An excellent season for the two OC clubs based at Thames Ditton is concluding with success for both the OC hockey and rugby sections. The OC Rugby Club are on the verge of a double promotion after finishing second in Surrey Division One after putting together a run of ten straight wins at the end […]
The modern British public would not regard being accused of committing adultery with the Queen’s sister as damaging to a man’s reputation, the High Court was told yesterday. Lawyers for Jacqueline Gold, the owner of the Ann Summers chain of sex shops, are fighting a £500,000 libel case brought by Michael Caborn-Waterfield (East 1946) the […]
Nick Meyer (2&3 South, 1962) writes: It is 15 years since I took up the reins of Chairman of the Old Cranleighan Society. On the whole, it has been a period of time of immense satisfaction, some frustration, great enjoyment and, at times, the pangs of disappointment have been felt. During the period of time […]
Tom Petzold (East, 2004) writes: This year, along with two other Old Cranleighans, Luke Marazzi (East, 2007) and James Bowey (Cubitt, 2010), I started work as a first officer flying the 737 for Ryanair and would like to share with those who have similar ambitions, our routes to becoming an airline pilot. After leaving Cranleigh, […]
Congratulations to Henry Lamont (East, 2012) on winning his Blue for Oxford University in the Varsity match at Twickenham on December 6. At the time of the game he was aged 18 years 7 months and was the only undergraduate in the side. In the game itself Oxford produced a dramatic second-half comeback to complete […]
The first edition of Contact, in September 1996, announced the appointment of Guy Waller as our new Head from September 2014. Sixteen years and fifty editions later, we announce the appointment of our next Head, Martin Reader. Martin has been Headmaster of Wellington School, Somerset, since 2006. He gained an MPhil in English Studies at […]
After several years of negotiations an announcement is being made today that a new school – Cranleigh Abu Dhabi – will open in 2014. Located on a seven-hectare site on Saadiyat Island, the school will cater for up to 1600 students aged between 3 and 18. It will incorporate separate, co-educational Junior and Senior schools, […]
I am thrilled to post here the news that James Brookes, OC (1999-2004) has had his first full volume of poetry published by one of the world’s leading poetry presses, Salt. Copies can be obtained through Amazon and select bookshops or from the publisher: sales@saltpublishing.com<mailto: sales@saltpublishing.com>. The Dante-inspired title is ‘Sins of the Leopard’. The […]
The Cranleigh School Concert Series welcomed Jonathan Hennessy-Brown’s Santiago Quartet to the Emms Centre for a warmly received concert on 14th November. Jonathan was the one of the School’s finest ever ‘cellists and, since leaving Cranleigh and the RCM, has had a varied and highly successful professional career, including six years in Mexico. He formed […]
Recent OC Henry Lamont (East, 2012) touched down for the Oxford University 1st XV rugby team on Sunday. The Blues faced an enormous challenge as they hosted the full Russian National rugby team at Iffley Road Stadium. The team rose to the challenge of facing a professional side, ultimately losing a tightly fought game 29-15. […]