MANY congratulations to Lieutenant General John Lorimer (C1 1976-81) who was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2016 Birthday Honours. You can read more about his career here.
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POLIO Children a UK and US based charity has been awarded the first Charity Clarity award organised by the Asian Voice group of newspapers. The Charity originating in Ilford was awarded in the fundraising category at the inaugural ceremony held last Friday at the Sheraton hotel, Park Lane, London. The award was given in recognition […]
CONGRATULATIONS to Katie Beney (MO 1989-91) and the team at Welcome to Yorkshire who won the BBC/RHS People’s Choice Award: Show Garden. Click here for the full story.
IT has just come to our attention that Matt Reid (CO 1985-90) won his first BAFTA last year (2015) as part of the team on “The Island with Bear Grylls”. His other documentary work has included “Jon Richardson Grows Up” and “Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work”. Matt – told the College that he made […]
TIM O’Donovan was honoured to receive the Royal Maundy from Her Majesty The Queen in St George’s Chapel, Windsor on Thursday 24th March 2016. 84-year old O’Donovan has authored the annual survey of Royal Family engagements published in The Times since 1979. He is also a retired lay steward for St George’s Chapel, and said […]
Alex Price (LI 2006-11) has been named as one of the ‘top 100 most influential people in digital’ by the British Interactive Media Association, the youngest person to ever make the list aged 23. BIMA represents Britain’s digital industry – founded in 1985, BIMA is now one of the most widely respected names in the […]
SIR Philip Williams (LI 1963-68) has been ‘pricked’ at a 1,000 year tradition to appoint a High Sheriff of Dorset. The names of nominees are pricked on vellum so they could not avoid the position which was an unpopular and dangerous role – the first incumbent fell foul of irate Vikings in Weymouth while collecting […]
CONGRATULATIONS to Constantin Atnas (SU 1993-96) who has been elected to the Foreign Trade Council of the Austrian Federal Economic Chambers. This is a 20-member panel representing Austria’s exporting industries and companies. Congratulations are also due to his sister, Catherine ‘Kiki’ Atnas (SU 1996-98), who has recently completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the […]
FORMER Master John Dancy was among 21 Second World War veterans from across Cornwall presented the Legion d’honneur by Alain Sibril the French Honorary Counsel at a ceremony in Truro on Thursday 3rd March. The French Government has been awarding the Légion d’honneur to D-Day veterans to honour and thank those who fought and risked […]
CONGRATULATIONS to Katyuli Lloyd (MO 1998–2003) who has just completed her MA in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. She has also been short-listed for the Victoria and Albert Museum illustration prize in the Student Category for her illustrations for Virginia Woolf’s novel ‘Flush’. Katyuli’s work can be seen at the Graduation […]