Old Stoic Society Committee President: Sir Richard Branson (Cobham/Lyttelton 68) Vice President: THE MAGAZINE FOR OLD STOICS Dr Anthony Wallersteiner (Headmaster) Chairman: Jonathon Hall (Bruce 79) Issue 6 Vice Chair: Hannah Durden (Nugent 01) Director: Anna Semler (Nugent 05) Treasurer: Peter Comber (Grenville 70) Members: Paul Burgess (Cobham 89) Tim Hart (Chandos 92) Jonathan Keating (Conham 73) Katie Lamb (Lyttelton 06) Ben Mercer (Development Director) Phoebe English (Nugent 04) is causing Nigel Milne (Chandos 68) waves with her de-constructed fashion. Simon Shneerson (Temple 72) Jules Walker (Lyttelton 82) ROAD TRIP OF A LIFETIME Mike Andrews (Chatham 57) relives an epic 43,500 mile journey. BRUCE BROTHERS WIN START UP OF THE YEAR Charlie (Bruce 07) and Harry Thuillier (Bruce 04) win the Guardian’s start up of the Year for their healthy Ice Cream, Oppo. Old Stoic Society Stowe School Stowe Buckingham MK18 5EH United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0) 1280 818349 Email: [email protected] www.oldstoic.co.uk www.facebook.com/OldStoicSociety ISSN 2052-5494 Design and production: MCC Design, mccdesign.com Photographer, Chloe Newman. OLD STOIC DAY 2016 EVENTS CALENDAR We have endeavoured to organise a wide range of events in 2016 that will appeal Saturday 17 September 2016 to Old Stoics of all ages. To make enquiries or to book any of the events below please call the Old Stoic Office on01280 818349 or email [email protected] Full details of each event can be found at www.oldstoic.co.uk To see more photos visit the OS Event Gallery at www.oldstoic.co.uk Saturday, 5 March 2016 Friday, 27 May 2016 Stowe Beagle Ball, Stowe £50 Tony Hadley Concert, Stowe £50 Wednesday, 9 March 2016 Saturday, 28 May 2016 Northern SOS Lunch, Shrigley Hall, Cheshire £40 Classic Cars at Speech Day, Stowe Wednesday, 9 March 2016 Saturday, 17 September 2016 Northern OS Drinks Reception, £20 OS Day and 20th, 25th, 30th, 40th and 50th Anniversaries, Great John Street Hotel, Manchester Stowe Sunday, 20 March 2016 Saturday, 8 October 2016 OS Sports Day, Stowe Stowe Ten Years Out, Stowe Monday, 18 April 2016 Thursday, 10 November 2016 Old Stoics in Hong Kong Drinks Reception, OS Dinner, Details to be announced The China Club, Hong Kong Saturday, 19 November 2016 Wednesday, 13 April 2016 OS Careers’ Fair, Stowe London SOS Lunch, The Savile Club, London £50 In addition, regional representatives are now in place Friday, 20 May 2016 across the UK, so there will be an OS event taking place near you soon. If you live overseas, we are working with Dinner for OSs in Scotland and the Far North, £65 representatives to increase activity. If you would like to The New Club, Edinburgh host an event, please get in touch. All Old Stoics are warmly invited, along with their family and friends, to return to Stowe for a day of tours and activities, along with a chance 1 OS Careers’ Fair. to catch up with friends from your time at Stowe. 8 Old Stoic Day. 5 Face painting at Old Stoic Day. Old Stoics celebrating the 20th, 25th, 30th, 40th and 50th Anniversary of their departure from Stowe have been invited to meet up for lunch with their year group in the State Rooms. The full itinerary for the day will be published on the Old Stoic website. Please save the date and look out for your invitation later in the year. To make enquiries or to book any of these events please call the Old Stoic Office on 01280 818349 or email [email protected] Tickets can also be purchased at www.oldstoic.co.uk using PayPal. Please note, payment for events must be made in advance to secure your place. To join us, please email [email protected] or telephone 01280 818349 THE MAGAZINE FOR OLD STOICS Issue 6 FEATURES 4 HIGH-CONCEPT FASHION 24 TREASURES OF A SPIRITUAL AGE Phoebe English (Nugent 04) is causing Richard Temple (Temple 55) built waves with her de-constructed fashion. a career around his love of icons. 12 ROAD TRIP OF A LIFETIME 65 THE VIEW FROM NEPAL Mike Andrews (Chatham 57) relives an Marcus Cotton (Chatham 82) epic 43,500 mile journey. writes about the aftermath of the earthquakes in Nepal. 