HARROW NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2020

IN THIS ISSUE HARROW SUPPORTS LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

NEW RACKETS COURT OPENS

OLD HARROVIAN SUCCESS STORIES NEWS HARROW NEWSLETTER | SUMMER 2020

FROM THE HEAD MASTER

It is genuinely uplifting to see how In this newsletter, you can read about some Harrovians and staf have risen to the of the talks, trips and other activities that challenge of learning and working online boys enjoyed before the Coronavirus since the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic, highlights from the array of introduction of Surface Books for Masters wonderful opportunities open to and boys, the variety of platforms available Harrovians and some of the extraordinary through them, and the collective willingness eforts that boys and staf have made to in the School over the last few months to support the local community during the make the most of those new technologies current crisis. mean that we are in the fortunate position of being able to operate a full timetable for all year groups. On a personal level, I have truly missed the steady stream of boys who come to see me in the mornings to talk about the areas of excellence in which they have been recognised. 2|3 NEWS

FROM THE REGISTRAR

Our priority has been, and continues to be, been online since lockdown, we have the safety and wellbeing of our entire nonetheless continued to welcome School family. We have been following everyone to the Hill, albeit virtually. I look Government and other national institutions’ forward immensely to a time when we advice and sharing best practice within the can meet face-to-face and welcome you boarding school community. We are to Harrow. currently working very hard planning for a If you would like to join one of our virtual September reopening of the School. We events or book a place at an open are determined to make the fullest possible morning when current restrictions are academic, co-curricular, super-curricular lifted, please contact Vicki Appleton at and pastoral provision available for all our [email protected]. boys when they return to the Hill to resume their education and enjoy, once more, a full and rewarding Harrow experience.

Although our open mornings and meetings with House Masters have, by necessity,

OPEN MORNINGS HARROVIANS ENJOY SCHOOL LIFE ONLINE Harrow’s open mornings are an excellent way for prospective parents and their sons to learn about the School Throughout the Covid-19 crisis, Harrow and adjusted for those in diferent time and life on the Hill. has continued to provide a full education zones. Provision includes live online Visit www.harrowschool.org.uk for and pastoral support for all Harrovians. lessons, music, sport, art and drama. forthcoming dates and to book. As soon as the School was aware that it Harrow’s outstanding pastoral care is The Admissions Ofce would not be able to operate as usual, it being delivered uninterrupted through Harrow School moved to a remote learning model, which House Masters, Assistant House Masters, 5 High Street Harrow on the Hill began in the final week of the Spring Matrons, Tutors and the chaplaincy, with Middlesex term. Boys are being provided with the guidance and support from the Pastoral HA1 3HP highest level of academic and co-curricular Support Committee. +44 (0)20 8872 8007 experience, albeit in a virtual context [email protected] NEWS HARROW NEWSLETTER | SUMMER 2020

Harrow has been supplying food to local charities for delivery to those in need

HARROW SUPPORTS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY DURING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

Education as well as hand sanitiser, goggles, gloves, Partnerships and volunteering Harrow School has been working closely protective suits and aprons have been Harrow continues to work closely with the Borough of Harrow to provide delivered. All available PPE on the School with local partners, particularly Young educational support for young people site has been passed on and parents have Harrow Foundation and Harrow Carers. throughout the coronavirus crisis. The been sending in more equipment to Significant financial donations have School has been providing a bespoke support our local services. Our fleet of been made along with vital food and learning resource for looked-after children minibuses has been ofered to the local equipment deliveries. So far, Harrow has throughout the Summer term and many council, NHS, carers and charities for distributed over £40,000 of the Long beaks have been holding live subject- unlimited use as required. Ducker proceeds and parental donations specific Q&A sessions for looked-after to support organisations working in Food support children and young carers in the area. the community during the crisis. The A large volume of food and supplies School continues to run the Covid-19 Health has been delivered to local charities for response fund to raise money for those Harrow’s Design & Technology Department distribution among those most in need. most afected by the current crisis. The has been making and distributing With the funds the School has donated, 2020 Long Ducker and the 2020 Long hundreds of protective visors for Harrow we are currently feeding 18 families for Ducker Bike Ride will be raising money for Carers and St Luke’s Hospice and has seven days with essential supplies. We organisations at the forefront of the local provided large numbers of pieces of PPE have arranged for food distribution to response to the crisis. locally. So far, thousands of face masks three food bank hubs in the local area. 4|5 NEWS

