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eNews – January 2014
IN THIS ISSUE Welcome Back to top
Welcome 2014 is not only the centenary of the start of the First World War, but also of the Clifton – Tonbridge cricket match at Lord’s. In acknowledgement of the former, we have an OC Old Cliftonian Tour of WWI Tour of the WW1 Battlefields led by Michael Ivey, himself an OC in Oakeley’s from ’78 – Battlefields August 29th – ’83. If you are interested please follow the links in the piece that follows. We are lucky to September 1st 2014 have secured this tour and I do urge you to consider joining it.
Polack's For the second, we are delighted to announce that we have just secured a booking of the Nursery Ground at Lord’s for a School Match on Tuesday 24th June. We are hoping to OC News plan a big lunch, jointly with Tonbridge, for OCs and parents of current players. We have OCs in Print no details yet but please save the date and keep an eye out for further information which will be released as soon as we can. OC Business Community I would like to highlight two further pieces in this Newsletter. The first is the excellent OC Society Recent Events news that Simon Russell Beale is playing King Lear at the National Theatre until May. Follow the links for more information but note that the tickets are, not surprisingly, selling Provisional Events rapidly. Programme for 2013/2014 Secondly, we regret to announce the death of Professor Peter Geach, one of the most In Memoriam distinguished British philosophers of the 20th century. There is a link to one of several obituaries that have been published in recent weeks. Miscellanea
Keeping in Touch
UPCOMING EVENTS
27 Feb Christopher Jefferies - Ethics of the Media 28 Feb Cambridge Dinner 28th Feb 2014 2014 12 Mar Choral Extravaganza
15 Mar Julia Hwang and the Bristol Concert Orchestra 28 Mar Real Tennis Event
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UPDATE YOUR Old Cliftonian Tour of WWI Battlefields August 29th Back to top DETAILS – September 1st 2014
If you have recently moved To mark the 100th anniversary of the Great War the Old Cliftonian Society, in partnership house or changed your email with Historical Trips, is taking a group on a tour of the Western Front, with a special address, please contact the emphasis on the role played by Old Cliftonians. office on [email protected] For more information, please download: OC Battlefields Tour – Itinerary
Download the Booking Form
www.historicaltrips.com / [email protected] / 020 7993 6540
Polack's Back to top
Polack’s Synagogue Windows
The splendid stained glass windows that were given by the Jacob family to the newly extended Synagogue in Polack’s in 1972 have, at last, been reinstated in the Polack’s Centre, situated in the upstairs section of the former Senior Common Room.
OC News Back to top
Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale (WaH '78) talks to Jasper Rees in the Telegraph Review about playing King Lear at the National Theatre. Previews begin on 14 January and will be broadcast to cinemas worldwide on 1 May.
Read the online article: www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre
For more information: nationaltheatre.org.uk
"Three Days" – A Short Film
Suzie Boudier (OH '91) and Vanessa Bailey (OH '88) shot their first short film last October. “Three Days” is a short romantic comedy about a reluctant age-gap attraction, set against the backdrop of London. The film has been financed via crowd-funding, with contributions from film supporters across the globe.
For more information: http://www.threedaysfilm.com/
Sherry & Narcotics: A New Play By Nina- Marie Gardner (OH '88) Nina-Marie Gardner's play Sherry & Narcotics was a finalist for the 2013 Verity Bargate Award and has been selected for the PlayWROUGHT Festival at the Arcola Theatre, Ediburgh.
Directed by Jerwood Award winner Yael Shavit and starring Lucy Ellinson and Michael Colgan, the play was presented as a staged reading Friday, January 24th at 7pm.
You can read more about the festival here: http://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/playwrought-
Adam Phillips to deliver The Clark Lectures at Trinity College Cambridge
Adam Phillips (PH '72), notable psychotherapist and writer on literature and philosophy is to deliver The Clark Lectures at Trinity College Cambridge in the Lent Term 2014. Previous holders of this post include E.M.Forster, T.S.Eliot and F.R Leavis.
For more information, please see: www.trin.cam.ac.uk
Adam Fowle (BH ’77)
Adam Fowle has been appointed chief executive of Tesco's family dining division.
