administrators called him “the foremost he became Captain of School. Although intolerant of the LGBT community, ambassador and crusader for self- David went to Trinity College, I can say that he was genuinely a fervent represented litigants in the US.” Cambridge, wanting to become a doctor, anti-racist and never really understood Richard was the son of Victor Zorza, the but concluded that he was not suited to it. such prejudice. He palpably enjoyed the internationally known authority on Soviet Thanks to his father’s connections within company of people from all walks of life matters, and Rosemary Zorza, a potter. He the insurance industry, David joined the and nationalities. I think this was perhaps came to America as an exchange student City. After his National Service with the the root of his love of different languages and stayed to go to Harvard. At age 20 Royal Horse Guards was cut short by a and cultures. he wrote the book The Right to Say “We” kidney complaint, he took a job as a trainee Simon was the eternal optimist, always about the Harvard student strike. insurance broker with the City firm willing to see the good in people, even In 1978, Richard enrolled in Harvard Law Matthews Wrightson. when, in some circumstances, none existed. School. After graduating, he worked for On leaving Lloyd’s, Sir David became His naivety in such cases frequently led eight years at the Committee for Public president of Templeton College, Oxford him in to trouble, when he consistently Counsel Services [CPCS], Massachusetts’ (now Green Templeton College) and was trusted the wrong people. state public defender program, getting an adviser to St Paul’s School, and to the I know he had many regrets about his more than 40% of his criminal defense Royal Academy. As chairman of NatWest life, but such is life that it is often the clients’ convictions overturned. He was in 1999, he was on the losing side of a failures and mistakes that haunt one proudest of working on the case that takeover bid by Royal Bank of Scotland. towards the end rather than the successes. struck down Massachusetts’ death penalty. Away from the City, he enjoyed fishing in Instead, be thankful for a life well lived, Having dabbled with computers at St Scotland and had a lifelong love of golf. even if he could drive one to anger with Paul’s, CPCS tasked him with computerising Sir David is survived by his former wife an uncanny frequency. Don’t be sad.’ its accounting when the state’s highest Giulia Powell, and their son Mark. Their Simon leaves behind his son Julian, court had it take over all of the ailing county daughter Belinda predeceased him; grandchildren Anastasia and Christopher, bar advocate programs. This saved the state also, by his second wife, Diana Matthews, adopted grandchildren, three great- a lot of money. Subsequently, he was asked stepdaughter Cecily and stepson grandchildren, and his brother Bowen. to design many other computer systems. Philip. His stepdaughter Louise also The Wells family Richard is survived by his wife Joan Zorza, predeceased him. his stepsons Derin and Arloc Sherman, and his aunt Rut Burak, and their families. Philip Morton (1962-67)

41 OP SPORT

OLD PAULINE GOLFING SOCIETY Rob Smith wins all at Hayling

In April, we had our annual two-night Messrs Bastinello(T), Cardoza, Roberts, West Hill on 7th November and our stay at The Wiltshire. Playing very steady Lyon with Chris Vallender playing in the AGM/Dinner at Royal Mid Surrey on golf on all three rounds, Toby Bain won finals in place of Hugh Roberts. 28th November. the Kayton Vase with Mike Rowley In Society matches we have had wins Golfers wishing to join the Society coming second. against KCS OBs & Old Westminsters, should contact Neil Fitch, email: At the Spring Meeting at Betchworth halved with The Mercers, but lost to Old [email protected] Park Golf Club, Neil Fitch won both the Uppinghamians, Old Amplefordians &  Neil Fitch (1955-60) Just Cup and the Goldman Salver for 15 Old Lawrentians. & over handicaps with 31 points. Chris In the Cyril Gray at Worplesdon Golf Vallender won the Haswell Bowl with Club, our team of Chris Vallender, Robin a gross 86. In the afternoon foursomes, Young, Charles Mathias, David Charman Nick Downing and Steven Spencer & David Mayhew lost in the 1st round teamed up to win the Eastman Salvers. to Berkhampstead. It was a particularly wet day which was At the Summer Meeting at Hayling reflected in the winning scores! Golf Club, Rob Smith, our immediate Past In the Grafton Morrish qualifier played President of the OP Club, played the golf at Royal Wimbledon Golf Club, our team of his life (his own words). Off 16 handicap, of Messrs Roberts, Bastinello(T), Rose, he shot an 80 gross and 43 points to win Parker, Rowan and McFarlane came 8th the Sayers Cup & the Mercers Cup. out of 14 and did therefore not qualify for In the afternoon, Nick Downing & Robert the finals in Norfolk. Silverstone comfortably won the We did better in the Royal Wimbledon afternoon foursomes. Putting Competition where we qualified Our Autumn Meeting & Captain’s Day for the finals for the first time for many will be played at Denham on 10th years, then coming 6th. Our team was September, with our Winter Meeting at p Rob Smith with the Sayers Cup & the Mercers Cup.

