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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When Neil Ruthven (1 North 1977) gave up playing hockey, a friend introduced him to the lycra-clad world of cycling. That was six years ago now and in that time he has cycled close on 50,000 km and taken part in events in many countries. Most recently, he organised a group of like-minded enthusiasts to […]
It has been a strange year for us all, but it was heartening to see the School once again full of pupils at the start of September. Don’t look too closely and you could be forgiven for thinking everything was normal but it’s not. No competitive sport, no live music or drama, no Chapel, Perspex […]
Angus studied chemistry at Oxford and it was there that his love of cycling really grew, starting with triathlon and then bikepacking and ultra racing. Now training to be a teacher he has spent much of his spare time travelling, often with a bicycle. Ultra distance cycling is now his main passion. GBDURO20 is an […]