Link to PDF of Times' article.
Sir John Hicks
Sir John Hicks (WiH '22), the first British Economist to be awarded a Nobel Prize. The British Academy published their memoir for Sir John Hicks on 21 November 2013. This joins the other British Academy’s memoirs of other notable Old Cliftonians, amongst whom are Sir Neville Mott, Sir John Kendrew, Sir Brian Pippard and Nicholas Hammond, former Head Master. They can be accessed on the British Academy website http://www.britac.ac.uk/memoirs/12.cfm.
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Anthony Brown, Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers
We congratulate Anthony Brown (ST ’70) on his election as Master of the Society of Merchant Venturers. Click here for the notice on the Merchant Venturers website http://merchantventurers.com/2013/11/anthony-brown-becomes-master-of-the-society-of- merchant-venturers/
View webpage Bryan Senior (PH ’53)
An exhibition of Bryan Senior’s paintings from the period 1958/61 was held in the Cork Gallery, London in October.
Although the exhibition set out to cover Senior’s formative years it does not include the time spent at Christ’s when his distinctive style was developed, is evidenced by a number of paintings in private collections. The years chosen partly reflect the grim reality of life in the industrial Midlands, characterised by smoke and industrial decay. One critic described his reaction to the ‘Vale of Health’ as follows: The low earth tones, heavy paint and near abstract construction of the landscape had a distinct lingering mood and a deep resonance. My response to the painting was an intensely physical one, feeling a ‘gut reaction’, enjoying that sudden shock of excitement that often accompanies an important discovery’.
The same approach colours the later scenes of London’s Primrose Hill and Kenwood.
Besides the landscapes the exhibition included two forceful portraits, one of the artist and another of his favourite model, ‘Tish’. http://www.courtgallery.com/artists/Senior.html
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London to Varese for Luke and Leukaemia
OC James Paull (SH '05) is part of a team cycling from London to Varese to raise money for the Haematology Ward in the Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi and to donate funds to Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research.
Following their fascinating story and read more about Luke: http://londontovarese.wordpress.com/ Operation Unthinkable: The Third World War – an article by Jonathan Walker (ET '71)
Author Jonathan Walker normally writes about conflicts of the 20th century, but in The Blue Beast he looks at some of the mistresses behind the military commanders and politicians who conducted the Great War.
Operation Unthinkable: The Third World War is about Churchill’s little known plan to reclaim parts of eastern Europe under communist control immediately after the Second World War. Click the links to see recent press articles and full reviews.
Syria's War Viewed Almost in Real Time – for the first time, the war in Syria has given global audiences a close-up view of war.
Melik Kaylan (ET ’74,) a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, wrote a fascinating commentary on the reporting of warfare by social media, thus unwittingly giving the lead for a political discussion group at Clifton.
Click here http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324492604579083112566791956.html
Melik Kaylan has worked as a journalist based mostly in New York for twenty-five years. Among other places, he has been an editor at the Village other places, he has been an editor at the Village Voice, contributing editor at Spy magazine, associate editor at Connoisseur magazine, Arts editor at Forbes.com, editor-at-large at ReganBooks. His work has been published widely in the US and UK in the above publications and the Wall Street Journal, Vogue, New York Times, the Times of London, the Spectator, and other places. He has won Cultural Awards in Italy and Turkey for print and television work on antiquities smuggling. He has been to the Middle East numerous times, to Iraq five times, to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Burma, the Caucasus. His Travel and Leisure article on Tbilisi, Georgia, is included in the 2008 Best American Travel Writing collection. He has scuba dived for bodies with the NYPD scuba unit (New York Magazine), dived with the Cousteau ship in the Red Sea (Forbes.com), searched for Inca treasure in Ecuadoran mountains (Outside magazine), investigated the murder of a fellow journalist in Peshawar, Pakistan (the Spectator). Currently, he writes for the Wall Street Journal about culture.
