THE OLD BLUE SPRING 2018 WHAT’S INSIDE FEATURES David Vickery Sheds Light on the World of Visual Effects 4-5 Jenny Costa Tackles Food Waste in the Tastiest Way 6-7 8TH MARCH 2018 CELEBRATING INSPIRING CH WOMEN | 2-3 Language Skills: An Increasing Priority for UK Schools 8-9 REGULARS Time Capsule 10-11 Events Round-Up 12 Dates for your Diary 13 Old Blue News 14-17 Remembering 17 Latest Developments 18-19 The Old Blue Network 20 FEATURES 1930s MARGARET GOWING, CBE, 1940s RHEA MARTIN, OBE (née MITCHELL, FBA, FRS (née ELLIOTT, 4s Hertford 39-48) d.2014 32-38) d.1998 1950s ANTHEA CASE, CBE (4s 56-63) Rhea began her career as a barrister, one An English historian, Margaret of the few women in the profession in was best known for her books Since 2007, Anthea has been the immediate post-war period. She later commissioned by the UK Principal Adviser to Arcadia, a became a lecturer and Dean of the School Atomic Energy Authority charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing of Law at Hatfield Polytechnic where she (UKAEA) that covered the and Peter Baldwin, a UK-based played a key part in its transformation to the early history of Britain’s charity whose mission is to University of Hertfordshire, of which she was nuclear weapons programmes. preserve endangered culture and made an honorary Doctor of Law. Upon She had an early career at the nature and promote open access. retirement, she maintained her interest in employment law as chair Board of Trade and the Cabinet Office, before her A former chief executive of the of an employment tribunal in London. Rhea was vice-chairman of the appointment at the UKAEA in 1959. In 1972, she National Heritage Memorial Fund and IDA BUSBRIDGE (7s 19-26) d.1988 national association of Citizens Advice Bureau and was appointed 1920s was the first chair in the history of science at the Heritage Lottery Fund, Anthea also served as a regional an OBE for her work for the organisation. chairman of the National Trust and as trustee of a A British mathematician, Ida was the first woman University of Oxford. Margaret served as a trustee number of arts and heritage organisations. The first 30 to be appointed to an Oxford fellowship (St of the Science Museum, London, the Imperial War years of Anthea’s career were spent in Her Majesty’s Hugh’s College) in mathematics in 1946. Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. She was Treasury, where she dealt with higher education During her time teaching at Oxford, Ida made a fellow of the British Academy in 1975, a funding, as well as tax policy. Anthea was awarded a worked to improve access to university for Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) CBE in 2003 for services to the heritage. women from a variety of backgrounds. Later, in 1981 and Fellow of the Royal Society in 1988. 8 MARCH 2018 in 1962, she was awarded a Doctor of Science degree by Oxford, and was also a fellow of the On this global Royal Astronomical Society. day recognising Image courtesy Women of Oxford 1960s CAROL ADAMS (3s 59-65) d.2007 women’s 2010s MARY AGBESANWA (ColA, GrW 06-13) achievements, Carol was the first Chief Executive of the General Teaching Council of England (GTCE) Mary founded the University of Birmingham’s we celebrate from its foundation. Starting her career Women in Finance society, a society that inspirational as a history teacher, she became the first aims to give young women the courage and 10 Inspector for Equal Opportunities at the confidence to pursue careers in the male- INSPIRING female Old Blues Inner London Education Authority. Carol dominated financial sector. The society grew later became Assistant Chief Education to have more than 200 members and still who achieved Officer in Haringey, responsible for all equality exists today. For her achievements, Mary won issues before becoming Director of Education in Birmingham’s Young Professional of the Year CH outstanding success Wolverhampton and then Shropshire. Carol campaigned for equality 2016 award for Aspiring Talent, which acknowledges after their time at throughout her career ensuring that the GTCE focused on raising the rising stars of the business and professional services sector aged achievement for all pupils, regardless of background. In 2006, she 16 to 24. Mary now works as a Management Consultant at PwC, WOMEN CH from the 1920s was appointed commissioner for the Commission for Racial Equality while also running an initiative aimed to encourage conversations (later Equality and Human Rights Commission) and worked for the and collaboration among young motivated females in London. to the present. British Council. 