NEW RACKETS COURT OPENS

Harrow School's original rackets court has been completely refurbished and is now called the Prenn Hue Williams Court. Harrow was the first school to play rackets, as it had easy access to the basic requirements of the game: a flat piece of land and a high wall, which enabled the most skilled players to hit the ball at speeds of up to 160 miles per hour. The School's Old Court was built in 1865 and was the first closed and covered court at any school. The new court is named in honour of two OHs, John Prenn (The Head Master's 19663) and Charles Hue Williams (Bradbys 19562), who were not only master players in their day but have been faithful supporters of the game for many years. The first tournament on the new court was against Eton. NEWSACADEMIC HARROWHARROW NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER | SUMMER| SPRING 2020 2017

HISTORY OF ART

Henrietta Billings, Director of the charity SAVE Britain’s Heritage, visited Harrow to discuss the work the charity does to save historic buildings, including the successful rescue of Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire. In March, boys studying History of Art travelled to Oxfordshire for a tour of spectacular Blenheim Palace. They moved onto the city of Oxford for a visit to the Young Rembrandt exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum. Upper Sixth Former Francis Bamford took part in the regional final of the ARTiculation art public-speaking competition at the National Gallery. BLENHEIM PALACE CC-BY-SA-4.0 BLENHEIM PALACE ©

Blenheim Palace

ASTRONOMY BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY

A striking photo of the Super Pink Moon, Twenty-four Sixth Form Harrovian This year Harrow made a record 65 entries in which was visible in the night sky on biologists, along with over 9,500 students the national Chemistry Olympiad. There were 7 April, was taken from the School’s from 668 schools worldwide, took part some very impressive scores and, in total, Rayleigh Observatory by Dr Chris Crowe, in the Biology Olympiad. The Harrovians the School collected 10 gold, 18 silver and 23 Head of Astronomy and Computer distinguished themselves, scoring the best bronze certificates. Science. With the extra-close, extra- set of results ever recorded by the School bright moon and some astrophotography in this competition, including eight Gold MATHEMATICS techniques, Dr Crowe was able to capture awards. Of the 16 Remove boys who were After beating Forest School in the quarter- an image that shows the moon's curves, able to sit the online Biology Challenge final, the Maths team faced rivals City of lumps and bumps in sharp detail. The later in March, 15 achieved an award, with London School in the Plate final of the Hans image featured on the website Space.com. the two top scorers being awarded Gold. Woyda Mathematics competition. Both teams started very well but Harrow’s strength showed through in the second half and they won by 49 points to 34.

In the Intermediate Maths Challenge, Harrovians earned a total of 62 gold, 60 silver and 33 bronze certificates, with three boys earning full marks.

The Remove Maths team competed in the Year 10 Maths Feast competition, where they achieved the best team performance. In the regional final of the Team Maths Challenge, the Junior Maths team came first of 26 teams and qualified for the national final.

An essay by a Fifth Form Harrovian appeared on the blog of Chalkdust mathematics magazine. His work was entitled ‘On curvature, cars, clothoids and cartography’ and looked at the geometric principles behind curvature and its real-world applications. 26|37 PUPIL ACHIEVEMENTSACADEMIC

CLASSICS

Harrovians had much success in the 2020 St John’s, Oxford, Classics Essay Competition. Paddy Breeze won first place in the History category for his essay discussing the question ‘In what ways did the power of oratory shape ancient politics?’. Max Morgan was awarded Highly Commended in the Literature category for his essay ‘Do heroes in ancient literature learn through sufering?’. HISTORY