OLD PAULINE RUGBY FIVES Strength to Strength

Old Paulines went from strength to reunited his schooldays partnership with strength in 2018/19, reclaiming the Ben to claim the U25s, and even emerged Owers Trophy at the start of the season victorious at the Winchester mixed. and ending it with 11 of the top 20 ranked In the handicap tournaments, specialist players in both singles and doubles. James Tilston took the South East, There were a number of similarities to whilst Ed picked up the President’s Cup. last season. Once again, most of the singles Ed left no stone unturned, also winning titles were shared between Ed Kay and Winchester fives’ Barnes Bridge trophy. Dan Tristao, this time with Ed securing In club competitions, Ed, Julian Aquilina the year-end number one spot, despite and Henry Jefferies brought the Owers Dan claiming his fourth National Singles Trophy back home after a one-year trophy. In doubles, six of the seven open absence, but the OPs had to settle with tournaments again featured at least one a plate victory at the Wood Cup, after OP winner, with Ed and Dan joined by losing to a strong West of England side Charlie Brooks, Ollie Arnold, Theo Parker comprising of yet more OPs. and Ben Beltrami. Ed and Dan even paired We continue to hold our regular up to win the National Doubles together. sessions on Thursday evenings during There was plenty more doubles term time, and we encourage players of all success for Ollie: he partnered Theo to run standards to get involved. away with the student championships; p National Doubles winners: Ed Kay (left) and Dan Tristao (right).

42 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 OLD PAULINE CRICKET CLUB Bedding down well in Division 4

2019 has turned out to be another very successful season for the Old Pauline Cricket Club. As it stood, at the time of sending this report, with three games to go, the 1st XI were hoping to secure a top-half table position in what has been their first season in Division 4 of the Surrey Championship in the club’s history. Meanwhile, the 2nd XI are dominating and look set to secure back-to-back promotions, as they are currently 38 points ahead of their nearest rivals in second place. Rich Hay has enjoyed a breakthrough season with the bat and is in the top 10 run scorers in the 1st XI league, whilst skipper Chris Berkett and Upneet Arora find themselves in the top 10 leading league wicket takers. In the 2nd XI, success has been built upon the vast quantity of runs piled on by Freddie Light and Narayan Subramanian, who are both in the top 5 run scorers. The club continues to thrive with team spirit as high as it has ever been – plenty of matches have been finished by one team with the other there to support; in particular a nail-biting two-wicket win by the 1st XI vs Cobham Avarians, made all the sweeter by the sheer number of Old Pauline supporters. It’s as good a time p Assembling for the OPCC’s first ever match in Surrey Championship Division 4. Top row: Ollie Ratnatunga, Mihir Bhushan, Alex Duncan, Saumitra Gorani, Upneet Arora. as ever to play for OPCC. Contact: Bottom row: Rich Hay, Joe Harris, Chris Berkett (c), Dave Dundas, Bhanu Dhanjal. [email protected]

p Skipper presenting Ollie Ratnatunga (left) with his OPCC club cap for scoring his 1500th league run. p Upneet Arora and Ollie Ratnatunga by the scoreboard at Cobham Avorians after a 5-wicket hall and unbeaten 50 respectively helped register a fantastic win!

43 SPORT

OLD PAULINE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB Buoyed by Budapest