18 BRUCE BROTHERS WIN START UP OF THE YEAR Charlie (Bruce 07) and Harry Thuillier (Bruce 04) win the Guardian’s start up of the Year for their healthy Ice Cream, Oppo. Page 4 REGULARS 2 EDITORIAL 41 BIRTHS 8 FROM THE HEADMASTER 41 OBITUARIES 26 NEWS 74 STOWE’S RICH HISTORY: 40 MARRIAGES ROYAL TREE PLANTING AT STOWE INSIDE 2 WELCOME FROM THE NEW OSS CHAIRMAN 67 WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: LANCELOT 3 NEWS FROM STOWE ‘CAPABILITY’ BROWN AT STOWE Page 12 14 GLASTOWEBURY STOWE POEM 16 SQUASH THE MOUNTAIN 69 OLD STOIC ENTREPRENEUR: RUBY LAING 21 A RETURN TO THE MUSIC ROOM – COFFEEHOUSING WITH A NEWSROOM BOOTCAMP OLD CHANDOSIANS GATHERING 22 OLD STOIC ENTREPRENEUR: EMILY FORBES 70 SUFFRAGAN BISHOP OF ISLINGTON: 23 CHAPEL – A PLACE TO BE THE RT REVD RIC THORPE 52 TOWARDS 2023: ARCHIVE COLLECTION – 71 WE'RE GAINING GREAT STOWEMENTUM SOME MEMORIES OF STOWE TOWARDS 2023: ARCHIVE COLLECTION – THE BIG BAD WORLD DR LESLIE HUGGINS 72 FAREWELL TO THREE PAST CHAIRMEN 53 THE CHURCHILL £20 COMMEMORATIVE COIN 2015 SHOOTING AT STOWE THE STUDIO OF ETIENNE MILLNER 73 COMEDY WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS “MARSDEN! MARSDEN!” 75 TOWARDS 2023: ARCHIVE COLLECTION – Page 18 54 MEET THE OLD STOIC SOCIETY COMMITTEE ADMIRAL LORD MOUNTBATTEN 56 STOWE X ROCK AND BLUES ARTS AT STOWE 58 COLIN DUDGEON'S DEPARTURE 76 TOWARDS 2023: ARCHIVE COLLECTION – 59 GROUND BREAKING PROGRESS APPEARANCES WITH ONLINE NETWORKING OS SPORT 2016 60 THE ROXBURGH SOCIETY OS CLAY PIGEON SHOOTING OLD STOICS MASTER THE CRESTA RUN 77 OS GOLFING SOCIETY 61 0–60˚ IN 3 YEARS OS CROSS-COUNTRY CALLING BATTERSEA 78 OS FOOTBALL 62 AMERICAN FRIENDS OF STOWE OS7s THE BEATLES 79 STOWE TEMPLARS 63 AMERICAN WORTHIES AWARD THE STOWE BEAGLES SPLIT PERSONALITY 80 2016 GIFT COLLECTION Page 24 64 STOWE LODGE INSIDE BACK COVER 66 CAPABILITY CLARKE 2016 EVENTS EDITOR’S LETTER WELCOME FROM THE NEW Welcome to the OSS CHAIRMAN sixth edition of The Corinthian – I am incredibly proud to have taken over the role of Chairman from Simon Shneerson (Temple 72). Over the the magazine for last three years Simon has tirelessly reinvigorated the Old Stoics. OS Committee into a professional body of Old Stoics representing every generation. I would like to thank him We’ve had such a busy twelve months for all of his hard work, passion and, no doubt, late nights; his efforts have left the my feet have hardly touched the ground. Society in excellent shape. Simon has recruited some excellent new members for We’ve been buzzing around the country the Committee, so now amongst our ranks we have characters who can generate holding OS Events in the regions and awe inspiring ideas, make the impossible-possible and capture the interest of Old reinvigorating the way the Society is Stoics who have long forgotten Stowe. I am excited about the prospect of putting our well laid plans in motion. administered, making it even more accessible and useful for everyone. Many of my friends would coin my catchphrase as ‘sweat the assets’, I’ve said it hundreds of times at committee meetings over the last few years. With over ten Once again, filling the pages of this thousand Old Stoics across the globe, we certainly have strength in numbers: the magazine has been a breeze: Old Stoics potential that lurks within our network is mind blowing! Over the last twelve months certainly have the knack of getting we’ve been working on a brand new website, which finally delivers an unrivalled, involved in exciting things. I am useful tool to help you to network with Old Stoics around the world. It can help you particularly pleased to include a number find long lost friends or make new business contacts. If you’re moving abroad or of articles about young OSs running even going on holiday, it can produce a list of other OSs nearby! I’m looking forward start-ups, as well as adventure stories, to seeing it take off over the next few months. news and activities from the course of Stowe breeds individuality. It’s the Society’s job to make sure that spirit continues the year. Thank you to everyone who has to live on in all of us after the horrendous hangover from the Leavers’ Ball subsides. submitted an article and to all of you We hope that everything we do will inspire Old Stoics to have the courage to stand out who have sent in your news. from the crowd, think on their feet and to be creative, so they can make a real impact Last November, Jonathon Hall (Bruce 79) in life. This starts with our careers and mentoring programme which is offered to Stoics took over as OSS Chairman, bringing in the Sixth Form and can be used by recent leavers, too. I’ve been giving talks to with him some exciting ideas. Jonathon Stoics about advertising for over 10 years: I know first hand just how rewarding and once said to me, “The only skill that is inspiring it can be to speak to young people and help them understand the future proofed is creativity.” It is clear possibilities and opportunities waiting for them when they leave Stowe. from the pages of this magazine, We’ve got some impressive entrepreneurs in our circle, including, of course, our especially the article about Phoebe President, Sir Richard Branson (Cobham/Lyttelton 68).