The School was fortunate to welcome Dr Timothy Bowman from the University of Kent for the annual Lo Lecture in History, in which he talked about ‘The Partition of Ireland, 1912–25’. Dr Bowman began talking about the present issues concerning the Orestes pursued by the Furies by W A Bougeroueau (1862) Irish Border and how Brexit will afect it in 2021. He went on to examine the reasons for the partition of Ireland and how, after many complicated and controversial events, it was eventually BLENHEIM PALACE CC-BY-SA-4.0 BLENHEIM PALACE carried into efect. © MODERN LANGUAGES

Four boys from the Upper Sixth took part in a debating competition, conducted entirely in Spanish, at Merchant Taylors’ School. The boys formed two teams and engaged in a series of debates on mass tourism in Spain, military intervention, and corruption in sport. Despite some very strong competition from Eton, Westminster and North London Collegiate School, two of Boys debated mass tourism in Spain the Harrovians won first prize. Josemanuel by Photo

ENGLISH

This year’s Winston Churchill Essay Competition asked boys to reflect on the nature and legitimacy of protests. Approaches were split between arguing that protesting adds agency and support to democracy and suggesting that protests are invalid and troublesome. Boys focused on specific examples of protesting, with emphasis given to protests in Hong Kong, climate change protests, the Sufrage movement and the American civil rights movement. The top essays were most impressive in their use of anecdote to enhance strong, clear arguments. The best writers showed excellent evidence of emerging voice and style, finding their own approach to this topic. The winning essay was on the subject of ‘Protesting is necessary to defend democracy’. Photo courtesy of the George Grantham Bain Collection/Library of Congress Collection, Washington DC Washington Collection, of Congress Bain Collection/Library Grantham of the George courtesy Photo

The Sufragette movement was one of the examples of protest discussed in the Winston Churchill Essay Competition NEWSCLUBS AND SOCIETIES HARROWHARROW NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER | SUMMER| SPRING 2020 2017

Clockwise from left: Trevor Phillips, Thaksin Shinawatra and Bob Seely

PALMERSTON SOCIETY SCIENCE SOCIETY Theatre to see the play Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer, which concerns the World Chess The society welcomed the former prime In January, the society hosted the final of Championship in Reykjavik between Bobby minister of Thailand and business mogul Dr the prestigious Senior Science Lecture Fischer and Boris Spassky at the height of Thaksin Shinawatra to Harrow. Dr Thaksin Competition. Three finalists were chosen the Cold War in 1972. founded the mobile phone operator after a week of 20 presentations. One Advanced Info Service, and the IT and finalist described the revolutionary idea telecommunications conglomerate Shin of cross-coupling reactions in organic DA VINCI SOCIETY Corporation in 1987. He founded the Thai chemistry and their many uses, from OLED Old Harrovian Richard Cooke first Rak Thai Party (TRT) in 1998 and, after a screens to the cancer drug discodermolide. collaborated with Red Bull as part of his landslide electoral victory, became prime A second speaker explained how Lower Sixth engineering scheme, trying to minister in 2001 and was re-elected in bioprinters work, how they can print living work out the best conditions for wet and dry 2005 by an overwhelming majority. In cells, and how they might be used in the Formula One tyres. He then went to Bristol his talk, ‘How to make it from zero to a future in the creation of personalised University and took part in the Red Bull billionaire’, he discussed his career and drugs. The third and winning speaker gave student placement scheme with the team. how he had become such a successful a talk on the development of LEDs and He now works full time for Red Bull Racing, businessman. The society also heard from their potential benefit to the environment. developing car suspensions. Mr Cooke gave Old Harrovian Bob Seely who is MP for the Da Vinci Society a talk on ‘Engineering the Isle of Wight. He discussed his career SLAVONIC SOCIETY in the fast lane’, in which he explained the as an MP and the 2019 general election basic challenges of winning the Formula before opening the floor to the many In February, the Slavonic Society One constructors’ championship and the questions from the audience. A third celebrated Maslenitsa, the Russian major considerations when designing a speaker was Trevor Phillips OBE, whose equivalent of Mardi Gras, except that in Formula One car. career highlights have included the post Russia it lasts for a whole week. After of Chairman of the Equality and Human a comprehensive introduction to the Rights Commission, President of the etymology of the word Maslenitsa Partnership Council of the John Lewis (Масленица), members enjoyed a Partnership and Chairman of the Greater substantial selection of pirozhki and heaps London Assembly. Mr Phillips gave his of pancakes and other seasonal delicacies views on why people had voted for Brexit before watching the Oscar-winning film and why populist movements across the Burnt by the Sun (Утомлённые солнцем) world have been so successful. directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. There was also a society outing to the Hampstead

