Dr Simon Young is the embodiment of the Cranleigh ethos: polymath, scientist, culture vulture, adventurer and one of the friendliest people you’ll ever meet — a booming beard of upbeat cheerfulness. If you grew up watching television in the 1980s you’ll have some inkling of the power of a hairyfaced enthusiast to bring alive the […]
Alex Winch (Cubitt 2007) and his business partner Sam Fiddian-Green have created the hugely popular Hilltop Kitchen in between Hascombe and Godalming in the Surrey Hills When Covid struck, Alex and his wife returned from Australia to Surrey to live with his parents, around the same time as his childhood friend Sam finished a stint […]
In 1973 Captain Dennis Wareham, who was Bursar at Cranleigh between 1956 and 1968, donated a music prize in memory of Helen Wareham, his wife of over four decades, who had died the previous year. The conditions of the prize were that it be awarded to the winner of an annual competition in which all […]
Many OCs have stories to tell, of their experience in work, of tragic moments, celebrations, and great achievements. Colin Reed’s (West 1981) story contains all these. By turning adversity into an achievement that is changing the way Parkinson’s disease is treated across the world and perceived by setting up a charity that treats thousands of […]
In May Graham Coult and Charles Henderson (both Cubitt 1993) will be cycling from the site of a former WW2 POW camp, Stalag18A in Wolfsberg, Austria to Odessa (or much more likely close to the border of Ukraine and back to Budapest). Their route follows that taken by Graham’s grandfather who escaped from a POW […]
Ali Pritchard (North 2008), the founder & Artistic / Executive Director of Alphabetti Theatre in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has been named as in the 100 most influential people in theatre in the UK. He describes himself as the bane of most of his teachers lives, he is dyslexic and neurodivergent and was often the class clown. He […]
Colin Howard (2 North 1968) was a music scholar at Cranleigh. In November he conducted the Dorchester Choral Society in a performance of Derek Bourgeois’s (2&3 South 1959) Jabberwocky which was written to commemorate the centenary of the School in 1965. Several OCs attended the recital and whilst Colin describes it as a challenging yet […]
Frank Dove, who came to Cranleigh in 1910 and left in July 1915, was one of the first black pupils at the School. He was a successful sportsman at Cranleigh and was in the 1st XI for football and cricket and was Hon Secretary of both sports. He was also one of the two gymnasts […]
Simon Cooper (2 North 1982), shares some thoughts on his diagnosis and a report of their extraordinary ride: “Being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at 52 is unusual, but by no means unheard of. Like many, previously I had thought it was just about being shaky (which I’m not in fact) whereas you actually quickly learn […]
New OC Sean Hope (East 2022) has displayed talent in the kitchen from a young age. He has been lucky enough to hone his skills with mentoring from Michelin starred chef, Ollie Dabbous (2&3 South 1999), at his London restaurant HIDE. At the end of term Sean cooked a four-course meal for everyone in his […]