OCs in Print Back to top
Tony Lewis-Jones (WiH '76)
Out now, Full Moons and Half Truths by Tony Lewis-Jones with cover illustration by Wynn Wheldon – the acclaimed 2003 pamphlet now an e-book for Kindle Fire: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Full-Moons-Half-Truths-Lewis- Jones-ebook
Also by Tony Lewis-Jones; Kindle e-book Talking Blues is available at Amazon. It is one of three e-books that can be bought online:
Significant Others: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Significant-Others-Tony-Lewis- Jones-ebook/dp/B00D0LUWCC/ref=sr_1_1? s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383736389&sr=1- 1&keywords=tony+lewis-jones
Talking Blues: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Talking-Blues-Tony-Lewis- Jones-ebook/dp/B00G7M6EZ0/ref=sr_1_3? s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383736441&sr=1- 3&keywords=tony+lewis-jones
Misty: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Misty-Tony-Lewis-Jones-ebook/dp/B00DY5Z70Q/ref=sr_1_4? s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383736456&sr=1-4&keywords=tony+lewis-jones
OC Business Community Back to top
Christopher Jefferies discusses Ethics in the Media
The next OC Business Community event has been arranged for 27 February in London at Price Waterhouse Coopers. The guest speaker, Christopher Jefferies, retired Clifton teacher, Leveson Inquiry witness and subject of 2014 TV documentary will talk on "Ethics in the Media".
Christopher Jefferies was a distinguished English teacher who taught at Clifton for nearly 30 years until his retirement in 2001. He was also well remembered for heading the 30 years until his retirement in 2001. He was also well remembered for heading the Redgrave Theatre for most of that time. A long-term resident of Bristol since he arrived from University in London and Oxford in the 1960s, Christopher was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Joanna Yeates shortly after her death in December 2010 but then released without charge. Mr Jefferies successfully sued a number of UK newspapers for a series of false accusations and the circulation of derogatory remarks. Appearing before Lord Justice Leveson he said that the national media (had) shamelessly vilified him and set about what can only be described as a witch-hunt. ITV has started filming a new two-part drama focusing on some the events that took place and is working with Director Roger Michell, fellow OC and former pupil of Mr Jefferies. It is due to be screened in the spring of 2014 and is entitled The Lost Honour.
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OC Society Recent Events Back to top
Hallward's Reunion 11th and 12th January 2014
The 10th Anniversary of the opening of Hallward’s House was celebrated on 11th and 12th January with a dinner in Big School for Old Cliftonians, current and former parents and some pupils. About 100 attended including OCs who had come from the Far East and the US specifically to be there. Julia Hwang and the House singers provided musical entertainment and a number of heart-felt tributes were given by former girls, replied to by Karen Pickles who somehow found the energy to preside over this splendid event despite the sudden shock of her new status in life, that of grandmother.
Link to Photoboard
Left to right: Estere Kajema, Camila Bräutigam, Charlotte Reynolds, Charlotte Motley, Finella Tancred- Holmes, Rosie Quick, Lauren Gilmour, Karen Pickles, Aimee Freeland, Francesca Grimwade, Eliza Hunt, Ellie Griffiths, Mariya Lobanovska, Jalyn Goh. London Branch Dinner – 14 November 2013
The London OC Dinner, most generously subsidised by the Clifton College Development Trust, was held on 14 November at the Berkeley Hotel. 141 OCs and guests attended and it was most encouraging to see so many age groups represented. Nick Tolchard, Chairman of the OC Society, chaired the event, Julia Hwang played two violin pieces quite brilliantly (have a look at http://www.juliahwang.com/) and the Head Master, Mark Moore and CCDT Trustee Simon Brewer spoke, outlining the work of the CCDT.
A splendid event in every way – thanks to the CCDT and Rachel Andrew and Matt Howard-Cairns of the London Branch for all they did to make it such a special event.
Click here for photos.
Bristol Dinner 8 November 2013 Bristol Dinner 8 November 2013
The resurgence of the OC Bristol Branch was much in evidence at the Dinner in Big School held on 8th November. Some 120 of 6 decades attended and we thank the Bristol Branch team of Andrew Niven (Chairman), Bruce Lloyd and James Rose (Secretaries) most sincerely for a resounding success.