It was a game of many chances but few finishes from either side. Old Paulines fought valiantly after conceding an early goal by a clinical finish from the opposition but managed to finish the game with a 2-1 victory. Scorers Mr Troen and Carli both kept their heads held high into the second half as their efforts were rewarded with a goal each. BC Polgari showed tremendous heart and passion as the game pushed on, notably with their goalkeeper pulling off some excellent saves, but ultimately struggled to fend off the continuous pressure applied by our team. OP’s, jubilant as the final whistle blew to seal our victory, showed many signs that point to a successful forthcoming season. The two travelling fans, who were barely a speck on the Paraset stand, were still impressed, though notably quieter As the season drew to a close and the than Ed’s one-man barmy army summer recess started, the Old Pauline performance in Madrid. MoM for the OPs squad set their sight on the summer tour was awarded to Carli (Carlesberg) Esser of Budapest. with strong performances from Pete, Nick With a strong squad of 15 set to land and Ed in the net (despite Ed being 2nd at the beginning of August we were best keeper on the pitch). DoD went to hosted by local team BC Polgari who were Elliot for, amongst other things, shooting 8th in the 3rd amateur league in Budapest from inside the centre circle but slicing it last year. The opponent was no light into BCP player two yards to his right. team navigating the cave bars in the touch and boasted an U17 Hungarian Off-pitch the squad were in high spirits evening, fairly unsuccessfully. Cultural talent (now retrained as a lawyer) in the and enjoyed the local, friendly atmosphere highlights included pre-game leg massages rankings. We borrowed an enormous pitch both before and after the game. Some at the Szechenyi baths and the questionable from Vasat Pasarét, a Hungarian league favourite moments included the OPAFC drinking of pints of rosé. two equivalent team, and were welcomed and BCP chairman sharing a drink post- Particular shout-out goes to the team by glorious sunshine on the evening match, with the BCP chairman likening member who valiantly took a 5am tour to of the match. Mr Troen to a Duracell rabbit, and the residential housing projects, which feature a 20-minute nap and an introduction to local family over morning tea (return travel not included). The local cuisine was delicious albeit with questionable vegan menu options – the waiter’s reply to a vegan option was pointing at an ox-tongue soup commenting “this is Hungarian vegan” whilst recommending the local rocket-fuel post-meal tipple, Unicum. As such, a request has been put into the Colets bar to stock Unicum and Palinka for next season as it seems to do the trick! Another extremely successful tour to be celebrated and the club welcomes any players or potential players to get involved and Tour next summer!! Cheers! All those interested in playing for OPAFC should contact: [email protected]

44 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 OLD PAULINE RUGBY Looking to build towards a big anniversary...

t Victorious Old Pauline Rugby Sevens

Following a fantastic second half to the inaugural OP Sport Festival which is Lastly, the 2018-19 season also saw the 2018-19 season the OPFC is looking taking place on September 14th at Thames highest influx of new players for many a forward to the new season and attention Ditton from 1200-1500. There will be a year with over 30 people playing their first is also beginning to shift towards the range of activities on offer for all of the game for the OPFC. The Club is very club’s 150th anniversary in 2021. The end Family to enjoy. This is the first time that focussed on continuing to recruit new of the 2018-19 league campaigns was many of us can remember the Thames players, especially Old Paulines, in the run followed by a very successful tour to Ditton based clubs working together up to the 150th year in 2021. For anyone Budapest as well as the club’s first trophy on a joint event and it should be a fantastic interested in getting involved in the club in many years with a victory in the Vase day for all of the clubs and Colets. We please email 1st XV Captain Tom Roberts Competition at the Middlesex Sevens. hope to see many of the Old Pauline on [email protected] and you can also Over the course of the summer there community in attendance to support and follow the club via its Instagram feed has been weekly touch rugby running at will be looking to grow the event further oldpaulinerugby for the latest news on Thames Ditton and pre-season training in future years to include more of the OP fixtures and upcoming social events. kicked off in July. Pre-season has now Sport clubs in the festivities. ramped up to two sessions a week including making use of coach Shane In terms of social dates for the diary Rutherford’s new gym once a week for for the first half of the season in addition strength and conditioning sessions. to the Friends and Family Festival on The short-term focus of the club and September 14th the following are captains is the start of season OP Sport scheduled: Festival, and first friendly game against Old Cats, at Thames Ditton on September 19th October 14th at 15:00, which is followed by the first Former Players Lunch at Thames Ditton league games on September 21st. The OPFC has been collaborating with 14th December the Football and Cricket Clubs on the OPFC Christmas Party

