Using the OC Network

Jess Robinson (South 2018), who is in her third year as a Mechanical Engineer at the University of Nottingham, talks about how the OC Network helped her find an internship that was right up her street. One of the impacts of the pandemic was that the job market became increasingly restricted. Often the last thing […]

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ProBo – connecting business

While building his own business development consultancy during the depths of the pandemic, Rupert Lane (1 North 1987) joined a number of professional online communities where he received unprecedented levels of help, collaboration and support from other business owners. Realising that the increased goodwill experienced in everyday life was now spilling into the corporate world, […]

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HENNESSEY BROWN MUSIC

The intention is to expand their concerts across Surrey and to bring diversity of musical and cultural genre to the platform and the audience. They recently coordinated a concert at the Purcell Room in London to showcase music by a Trinidadian composer Dominique Le Gendre, it was performed by Chineke (the first professional orchestra in […]

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A CRANLEIGH LIFE EXAMINED

James Harpur’s The Examined Life is a powerful, poignant and humorous account of school life during the last days of David Emms and the new era of Marc Van Hasselt. Here among bell-tormented corridors and the ‘Crimean beds’ of the dormitories can be found a cast of school characters, customs and events, including a sex […]

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OVERWEIGHT CLASS OF 1994

The last 18 months have been unprecedented. Thankfully, things now seem to be returning to normal. Lockdowns and restrictions would seem to have re-invigorated (forced?!) many people to rediscover lost form. For a bunch of OCs from the early-mid 1990s, that form may have been the memory of a darting “pick-up-and-go” from the back of […]

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REVIEW OF THE LIONS TOUR 2021

Mark Ovington (East 2004) is running an event to aid the recovery of grassroots sport. Taking place on Friday 13th August 2021 at Smith & Wollensky in Covent Garden, the tickets include a complimentary drinks reception, a three course lunch, guest speaker Jason Leonard OBE and auctioneer Jonny Gould. Click SNAP CITY LUNCH LIONS REVIEW […]

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DOING ONE’S DUTY

After years of contributing to local publications, Mike Walsham (East 1957) has turned his hand to writing a book and his first effort, Monique, published in April 2019 received excellent reviews. Monique is a compelling and fast-paced story of a British agent in the early part of WWII. “A close relative of mine was in […]

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INDEPENDENT, ECO-FRIENDLY AND FAIR

In May 2020 Toby Savill, North 2013 (left) and his co-founder James Perry launched Foodstuff in Cambridge.  This new delivery service champions independent restaurants, pays riders Living Wage and delivers with zero emissions.  Foodstuff delivers food with zero emissions for the best independent restaurants in the industry so that foodies can order quickly and simply […]

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THE ROAD TO LOSSIEMOUTH

There are many steps in the journey from Cranleigh pupil to frontline fighter pilot. We spoke to two OC squadron pilots to discover the paths they took. Two things they both agreed on: the busy and challenging Cranleigh environment was a great grounding for a high-flying career – and one should never take no for […]

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EVERYONE’S INVITED

STATEMENT FROM THE SCHOOL Following recent shocking events and renewed focus on women’s safety and rape culture a #metoo platform for sharing experiences of peer on peer sexual assault in school and university settings has emerged. Everyone’s Invited, a web and Instagram platform, contains testimonials from pupils concerning their experiences at school and university. Many […]

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