With a population the size of NYC, about 16 million, it is not surprising that the virus infection rate gathers a lot of media attention here. Despite the very significant disruption in the City’s economy some businesses are doing better than ever – for example the supermarkets, groceries, and pharmacies, with long lines to get […]
The Encounter, directed and performed by Simon McBurney (LI 1971-75), will be available online for one week during the Covid19 lockdown in May 2020 on Complicité’s website and YouTube channel. WATCH ONLINE Fri 15 May, 7pm (BST) until Fri 22 May, 10pm (BST)
Bonjour de la France, I was one of apparently hundreds of thousands to flee Paris (legally), just before the beginning of “confinement” our version of lock-down. As Jan Perrins said to me, “lock-down in the South of France is cheating!”, and I admit it does feel a bit like that. There are worse places to […]
Rear Admiral Colin Cooke-Priest, CB CVO, FRAeS (LI52-57) (1939-2020) Colin Cooke-Priest, who sadly died on 6 April, joined MC from St. Piran’s in 1952 and, after a stint in Barton Hill he moved to Littlefield where under the watchful eye of RAU Jennings he delivered academically and excelled at sports, most notably Golf and as […]
It’s all pretty normal here, yet… Spring comes late in the foothills of Alberta, and even later this year. I’m writing this at the end of April and there is still snow on the north facing slopes, the slough is ice covered in the morning so the Canada Geese spend part of their time skating […]
A few weeks ago we shared the initiative that Amelia Wix (MO 1999-2004) is involved in, Hospitality for Heroes. She has just written to us with an update and news of a charity fundraising auction that goes live today. “Since we last spoke, things have accelerated somewhat at Hospitality For Heroes with us delivering our […]
In March 2018, we shared the Kickstarter campaign that Louis Devereux (B1 2004-09) had launched to fund the completion of the documentary he was making about Robert Devereux (B3 1968-73), his father, who had undertaken to be the first person to walk the entire Rift Valley in one go, an epic journey which he completed […]
We are delighted that our next talk, at 8pm on Monday 18th May, will be given by Frank Gardner OBE (LI 1974-79), BBC Security Correspondent and President of the British Trust for Ornithology. The title of his talk is “Rediscovering Nature: From Savernake Forest to Papua New Guinea” which will focus on his passion for […]
Frank Gardner (LI 1974-79) featured on the Radio 4 Today programme on Saturday talking about listening to bird song and how to identify which bird you are hearing. You can listen on BBC Sounds here. Frank’s section starts at 1:25:04.
We hear much about the impact of Covid-19 and how it is affecting lives here in the UK but how are our overseas OMs managing? We invited a few of our international alumni to share their experience and we start this week with Jonathan Cheng (B2 1982-86) who lives in Hong Kong with his wife […]
MCM has now manufactured and donated over 2,000 ear-guards for Malaysian hospitals. Building on the work that Mr. Mason did during the Easter break, he has since engaged the help of Year 10 and Lower 6 pupils to create products that support healthcare workers in Johor. Find out more here.
Survey closes at midnight on the 27th April. In recent years there has been a huge effort to broaden and improve the ways in which the Marlburian Club engages and serves its membership; and as a result, we now connect a dynamic community of over 10,000 members worldwide. As we continue to evolve, so too […]
Don’t forget to record any running you are doing with the Lockdown Alumni 5k challenge. If you are running a 5k as part of your daily exercise plan, simply do the run and then add all the details here on the spreadsheet for relevant week. You will see tabs at the bottom for the different […]
Jen Brown (MM 1991-96) is offering four free half-hour barre sessions per week during lockdown. The sessions are at 7.30am but can done at anytime. Jen says: “You’ll always need a high backed chair, and if possible a couple of 1kg weights/bottles of water/tins of beans, and a Pilates ball/deflated football. What you don’t need […]
Libby Adam (NC 2009 – 14) has published her first novel Daring to raise funds for Robbie’s Rehab, a very special charity and service that rehabilitates children with brain tumours, that was co-founded in memory of their little brother by Lara (MO 2011 – 16) and Harry Keville (TU 2009-2014). Libby tells us that Daring […]
The work of All Souls in Langham Place where Hugh Palmer (CO 1964-69) is Rector was featured on Monday’s Today programme. They normally have a regular attendance of about 2000 people each Sunday and are producing a really interesting virtual response to enable their congregation to continue to worship together. You can listen to the […]
The next Marlburian Monday talk, entitled “Winged Scalpel – A Surgeon at the Frontline of Disaster” will be given by Richard Villar (PR 1966-71) on Monday 20th April at 8pm. Richard is an emergency response surgeon. He served as an SAS Medical Officer, operating in the field on soldiers and civilians alike. He is now […]
Floris ten Nijenhuis (LI 2006-11) approached a doctor friend, who is working in A&E at the busiest COVID hospital in the UK, to offer support and was told that nothing lifted morale quite as much as a warm healthy meal. Most doctors on COVID wards are not allowed out of their confined areas, meaning no […]
Monday 6th April marked the launch of Marlburian Monday, a new series of Zoom talks by OMs to be held at 8pm every other Monday evening. The inaugural talk was given by Jake Meyer (C3 1997–2002) mountaineer, adventurer and inspirational speaker. Jake shared stories and photos from his early climbing days and the lessons learnt […]
Many OMs and others will be sad to learn of the death of Brian Williams (CR 1962-94) on 28th March. He had been undergoing treatment for Leukaemia for some time and his passing is not thought to have been connected to the Covid 19 virus. Graduating in Chemistry at Nottingham and having completed his Teacher […]
Unfortunately, due to the current restrictions in place as a result of the virus, we have postponed this event until later in the year. We will let you know as soon as we have a new date. We have contacted everyone who expressed an interest in attending the Memorial Service in May but if you […]