Photo by Lucas Raich by Photo Harrow's rock bands held a joint gig with Wycombe Abbey School 28|39 CLUBSPUPIL ACHIEVEMENTSAND SOCIETIES

DEBATING

At the LSE Model United Nations conference, one Harrovian was given an honourable mention for the quality of his debating, while three received Best Delegate awards. The team had further success at the ESU Churchill Speaking Competition and went through to the London Regional round of the competition. At Harrow, the Junior Inter-House Debating Competition was won by Lyon’s, who opposed the motion ‘This house believes that fighting climate change is the world’s most pressing matter’ and were judged to have made a better argument than proposers Elmfield.

Junior Inter-House Debating Competition finalists

NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

In a talk titled ‘Africa – the home of wildlife photography’, a Harrovian in the Lower Sixth spoke to the society about his photography work, his travels and the importance of wildlife conservation. He explained how he photographed diferent wildlife in three countries in Africa: elephants in Kenya, lions in Tanzania and, most recently, mountain gorillas in Rwanda. He also described how the governments of those countries are trying to prevent illegal poaching and strengthen conservation eforts by the local population.

An elephant in Kenya

MUSIC PRODUCTION SOCIETY

Three of Harrow’s top rock bands - The White Roses, Parklife and Ben’s Band – featuring musicians from all years, travelled to Wycombe Abbey School for a second joint gig. The audience loved the bands’ exuberance and energy and there was some fine playing and singing from all the musicians involved. The society also enjoyed a lecture from one of its members on ‘The Art of Sampling’. The lecturer explored the history of music sampling and demonstrated various methods of obtaining samples, as well as showing how he incorporates sampled music into his own work.

Harrow's rock bands held a joint gig with Wycombe Abbey School NEWSART AND PHOTOGRAPHY HARROWHARROW NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER | SUMMER| SPRING 2020 2017

A LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

The annual A level Interim Photography Exhibition showcased a wealth of experimentation and creativity. Boys exhibited work they had created as part of their A level coursework and during their Lower Sixth year; these included large-scale photogram experiments made in the darkroom and digital experimentation using software such as Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.

HOUSE ART COMPETITION

Harrow School prides itself on its art and the School celebrated the achievements of artists in all year groups at the annual House Art Competition, with ten works from every House. The adjudicator was Michael Bruzon, Head of Art at Winchester College, who awarded a prize for the best work from each year, along with a prize for drawing and another for innovation. Winner of best House overall was West Acre.

NEW BOYS’ PROJECT

Every Shell boy takes part in the New Boys’ Project. This requires each boy to produce a creative piece – this can be an artwork, a music composition or a functional item. The pieces should have taken a minimum of ten hours to create and should be of a high standard. One of this year’s three winning pieces was Hing So’s accomplished and imaginative drawing of a dragon.

‘I first sketched out the basic pose and elements of the drawing, those being the stormy sky and sea, the fisherman begging to be saved from death by drowning and the dragon itself, holding a pearl. Then I drew the entire piece in pencil and inked it in with a fine liner afterwards. I coloured the drawing with coloured pencils and added shading at the end.’ 210|3|11 PUPIL ACHIEVEMENTSART DRAMA HARROW NEWSLETTER | SUMMER 2020

January saw the inaugural meeting of the new Jeremy Lennon Shakespeare Project, an exciting collaboration of students from the Hill and surrounding schools with Shakespeare’s Globe. The meeting was held at the Globe and was the first of a series of workshops that will culminate in a presentation of Shakespearean scenes and monologues in the Sam Wannamaker Playhouse. The second session took place at Whitmore High School in Harrow and there will be more sessions at local schools in the future.