2000s SUSANNAH FIELDING (GLANVILLE-HEARSON ColB, 1970s SALLY O’BRIEN, MVO (5s 70-77) 1990s HOLLY WALSH (LHB 92-99) 1980s CHANTAL GEALL (2s 77-84) GrW 01-03) Sally is Senior Vice President for At just 21, Susannah had her first lead Holly is an award-winning comedian Chantal is currently Interim Chief Institutional Partnerships at The Pew role at the National Theatre, starring and writer for TV and radio shows. She Risk Officer for Homes England, Charitable Trusts, leading Pew’s in The Rose Tattoo. She has since had began comedy in 2006, after taking a the government’s housing partnerships with donors and other many high-profile stage roles including course in stand-up, following an early delivery agency, and the Ministry organisations in the US and Europe. in American Psycho and A Midsummer career as an art gallery assistant. By of Housing, Communities She was previously Associate Dean Night’s Dream in the West End. In 2014, 2008, she won Best Newcomer at the and Local Government. She for Development and External Affairs her portrayal of Portia in The Merchant of Chortle Comedy Awards, and her solo previously had a successful career at the Johns Hopkins University Carey Venice won her the Ian Charleston Award for show Hollychopter was nominated for as a risk-management professional, Business School and before that, Director outstanding performance in a classical role by an actor under the Edinburgh Comedy Best Newcomer operating at MD level in the banking of Development at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of the age of 30. Susannah’s many television appearances Award in 2011. Holly is a familiar face on TV including Live and finance sector. Chantal has held senior risk positions Public Health. After graduating from St Andrews University include Wallander, Doctor Who, Black Mirror, Lovesick, and at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, QI and at a wide range of UK and European Banks and has also with an MA in art history, and spending a year at Emory Catastrophe, among many others. She has also had multi- Nevermind the Buzzcocks among others. She has made worked for KPMG’s Risk Advisory practice delivering a University in Atlanta, GA, Sally joined the Foreign and episode roles in ITV’s The Great Fire and I Want My Wife Back, many radio appearances and hosted her own BBC Radio wide range of risk-management engagements. Chantal Commonwealth Office and served in London, Brussels and before landing a lead in the comedy, The Great Indoors in series, Best Behaviour. Holly is in demand as a writer; she is a governor of a Hertford primary school and a trustee Washington. She was appointed a Member of the Royal LA. Susannah has also appeared in numerous films including has written the narrative comedy The Other One which of Hertford Museum. She was formerly a town councillor Victorian Order (MVO) for services to the Royal Family, 4.3.2.1 and The C Word, and is now a panel judge at the aired on BBC2 in September, and co-wrote the BBC2 and was Mayor of Hertford for 2014-2015. in 1989. Sally has also served on the board of Friends of Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she trained. sitcom Motherland, which aired in November. Christ’s Hospital (FCH) in the US since 2002. 2 THE OLD BLUE SPRING 2018 3 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXFEATURES Christ’s Hospital Old Blues Association @CHOldBlues REALITY OR VISUAL EFFECTS? DAVID VICKERY SHEDS LIGHT ON Visual effects are now becoming used so widely that in some films there will be hundreds of effects that the viewer THE WORLD OF VISUAL EFFECTS doesn’t even know are there. Old Blue and BAFTA-winning Visual Effects Supervisor David Vickery (LHB, LaA 88-95) is well known for his David explains that for every film it’s work on Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Parts 1 important to become an immediate expert on the subject. “With Mission and 2, Fast & Furious 6, and Jupiter Ascending. Currently the Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light and Impossible you’re looking into plausible Magic’s London Studio, his latest movie Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is set for release in June. We asked future technologies, for Fast and Furious David to shed some light on his role and the world of visual effects. it’s cars, and of course, for Jurassic World it’s dinosaurs. When working on things THE ROLE OF A VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR that you don’t have first-hand experience of, we’ll always look to the natural world. Visual effects is an exciting aspect of the film industry that spans the whole So for a velociraptor, triceratops or a film production process from pre-production all the way through filming brachiosaurus we look at the movements to post-production. As a visual effects supervisor, David collaborates of real animals: elephants, rhinos and closely with the director, producers and almost all the departments on a tigers.