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WINTER 2017NEWSLETTER FOR LATYMERIANS(ALUMNI OF LATYMER UPPER SCHOOL)

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The Latymerian Council (UK)1957 Norman Donkin 1961 John Williams 1969 Geoff Lavers 1973 Steve Faktor1979 Mike Cooper 1990 Harmeet Ahuja 1992 Laurence Hopkins1996 Talat El-Sherbiny U6 Amrita Sandhu

The Asian Latymerian Council1966 Victor Apps1971 Malcolm Hanney1990 Arif Anwar2002 James Durnford2002 Leela Lamont (née Pandit)

The Australasian Latymer Council1946 Basil Walby1955 Clive Trotman 1956 Jim Tilley1969 John King1994 Eddie Gapper1995 Thomas Correia2004 Aleco Lazaridis

The Canadian Latymerian Council1955 Trevor Jones1955 David Havard1957 David Stiles1960 C. Hugh Grant1962 Jeffrey Simons1963 Peter Basey1982 Jimson Bienenstock

US Friends of LatymerBoard of Directors1957 Ron Phillips (Treasurer)1963 David Godfrey1969 Michael Freeman1976 Jamie Grant (Chair)1980 Mark Bullimore (Secretary)1981 Rory Curtis2011 Nkenna Ibeakanma Jennifer Evans Casey

South American Latymerian Council1997 Dan Torres

The Foundation Office Team

Amanda Scott Director of DevelopmentLatymer Foundation at Hammersmith 020 3004 [email protected]

Jane MyersonAssistant Director of Development020 3004 [email protected]

Ruby DanowskiHead of Engagement020 3004 [email protected]

Linn Alexander (maternity leave)Bursaries Appeal Manager020 3004 [email protected]

Rebecca MolesBursaries Appeal Manager020 3004 [email protected]

Cristabel Middleton (maternity leave)Development Officer020 3004 [email protected]

Katie BuchananEvents and Communications Officer020 3004 [email protected]

Kim BobsinFinance and Database Assistant020 3004 0450 [email protected]

Camilla ChoiDatabase Officer020 3004 [email protected]

Alice Pavesi (2014)Foundation Office Intern020 3004 [email protected]

Independent Consultants (Alumni Relations) 020 3004 0311

Nigel Orton [email protected]

Sally Markowska [email protected]

Chris Hammond

Latymer Upper SchoolKing StreetHammersmith W6 9LR020 8629 2024www.latymerfoundation.org

LATYMERIANS’ SHOPOur merchandise in the alumni shop can be viewed online. These items

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SOCIAL NEWS We are pleased to celebrate the following news.

In future, we are considering featuring your social news only on our

exciting platform, Latymer Connects, which will give more immediacy to the happy

events and allow you to share more images. Let us know your thoughts on this plan.

Please continue to send your photos and news copy in to Nigel.

Charlotte ASSAEL (2006) married Gareth Kristensen on 1 July at Notley Abbey, Haddenham, Bucks. Latymerians present included LtoR: Annie FIRTH, Sarah WHITE, Lizzie CURTIS, Slavica DELEVIC, Amanda DARTFORD and Ben MORGANSEN (all 2006).

Dr Jonah POWELL-TUCK (2002) married

Dr Charlotte Mann in September at St John

the Baptist Church, North Bovey, Devon

followed by a reception at his family home on

Dartmoor. Along with brother, Freddie (2005)

were his sisters Maudie (2008) and Tabby

(2011) as bridesmaids. Jonah is a Critical Care

Registrar at St George’s Hospital, Tooting.

Other Latymerians present as pictured. LtoR:

Rory KING, James CLARK, Dr Elliot MORE,

best man: Matthew MOORHOUSE (all 2002)

Charlotte and Jonah, Freddie, Alex EDWARDS

(2008), Maudie, Tabby and Niall GALVIN (2009).

Alex POTTER (2004) was married to Sophia Miranda. Latymerian friends attending are photographed with Alex (white jacket), LtoR: Adam LOWENTHAL, Ben GROSSMAN (2001), Cyrus MAHBOUBIAN, John SUNYER, Joe GROSSMAN, Charlie GARDINER (2001), Henry WALPOLE and Fred TRUSSELL (all 2004 unless stated).

In future, we are considering featuring your social news only on our

www.latymerfoundation.org

Dr Jonah POWELL-TUCKDr Charlotte Mann in September at St John

the Baptist Church, North Bovey, Devon

followed by a reception at his family home on

Dartmoor. Along with brother,

were his sisters (2011) as bridesmaids. Jonah is a Critical Care

Registrar at St George’s Hospital, Tooting.

Other Latymerians present as pictured.

Rory KING, James CLARK, Dr Elliot MORE,

best man: Charlotte and (2008),

Alex POTTER (2004) was

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THE GRENFELL TOWER FIRE: KENSINGTON ALDRIDGE ACADEMY PUPILS AT LATYMER

Wednesday 14 June 2017 is a date etched into the memories of all West Londoners. In the early hours, a catastrophic fire started in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block, killing at least 80 residents, causing over 70 injuries and destroying the entire building. Emergency services battled throughout the night and following day to save as many inhabitants as was possible, with local residents doing all they could to help.