Druries’ production of The Three Musketeers, the first House play of the term, was a wonderful combination of brilliantly timed humour, exciting swordfights and nuanced character development. It was followed by a more chilling but equally thrilling version of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, performed by boys from Lyon’s and Moretons.

The Man, produced by two Old Harrovians and a highlight of the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, brought to the Ryan Theatre a series of hilarious sketches depicting diferent stereotypes of the male psyche and exploring a multitude of issues surrounding masculinity, all performed by one actor.

The final production of the Spring term was of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Assassins, performed by members of the Rattigan Society, the School’s senior drama society, and girls from local schools. The music was provided by a full band of boys working alongside professional musicians, under the direction of Head of Academic Music William Church.

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers 12|13 DRAMA

Assassins

Assassins Assassins

Frankenstein NEWSMUSIC HARROWHARROW NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER | SUMMER| SPRING 2020 2017

Spring Concert

MUSIC

The Spring Concert saw all the larger Caribbean and Cinema Paradiso, along and cathedrals. They also visited the School ensembles – the Orchestra, the with well-known songs such as Abba’s residence of the British Ambassador to String Orchestra, the Concert Band and Mamma Mia and Final Countdown by Spain and had the chance to tour some the Big Band – perform a wide variety Robert Buckley. The category was won by of Madrid’s most important museums and of music including works by Elgar and Lyon’s with their performance of I Want galleries including the Prado and the Reina Tchaikovsky and the theme from the You Back by Berry Gordy. The Grove came Sophia. They also took part in a flamenco film The Magnificent Seven. Two of the second with a medley of themes from masterclass, a Segway tour of the old chamber ensembles were selected to John Williams. The Grove were victorious city and tour of Real Madrid’s Santiago perform at the Finals Concert of the South in the Small Ensemble category with their Bernabéu Stadium. East Schools Chamber Music competition. rendition of Halvorsen’s Passacaglia. The Old Harrovian Sebastian Gillot returned to Head Master’s were awarded second place At this year’s House Music Competition, the School to give a superb organ recital in for their performance of a movement from adjudicated by Mr Guy Hopkins from Speech Room, performing Vierne’s Second Fauré’s Piano Trio in D minor. Westminster School, the Large Ensemble Organ Symphony. category, as usual, featured popular and During the Spring half-term, the Byron accessible pieces including themes from Consort visited Madrid to perform a series the films Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the of recitals in some of the city’s churches 14|15 MUSIC

House Music Competition House Music Competition

The Byron Consort in Madrid LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE HARROW NEWSLETTER | SUMMER 2020

ECO-SCHOOLS NETWORK biodiversity, plastics, water and school trips. waste, environmental competitions, The combination of diferent opinions and carbon ofset, how to raise awareness For the first time, Harrow hosted a meeting perspectives proved to be both interesting of biodiversity and a possible link to of the Eco-Schools Network, a platform for and productive. Heightening awareness Shaftesbury Enterprise and other discussion of environmental issues. Harrovians of climate issues, alongside looking at charitable organisations were particularly were joined at the session by representatives it more positively as a way of providing productive discussions. The meeting from St Paul’s Girls School, North London opportunities, was considered the best way culminated in students and teachers Collegiate School, Sutton High School and forward and everyone left with many more coming together to discuss points of Godolphin and Latymer School. detailed ideas about how to make school interest from both meetings. Notable was communities more eco-friendly. the high level of optimism from all present Delegates were divided into two groups: and the belief that by working together students and teachers. The students’ group A teachers’ meeting exploring the same we all have the potential to create discussed issues around catering, energy, issues was just as fruitful. Weighing significant change.

Harrow hosted a meeting of the Eco-Schools Network 16|17 LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE

HARROW RIFLE CORPS

Extremely bad weather prevented the annual Endurance Event from taking place this year. Boys did, however, undertake a supervised practice, following the traditional route over the assault course.

