THE BRADFIELDIAN The Jan 2015 Downton Abbey’s Atticus Aldridge We talk to OB Matt Barber JAN 2015 JAN Also in this issue: • Bradfield Festival Preview • Remembrance WWW.BRADFIELDCOLLEGE.ORG.UK Centenary • Bradfield Horizons • Society Festive Day Photographed by JAK BLACKWOOD Published by: Bradfield College, Bradfield, Berkshire, RG7 6AU • www.bradfieldcollege.org.uk Edited by: Stephen Wallace • Photographs: Jak Blackwood, Julia Smith, Stephen Wallace Contact: Editor:
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[email protected] Facebook: www.facebook.com/BradfieldCollege Twitter: twitter.com/BradfieldCol The Jan 2015 Dear Reader, Contents Happy New Year! I would like to welcome you to Features the first edition of The Bradfieldian Talking School 4 - a new termly publication aiming Faulkner’s 10 to keep the whole Bradfield community p4 up-to-date with the latest news and events. Bradfield Festival 16 We have combined our two previous Matt Barber 22 newsletters The Bradfield News and The Old Bradfieldian into one new magazine packed with all the best content from Duke of Edinburgh 34 each including College news, academic achievements, co-curricular reports Remembrance 40 (performing arts; sport; clubs & societies etc), Bradfield Society events, OB p10 updates, affiliated club reports, staff news Stunt Pavilion Opening 42 and much more. Regular readers of The Old Bradfieldian will now be receiving OB Shooting 46 news and events coverage from the Bradfield Society and the alumni network three times a year instead of twice. Society Festive Day 52 The Bradfieldian will also include new content which we hope will engage new audiences within our community. p22 Regulars For example, you will find feature length articles, Prep School news and previews College News 7 of upcoming events.