Link to Photoboard
South Wales Branch Dinner 4 October 2013
The perennial venue and the perennial success of the South Wales Branch Dinner! This is the first event each year to go into the diary – this was held on 4 October at the Cardiff and County Club and was attended by 31 OCs and guests – old faithfuls and newcomers alike. Well done to all concerned and to Becky and Nick Jones for their organising – or was it just Becky?
Next year’s date? Friday 3 October 2014, and naturally at the Cardiff and County Club!
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Singapore OCs Gathering Friday, 6 December 2013
The first OCs Singapore gathering last Friday 6 December 2013, went well. Thanks to Richard Trythall, at whose club (The Tanglin Club) we were able to convene, we all had a great time catching up and reminiscing about our time at Clifton.
From left to right are: Mark Whatley (ET, 1989), Richard Trythall (SH, 1971), Mrs. Richard Trythall, Colin Jarraw (DH, 1990), Kirstin Man (parent), Toby Bath (WiH, 1975) and David Blair (DH, 1978).
Mark is an actuary and Richard is in the shipping industry. Richard and his wife have only recently moved to Singapore from Hong Kong. Kirstin is a parent of two children who are both in the Upper School. Toby is in architecture, design and planning. David is a treasury consultant. Colin Jarraw
Provisional Events Programme for 2013/2014 Back to top Christopher Jefferies – Ethics of the Media 27 Feb 2014
Cambridge Dinner 28 Feb 2014
Choral Extravaganza 12 Mar 2014
Julia Hwang and the Bristol Concert Orchestra 15 Mar 2014 Link to Event Information
Real Tennis Event 28 Mar 2014
Central and Eastern Canada OC's, 29 April 2014: Pub Social 29 Apr 2014
OC Reunion – Saturday 3rd May 2014 – For those born between 1945 and 1955 3 May 2014
Lord's Cricket Ground Clifton v Tonbridge Centenary Match 24 June 2014
Link to Reunions/Events' page.
In Memoriam Back to top It is with much regret that we notify you of the death of the following Old Cliftonians that have not been previously reported. We offer our sympathies to their families and friends. Any obituaries that we have received can be found on the OC website here.
Peter Geach (SH 1929-'34) – 21 December 2013
Peter Rennie (DH 1934-'39) – 6 December 2013
Michael Salt (WaH 1957-'61) – 5 December 2013
John Cornwell (NT 9135-40) – 21 November 2012
Sue Slator, formerly Sue Shousha – 21 October 2013
Hubert Eric Trist (SH 1932-'37)- 20 October 2013
James Michael Thomas (DH 1839-'40)
John Woolley (NT 1935-40) – 27 September 2013
Monty Croucher (DH 1951-1956) – 19 September 2013
Peter Fawcett (OH 55-60) – 15 September 2013
Guy Edward Cooper (NT 1947-52) – 28 August 2013
Christopher Pardey (BH 1953-58) – August 2013
Christopher Bradley – 11 July 2013
Clement Elliott (SH 1966-1971) – July 2013
Bev Cave (OH 1944-48) – 28 May 2013
Lt Col James Block (DH 1938-42) – 25 May 2013
Peter Burton (SH 1954-58) – 20 May 2013
Alfred Hill (DH 1953–1964) – 7 May 2013
David Simon (PH 1932-35) – May 2013
David (Percy) Simon (PH 1930-35) – May 2013
Miscellanea Back to top
As thoughts turn this centenary year to those who lost their lives in World War I, we came across the first Old Cliftonian to die in conflict. This happened in 1876 so can you at least identify the battle?
Click here for the answer (go to page 4).
Keeping in Touch Back to top
Keeping in Touch at www.oc-online.co.uk
We encourage you to register on the OC Website if you haven’t already done so at www.oc-online.co.uk. Many OCs are taking advantage of the ability to access their contemporaries via the site and to keep in touch with the OC activities. You can also promote your business through the Old Cliftonian Business Network. Developing this area of activity is still very much work in progress but we are delighted to see that a number of OCs have now offered to come back to the School to help with career development and mentoring opportuntities for our pupils.
There are a number of Social Networking sites for OC’s, please click on link for:
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