Long Ducker

COOKING WITH COMPASSION

Nine boys cooked a Sunday lunch for 34 people from local mental health charities as part of a Cooking with Compassion event. Starting at 7am, the boys were guided throughout the day by three of the School’s chefs, who helped them prepare, cook and present the dishes to a professional level. Boys in the front-of-house team set up the tables, folding napkins and ensuring the placemats, cutlery and glasses were perfectly aligned. As well as serving the food, conversing with the guests to create a relaxed and sociable atmosphere helped the boys develop their interpersonal skills. At the end of the afternoon, the clean-up process began, giving the boys who took part some insight into and appreciation of the efort to which the School’s catering staf go every day. Keswick in the Lake District NEWSSPORT HARROWHARROW NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER | SUMMER| SPRING 2020 2017

BASKETBALL

Harrow's junior basketball squad, in particular, had a good season, beating Wellington College 39-31 and Eton 21-24. The senior team beat Stowe, Eton and the Wellington B team to reach the semi-final of the Wellington Tournament. They were eventually beaten by the host’s A team, thus achieving third place overall. The senior team also had a particularly impressive 56-43 win over Eton College later in the season.

CROSS-COUNTRY SHOOTING SOCCER

At the annual Wellington College Relays, A Harrovian won gold in the final of a The First XI won the majority of their there were strong results from Harrow with European Championships shooting event matches, including against Westminster, the Intermediate A team coming in second in Malaga, alongside two other Team GB Epsom College, Radley, St John’s place and the Senior A team finishing in athletes, beating competitors from Finland, Leatherhead and Berkhamsted. The third. The top six runners in the School Norway and Estonia. Second XI saw particular success in the competed in the prestigious King Henry VIII games they played before the season was One-hundred-and-twenty competitors in 30 Relays. It was particularly pleasing to have cut short, with six wins from six games, teams took part in Harrow’s 10th annual Fido the young talent showing through, with five and a Harrovian in the Upper Sixth was May Clay Pigeon Shooting Competition at of the six runners in the team in the Fifth ofered a professional contract with QPR. the E J Churchill Shooting Ground. Harrow Form or below and strong performances all entered four teams and achieved third place round. in the 100-bird flurry competition.

JUDO

At the Independent Schools Tournament, 26 of the 27 Harrovians competing won a medal: six gold, nine silver and 11 bronze. This tally meant Harrow were top of the medal table and Independent Schools champions for the sixth year in a row. FENCING

Harrow’s fencers showed great confidence in their bouts this season, with the senior team achieving a resounding 14-10 victory against Winchester, beating them 2-1 in the foil and 14-10 in the épée. They also overcame RGS High Wycombe and had a notable victory over Eton, winning all their bouts, with a final score of 199-127 in favour of Harrow. 218||319 PUPIL ACHIEVEMENTSSPORT

SWIMMING HARROW FOOTBALL

The swimming squad saw continued success in the Spring term. Founder’s Day saw many Old Harrovians return to take on their In a head-to-head gala at Wellington College, Harrow won every former Houses at Harrow football, playing with great good individual race, often coming second as well. The team also won humour in thick mud, wind and driving rain. Winners of the inter- every race in a gala against Abingdon School and most of the House competition were Newlands, for the fifth year in a row. races in a gala at Eton. Harrow was also victorious against Bishops They beat The Head Master’s 6-2, again in perfect Harrow football Stortford and in a triangular competition with Reeds and ACS conditions – deep, sticky mud and large puddles. Cobham. At the Otter Cup in March, to which Harrow takes its Elite B team, the School came third, its highest-ever placing with the B team. The next day at the Bath Cup, the oldest and most prestigious school swimming competition which consists of two relay events, the Harrow team won its heat in the freestyle event and went on to come third in the final. Harrow also won in their medley relay heat and came second in the final.