45 PAST TIMES

Making their quartet debut, Ed Viita, 100 Years ago (1919) Nick Banns, Matt Jenkins and Vahid Mr Fennemore Hakimzadeh are an amazing prospect, It is with very deep regret that we publish both together and individually. It must the news of Mr Fennemore’s death on have been twenty minutes’ worth of active service in Mesopotamia. He will improvisation on only three tunes: be long remembered by those with whom 10 years ago (2009) time was transcended as they held us he came into contact at St Paul’s, as a most Amnesty International spellbound with their interesting modern- capable and enthusiastic teacher who St Paul’s Amnesty Group continued style fusion of jazz and ethnic elements: never spared himself, a cheery companion to work entirely through cyberspace in Ed’s soprano sax playing mesmerisingly whose outstanding characteristics were its efforts to shame oppressive regimes melismatic, Nick’s violin playing good humour and unfailing optimism, across the world into treating people in occasionally tapping his Indian roots, and a man of deep religious feeling. accordance with the basic assumptions Vahid’s drumming summoning up Remaining in England while his behind human rights. Among those cases the Middle East… and is pianist Matt apparatus was being constructed and assigned to the group to write were boys a Latino in disguise? After another year’s tested, he sailed for Basra in December imprisoned in Iran and sentenced to fermentation – and a little more yeast – 1917, and he died in Mesopotamia death for crimes committed when they we could be swimming in Vin Superieur. were younger than 18, which breaches in October the following year. His Commanding Officer writes: “He was international agreements signed by 50 years ago (1969) the Iranian government; trade union indeed one of the best of fellows, and The Chesterton Literary and organizers persecuted and threatened his loss was felt most keenly by his Debating Society with death by police thugs in central brother-officers of this section. He was This term opened with a highly successful America and prisoners in China convicted in charge of a chlorinating system at debate in which co-education was strongly by evidence which fell short of international the Base, and his work took him to many approved of. In the first literary meeting agreed standards of proof. places where anyone may contract our chairman, Mr Hutton, gave a fascinating disease. He was diagnosed with talk on W B Yeats to an audience composed smallpox. I am sure his loss would be 20 Years ago (1999) of members from all forms. A heated keenly felt by the boys at School; yet at Jazz Café debate on squatters was held in October the same time they must feel very proud Confucius says jazz is like young wine from and the standard of speaking was very that one of their masters gave his life for fresh grape. Here at St Paul’s (the winesack), high indeed. A further debate was held King and country – in a manner worthy the grapes (the boys) are exposed to the in which it was decided that we had “No of the finest traditions.” yeast (George Adie) and immediately begin Confidence in Her Majesty’s Opposition”. to ferment; after about two or three years the result is truly fit to sample (Jazz Café).

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46 ATRIUM AUTUMN / WINTER 2019 LAST WORD

FALL-OUT FROM THE PURSUIT OF PRINCIPLE Rt Hon Ed Vaizey MP (1981-85)

t the time of writing, I am has a clear career path. Joining your ties that bind. I have known many MPs stateless. At the beginning local party, being an elected councillor, on my side for that amount of time, of September, I lost the working for an MP or working for the canvassing with them in the 1980’s, AConservative Whip, having party machine. Along that path, you attending selection meetings in the voted against the government of the collect contacts and build networks. 1990’s, coming into Parliament together new prime minister, . But you also gain skills and experience, in the noughties, constantly discussing This means that after fourteen years honing your judgement and learning and debating the policies and approaches as a Conservative MP, I have now had to balance competing view points. that would be best for our country. independence thrust upon me. They But politics is primarily a vocation. To This common experience has say that all political careers end in succeed in politics, you do have to care been replaced in three short years by tears, and as things stand, this could and you do have to persevere. People Brexit versus Remain. They have seen well be curtains for me. who have achieved great success incomprehension grow between Losing the whip is a fairly painless elsewhere do not always triumph in colleagues who previously had a shared process, at least physically. The vote politics, because they fail to appreciate point of view. I have shouted and was ten at night, and by 10.45, at home the different ways people who get hollered more often at my own side, watching Newsnight, I got a text from involved in politics are motivated. It is rolled my eyes as what I see as their the chief whip telling me I had lost the certainly not about financial success, or absurd and misleading proposals, with whip. This was then followed by a even approbation. Ultimately it is about an anger made more acute by seeing charming letter lecturing me on the ensuring that you have a chance to put the weapons previously used against perils of disloyalty. It is now hanging, into practice the way you view the world. the opposition turned into friendly framed, on my loo wall, alongside David (or not so friendly) fire. Cameron’s thanking me for six years of This may not be the end, but if it is, loyal service in his government. “  I have shouted and hollered it is not what I wanted. Defying the It seems fitting to write about all more often at my own side” whip, voting against your party, is not this in the pages of the Old Pauline an easy thing, but I have been praised magazine, as it is often at school that for sticking to my principles. But it can the embers of political ambition start When I first entered Parliament, a be equally difficult, and no less laudable, to glow. I can still remember, rather Labour MP congratulated me. He said to put your principles to one side, as nauseatingly, discussing my plans to I would find I had much more in common others did. There is nothing wrong with become prime minister with my best with opposition MPs than I realised, doing something to hold together the friend, now a successful diplomat. The because ultimately we had all been networks and loyalty that hold families debating society gave me a taste for on similar journeys, and had the same and political parties together. The current affairs, and the chance to best motivation, even if we had come to fracturing of our politics, caused by the a teacher in an argument and the belief different conclusions. That is true. pursuit of principle to its ultimate end, that anything was possible. But nevertheless, while your opposite can paradoxically weaken our society. Politics is a mix of both a career and numbers may be your friends, those Decisions taken in the heat of a political a vocation. On the one hand, saying you on your own side are family. crisis can be much more nuanced than want to be a politician is no different Which is why losing the whip may they seem. from deciding to be a lawyer or an not be painful physically, but is so painful Compromise is not a dirty word. architect – the wish to enter a profession psychologically. Unless you have lived that is stimulating, demanding, engaging this life for thirty years or more, as and energising. And like a career, politics I have, you cannot fully appreciate the

