EMMY and BAFTA winning company Talesmith, founded by Martin Williams (TU 1987-92), has recently been involved in the holographic speech delivered by President Zelenksy at Founders Forum London. Talesmith is also due to produce a documentary about the conflict. Martin has been on location in Ukraine with President Zalensky, along with a local team and […]
Playing the part of Prospero, Nicholas Woodeson (B2 1963-67) is staring in William Shakespeare’s The Tempest in Theatre Royal, Bath. Set on an enchanted island The Tempest deals with magic, love, treachery, transformations, the visible and the invisible. As with all his ‘late plays’, man’s complex and troubled journey from the desire for revenge to […]
Born in Radlett, Hertfordshire, his father was a family doctor of a Yorkshire family and his mother Scottish, born in Cardross. Having found letters written from the trenches in WW1, he published his father’s letters in a small book entitled “From Trench to Sky”, as his father, having been badly wounded in the Somme, joined […]
Robin was born in Putney on 26th April 1931 to Gordon and Rosemary Ferguson and brought up in Reigate. He was educated at Coniston then Hillside, Reigate then boarded at St Peter’s, Seaford from the age of eight. His school was evacuated to North Devon from 1940-1944 and during that time he lived with a […]
West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin (LI 1975-77) unveiled a plaque to celebrate Malvern suffragette Elsie Howey on the anniversary of women first being given the right to vote on the same basis as men in elections. Harriett was invited to unveil the plaque by Malvern Civic Society, marking the efforts of the clergyman’s daughter who […]
Little Interactions by Alistair Macleod (SU 2009-14) is a ten-week field study of this sentiment. It is a series of vignettes, capturing the conversations and observations experienced along a 6,500km bike ride, which begins amongst the marble statues of Washington D.C, continues through the bluegrass fields of Kentucky, across the Plains of Kansas, up the spine of […]
If you left Marlborough between five and fifteen years ago, come and talk to the Hundreds about your career to date at our Careers Speed Dating event on 26th January 2023. This event is a fun way for our pupils to “speed-meet” you and hear more about you, your career, and how you got there. The […]
Flowers for Elephants tells the story of a community conservation movement in Kenya, that shows how environmental change does not have to divide us, but can bring us together. What began as a last-ditch effort to save rhinos from extinction sparked a remarkable return of wildlife to a once-struggling cattle ranch called Lewa, now named a UN World […]
Frank Tennant (CO 1949-54) served his National Service in the British Army, where he was seconded to the Somaliland Scouts, a British Colonial Regiment. Returning to the UK, he decided the ideal lifestyle would be to farm in Africa. After driving through Africa and realising that it was not the place to invest his future, […]
Please note, this event has been changed to a virtual one. Please contact Fiona Cottrill for details.
Towards the end of his career as a fighter pilot with the Royal Navy, Richard Moody (C3 1954-59) became an ardent Peace Activist and Quaker. His book Flying Through Life: From Fighter Pilot to Peace Activist, is the story of his conversion. In today’s world of militarization and slaughter, Richard’s diametric experiences have made him […]
Register for Festival of Sport Book Now Register Child for Taster Sports Sessions Book Now This year’s Festival of Sport will be held on Saturday 8th October 2022. This event has become a special day in the Marlburian sporting calendar with the age of participants in previous years ranging from seven to seventy. Current Marlborough pupils will […]
In 1958 Marlborough College reached the final of the Youll Cup at Wimbledon losing narrowly in the deciding Singles to Mill Hill. In April this year three members of the team, Robert Bateman (CO 1953-58), Philip Howard (C2 1954-59) and Chris Harvey (LI 1954-59) met up to play a 64th anniversary competitive doubles match at […]
The Classes of 2020 & 2021 gathered back at Marlborough College on Saturday 30th July for their belated Leavers Celebration.
We now have a date for the rescheduled Marlburian Monday by Lebby Eyres (C2 1987-89), The talk, entitled ‘My Oar-Some Adventure: Rowing Across the Atlantic’ will now be given at 8pm on Monday 17th October. Lebby recently rowed across the Atlantic as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. Her crew of midlife mums – named […]
Brothers Patrick (PR 1985-89) and Vincent (PR 1987-91) Harris run Sail Graphics Palma, the leading consultancy in custom sail graphics across the Mediterranean. Having both been Art Scholars at Marlborough, and going on to gain Fine Art and Classics degrees, they became aware of the need for an artistic eye which combine fine art and […]
Class of 2017 – 5 Year Reunion Sama, Bankside, London 20th September 2022 6pm – 11pm Add to Calendar Celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Class of 2017 by joining us for this informal drinks reception on Tuesday 20th September at Sama Bankside in London from 6pm onwards. This event has proven very popular in the past, with […]
Harvey Davies (C3 1978-83) wrote to us to share his news of being awarded a PhD in May 2022 from Manchester Metropolitan University and the Royal Northern College of Music for his study of the life and chamber works of the English composer Arnold Cooke (1906-2005). The new research includes four CDs of world première […]
Charlie Corbett (C1 1990-95), has been longlisted for the 2022 Wainwright Prize for his book 12 birds to Save Your Life. Named after Alfred Wainwright, the prizes are awarded to work which best reflects his core values. Following the tragic loss of his mother, Charlie Corbett had lost all hope and perspective and took to […]
During the Pandemic Ellen Arkwright (MM 2007-12) and her business partner, Mike founded MYMUSO, a music agency for weddings, events, and parties. They offer a personal service, providing clients with world-class musicians, bands and DJs guaranteed to make the event truly unique Ellen initially trained as a classical singer with Joan Rodgers CBE, and graduated […]
Nicholas (Nick) Pelly (B3 1966-70) died 19 July 2021 aged 68 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Nick was born 14th April 1953 in Wellington, New Zealand and died in Pratteln, Switzerland, his home for 25+ years following an earlier globe-trotting career in the oil exploration industry with Schlumberger. After Marlborough, a gap year […]