We’ve had a series of fabulous reunions recently. The 25th and 50 year reunions were held at the College with a chance to tour houses, meet beaks and enjoy a meal and drinks. The 30th was held at the bbar in London. Full reviews will follow but in the meantime you can see photos from […]
Hattie Briggs (MM 2006-11) and her band will be performing live on Radio 2 this weekend, Sunday June 30th. They will be interviewed by Richard Madeley as part of the Michael Ball show. They will play their first song at around 11:50am and second song around 12:10 They will also be playing at a series […]
Lewis Borg-Cardona’s (BH 1973-77) debut podcast series “Unwrapping ‘A Christmas Gift For You’ – The Story Of The Phil Spector Christmas Album” has just been announced as a finalist in this year’s New York Festivals Radio Awards. The podcast was conceived by Steve Levine and Richard Allinson and written and produced by Lewis. Featured guests […]
It was with great sadness that we received the news of the death of Dennis Silk C.B.E. (CR 1955-68). In the 2017 edition of the Marlburian Club Magazine David Walsh (C1 1960-65) wrote: ‘At Marlborough Dennis Silk enriched the lives of many generations of school boys as teacher, housemaster, games coach and mentor giving them […]
There are two etchings of C House and A House with Chapel on display on the Art School walls that are dignified, low-key, technically accomplished and compellingly beautiful the more one takes the time to view both. Their author is Christopher Wyndham Hughes (CR 1920-46) who taught and lead art at Marlborough when the department […]
Paul Richard Killick (B2 1978-82), 18 August 1964 – 11 October 2018. Paul was born and bred in Hertfordshire apart from spending most of his first four years in Nigeria, before going to Marlborough (B2) from 1978 to 1982. He soon showed a lively mind and sense of humour, sometimes subversive, a capacity for friendship […]
The final of the second Annual Welchman Prize has been won by James Ruddell (C3 L6). The competition is entered by all pupils studying Further Mathematics A level in the Lower Sixth and each has to submit an extended article and give a presentation on its contents. Gordon Welchman (C3 1920-25), for whom the prize […]
FORMER XV regulars Cameron (C1 2010-15) and Dominic Coulson (C1 2013-18) will start for Kenya in this weekend’s Elgon Cup match against Uganda. Dominic recently featured for Chipu (U20) against Tunisia in the Barthes Cup and after impressing, has been given a chance to shine at fly-half for the senior side. Cameron will start in […]
Marlborough College Malaysia has been formally recognised by the Ministry of Education (MoE) as one of Malaysia’s leading international schools with its 5-Star Award, the highest possible rating. Marlborough College Malaysia was visited by a team of MoE inspectors in October and every aspect of College operation was scrutinised, including its aims and ethos, policies, […]
In August, Kat Mackaness (MM 2013-18) and Martha Doyne (MO 2013-18) are planning to swim the River Eden in Cumbria. It is a 90-mile long river and they are hoping to complete the swim in 10 days swimming 9 miles a day. Martha wrote in saying, “Tragically in November Kat’s dad Jamie passed away during […]
Will Stokes (B1 2003-08) and his band Wovoka Gentle are doing a short set at Sound Knowledge, Hughenden Yard, Marlborough on Wednesday 19th June from 18.30. You can read more about the band here and find out about the event on the Sound Knowledge Facebook page.
Welcome to the new Marlburian Club website. We hope you like the new look of the Club site which reflects what a thriving, engaging community The Marlburian Club is to be a part of. Daily news stories, charting the travels and triumphs of OMs around the world, are at the heart of this website, so […]
Matthew Miller (CO 1982-27) recently took part in “Run to Pegasus Bridge” in aid of VeteransUK. He ran a total of 75 miles, starting on the evening of Tuesday 4th of June from Tarrant Rushton. The first leg was 62 miles to Portsmouth. He then caught the ferry and in France ran the rest of […]
Congratulations to Alex Younger (SU 1976-81), Head of MI6, who was awarded a knighthood on this weekend’s birthday honours list.
This week Tom Newton Dunn (C2 1986-91) is cycling from Normandy to Paris to raise money for Help For Heroes. His journey started yesterday and finishes on Friday. You can find out more about the ride and donate here.
It was lovely to welcome back Jian Sern Loo (B1 1997-98) who had come all the way over from Malaysia with his family to revisit to the College. We were able to visit his old house, B1, as well as his old chemistry class room which he said hadn’t changed a bit! We do enjoy […]
If you live in or near New York, Caesar Bryan (B2 1968-73) would like to invite you to join him at a drinks reception in New York on Wednesday 10th July, kindly hosted by Mark Pinney (C3 1967-72) at his home. We are delighted that the Master, Louise Moelwyn-Hughes, will also be attending and saying […]
Tom Cowper-Coles (SU 2007-12) has recently started a new role at Ben Line Agencies, a Scottish company that works with ports across 17 countries in Asia. He will be based in Jakarta, and will be required to travel to other offices and ports across Indonesia. On graduating from a modern languages degree at Durham, he […]
Thirty years was a long time to wait for the Class of 89’s first official school reunion. Those three decades weighed heavily on my mind in the run up the event, held in the bbar in London early in May this year. Despite the prevalence of social media in all our lives, there were people […]
Jessamy Hibberd (EL 1993-98) has written her 7th book – The Imposter Cure, out on June 13th. The Imposter Cure explores the psychological impact of imposter syndrome and exposes the secrets fears and insecurities felt by millions of men and women. It’s the first book she has written on her own having previously co-authored the […]
Throughout June we are hosting a very exciting schedule of reunions…. Saturday 8th June sees the 25 year reunion of the class of 1994, Saturday 15th is the 50th reunion for the leavers of 1967-71 (unfortunately now sold out) and Sunday 16th June is the Summerfield House reunion with a whole day of cricket and […]