47 DIARY DATES

DATE TIME EVENT VENUE

Wed 16 Oct 2019 17:30–21:30 Old Pauline Lodge Centenary Dinner St Paul’s School To book email: [email protected]

Thu 17 Oct 2019 18:30–20:30 OP Third Thursday Drinks Primo Bar, Waterloo Meet and reconnect over a drink or two

Thu 24 Oct 2019 19:00–21:00 St Paul’s Sydney Branch Event Sydney, Central Business District RSVP to Fredrik Blencke: [email protected]

Sun 27 Oct 2019 13:30–15:30 Strings Afternoon Wathen Hall, St Paul’s School An enjoyable and challenging day of ensemble playing

Thu 31 Oct 2019 12:30–14:30 Wessex Branch Luncheon Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum For further information email: [email protected]

Tue 5 Nov 2019 14:00–16:00 Discover St Paul’s – Supporting St Paul’s St Paul’s School through Legacy Giving RSVP to [email protected] or 020 8746 5390

Tue 5 Nov 2019 19:00–21:00 New York Fireworks Brainstation, New York Six Degrees business ‘connect’ event RSVP to [email protected]

Wed 6 Nov 2019 18:00–20:00 Opening Night, Other People by Keith Roberts Milton Gallery, St Paul’s School No booking is required

Wed 6 Nov 2019 19:00–21:00 GCSE Composers’ Concert Wathen Hall, St Paul’s School GCSE musicians perform their own compositions

Thu 7 Nov 2019 18:00–20:00 Avni Lectures Physics Labs, St Paul’s School Showcasing expertise & interests of the St Paul’s staff

Thu 7 Nov 2019 19:30–21:30 Durham Drinks The Boat Club, Durham The first Old Pauline Durham drinks reception

Mon 11 Nov 2019 11:00 Act of Remembrance St Paul’s School We gather for the annual Act of Remembrance

Wed 13 Nov 2019 18:00–20:00 Treasures of St Paul’s School Kayton Library, St Paul’s School Exploration and Adventure

Wed 13 Nov 2019 19:00–21:00 Ensembles Concert Wathen Hall, St Paul’s School A varied and exciting programme

Sat 16 Nov 2019 12:30-14:30 40- and 15-year Reunions for 1979 and 2004 1st XV squads St Paul’s School We welcome back two rugby squads for the Eton match

Thu 21 Nov 2019 18:30–20:30 OP Third Thursday Drinks Apex London Wall Hotel Meet and reconnect over a drink or two

Wed 27 Nov 2019 19:00–21:00 Autumn Concert Wathen Hall, St Paul’s School The term’s flagship concert

Thu 28 Nov 2019 19:30–21:30 Ghetto Samuel Pepys Theatre, St Paul’s School Edward Williams’ final production at St Paul’s

Sun 1 Dec 2019 14:30–16:30 Jazz at Bulls Head The Bulls Head, Barnes Tickets available on the door

Sun 1 Dec 2019 18:30–20:30 Colet Choral Society: Great Hall, St Paul’s Girls’ School Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle

Mon 9 Dec 2019 18:30–21:00 Carol Service St Mary’s Church, Barnes Celebrate Christmas at the St Paul’s Carol Service

Wed 11 Dec 2019 13:00–15:00 New York Christmas Lunch The University Club of New York RSVP to [email protected]

Thu 12 Dec 2019 08:00–10:00 Corporate Communion Wathen Hall Foyer, St Paul’s School Eucharist Service from 8-8.40am, with optional breakfast 8.40-9.10am. To register email: [email protected]

Thu 19 Dec 2019 18:30–20:30 2019 Leavers First Term Reunion Red Lion, Barnes Join classmates for a Christmas drink near school

Mon 3 Feb 2020 16:45 Feast Service and Buffet Dinner St Paul’s Cathedral, then Mercers’ Hall Buffet at 18:15

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