The Newlands winning team

RUGBY Henley College, Skinner’s School and Caterham School in the group matches. Emanuel School in the group stages Having beaten Beechen Clif, they were The Junior Colts A team beat Trinity School before defeating Beechen Clif School knocked out of the competition by Clifton Croydon in the quarter-final of the National 19-0 in the semi-final and going on to College in the quarter-final. In the Stowe Cup before facing Ivybridge School in the win the competition by overcoming rivals Under-16 competition, the Colts 7, in their semi-final. Although the match finished in a Hampton School 26-7 in the final. In the first tournament of the season, gave an draw, it was Ivybridge who progressed to the Surrey Under-18 Rugby 7s competition, excellent account of themselves, beating final as they scored three tries to Harrow’s two. Harrow again faced Beechen Clif in the a competitive Sedbergh side to top their last 16 of the competition, after overcoming group and advance to the semi-finals. In the Middlesex Schools Rugby 7s Reeds School, Oaklands College and competition, the Harrow team beat NEWSOLD HARROVIAN NEWS HARROWHARROW NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER | SUMMER| SPRING 2020 2017

Obama's longest-serving Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, then-Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell, former US Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Giford, and many more.

James Wild (Elmfield 2004) presented his Nikita Kuznetsov (Moretons 2013) climbed collection of bronze sculptures at his first Mt Elbrus (5,642m) in Russia in support of major exhibition, ONEWILD. The exhibition Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's showcases a range of vulnerable and Charity. It took five days to reach the critically endangered species sculpted from summit and the most challenging part of scrap metal and then cast in bronze. The the expedition was the second Jonathan Haycock (The Knoll 2001) has work is aimed at raising awareness of these acclimatisation trek from base camp to written a PhD thesis entitled ‘Exploring species, with 20% of each sculpture sold Pastukhovo Rocks when, two hours into the innate immune system of the Asian going to the conservation charity Fauna & the trek, he was hit by an ice blizzard with elephant (Elephas maximus) to control Flora International. winds of 50kmph. Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus Nik Patel (Druries 2007) has launched a infections’. The project was funded by a light-hearted podcast series, Doctors Don't number of zoological institutions across Talk. Dr Nik and his colleagues explore how Europe and the results have already been heart-breaking life-and-death decisions are put into action to save the elephant calf personally afecting junior doctors working Indali, which featured on Channel 4's on the frontline fighting Covid-19 and Secret Life of the Zoo. beyond. This podcast aims to raise awareness and gives insight into a secret world where junior doctors rarely express their emotions.

Mungo Denison (The Head Master’s 1986) Maxwell Holden (Rendalls 2015) has been and his company SKYMAGIC delivered a chosen as one of the US universities’ Guinness World Record by launching a Stamps Scholars, a select group of synchronised swarm of 196 PyroDrones exceptional students from 40 universities in high into the night sky, breaking the world the USA. Maxwell, an energy engineering record for the 'Most Unmanned Aerial major at Dartmouth College, will use the Vehicle (UAV) Launching Fireworks scholarship to research the implementation Olly Hicks (The Grove 1998) has recently Simultaneously'. PyroDrones are a new of afordable energy solutions in become Executive Director of the Arksen generation of drones developed by developing countries. He plans to use his Foundation, a not-for-profit platform for SKYMAGIC. The customised fleet of funding to engineer micro-scale wireless ocean research, conservation and outdoor and indoor drones are each sensors for plants and animals that will help restoration. Their objective is to build a mounted with a super-bright RGB pixel. In manage energy resources and support super-fund for ocean protection, called addition to SKYMAGIC, Mungo is Managing smart agriculture. 10% for the Ocean. Our oceans, the Director of NEWSUBSTANCE, a show Edward Hardy (Druries 2010) has built a largest ecosystem on the planet, currently design studio who have worked across a digital media platform where he discusses receive less than 1% of philanthropic range of projects from national-day current political issues and hosts a weekly funding. The 10% fund aims to redress this ceremonies across the Middle East to podcast, The Hardy Report, which provides imbalance and increase the oceans’ share shows by international recording artists listeners with informative content through of funding to 10% during the UN Ocean including Beyoncé, Mumford & Sons and interviews with a range of activists, decade in 2030. Take That. NEWSUBSTANCE also designed campaigners and politicians from across the Ice Strike for Disney’s Frozen The the political spectrum. The 54 episodes in Musical currently on Broadway. Season 1 featured interviews with Barack

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