As soon as news of this horrific event spread to the outside world, donations flooded to the area and the practicalities of how to help survivors and regain some resemblance of routine began in earnest. Having grown up in a tower block just opposite Grenfell Tower, our Head, David Goodhew, immediately reached out to the Kensington Aldridge Academy [KAA] to ask how we might help (as their school closed due to its proximity to the Tower). KAA advised that the best way we could support their evacuated students would be to offer Latymer as a base for the Lower Sixth for their final five weeks of the summer term.

Mr Goodhew told the Latymer community, “Supporting these young people by offering some sort of continuity to their education and a daily school routine is something we are uniquely placed to do.”

Having arrived on 19 June, the KAA pupils settled in quickly; friendships were forged across both schools and a triumphant KAA/Latymer joint girls’ team beat St Paul’s Girls decisively in a netball match! The courage and determination of the pupils to carry on with their education after such a devastating crisis was both humbling and inspiring. Stories in the media told of those who had survived the fire finding the resilience to sit their GCSE exams on the very morning of the fire.

David Goodhew said, “The students from KAA have been inspirational, with 100% attendance at their first assembly just days after the fire, and I have never been prouder of our School in the way that students welcomed the Sixth Formers from KAA. It was the right response and a very Latymerian one.”

The following week Latymer’s Wood Lane playing fields hosted the ‘Lashings All Stars’ charity cricket match in aid of Grenfell Tower victims. The ‘Harlem Globetrotters’ of cricket included such international greats as Devon Malcolm, John Emburey, Monty Panesar, Saqlain Mushtaq, Yasir Arafat and Tino Best. The legendary team took on the rather less athletic Houses of Commons and Lords team, which included MPs Jo Johnson, Nigel Adams, Alex Chalk and Richard Graham. With iconic commentator Henry Blofeld at the microphone, even the pouring rain did not dampen spirits and they raised over £5,000 for the Evening Standard’s ‘Dispossessed Fund’.

We felt honoured when, at last term’s Prize Giving ceremony, Kensington Aldridge Academy initiated a new annual prize – The Aldridge Cup for Voluntary Work in Schools. Annually the cup will be awarded to a Latymer pupil, for their work with our partner schools and acts as testament to the ongoing relationship between the two schools. The Grenfell community remains very much in the hearts of all at Latymer.

THE LATYMER FOUNDATIONObservant readers of our recent messages may have

noticed we have re-named the Development Office the

‘Latymer Foundation Office’.

The Foundation was created by Edward Latymer in 1624

when he bequeathed his wealth to educate eight ‘poore

boyes’ of Hammersmith. The Foundation continues to

carry out its founder’s vision to this day by providing

a life-changing education to local children at Latymer

Upper School and Latymer Prep, and by offering bursaries

to those who cannot otherwise afford our fees.

Using ‘Latymer Foundation Office’ better describes

our ongoing charitable commitment to engage with

the whole school community and to raise money for

providing means-tested bursaries.

In practical terms, our email addresses now end in

@latymerfoundation.org and our new website,

www.latymerfoundation.org, is up and running.

Please check our emails are not diverted to your ‘spam’

box, or you might miss out on some great events!

A House of Commons and Lords team with ‘Lashings All Stars’ at Wood Lane

Two Kensington Aldridge Academy pupils with sixth formers, Odette Robinson and Julia Reinstein (left) at Latymer’s Prize Giving

A House of Commons and Lords team with

and TRIPSTwo long running school trips have big anniversaries this year. 2018 will be the 70th Anniversary of our German Exchange with the Johanneum, in Hamburg, and the 50th Anniversary of School visits to Grosmont.

The Hamburg Exchange was created by the late Walter GRAUBERG (1941) in the aftermath of WWII when he was a young army officer he helped Headmaster Wilkinson identify a partner school with our first students exchanging in 1948. Celebrations next April in Hamburg will mark seventy years of this historic link, which later extended to Godolphin and Latymer School. A number of you will recall

the 60th Anniversary in London, a decade ago, when many exchange partners some still in regular contact with each other dined in our School Hall. This included some of the founding partnerships!

Hamburg suffered heavy bombing damage and very little restoration had taken place when the first Latymer pupils met their exchange

partners in the city’s ruins. It was a significant gesture by Latymer at that time to form this exchange partnership, in hope of building lasting peace, whilst anti-German sentiment was still so high in England. A mark of Latymer’s tolerance that is still part of our ethos today. If you have fond school exchange memories do share these with us on Latymer Connects.

We are currently investigating whether a Grosmont Reunion, in or near to the village next July would be viable. Maybe

we have some potential organisers among our readers? If you and your partner/family fancied a short break camping

locally, or staying in a B&B or in a hotel do let us know! [email protected]

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Grosmont in the marches of Monmouthshire is an idyllic village with its castle remains that has hosted our Year 7 pupils on holidays for 50 years come the next planned trip in July. Much-associated in recent decades with a legendary teacher, Robert Orme, those on the trip explore medieval monuments and the beautiful countryside.

We suspect many of you will have memories and stories from being on these trips and we would love you to share these on Latymer Connects.

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■ Immy GUEST LONDON (2017) to study sciences at the dual centres of Sciences Po, Paris and Columbia University, NY.

Also in the USA are: ■ Izzy VON STAUFFENBERG, Omer BADDOUR (both 2017) to Columbia University in NY.■ Alyssa VIRJI (2017) joins the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.■ Orlando NIXON (2015) Yale University, Connecticut.■ Esme LYTLE (2016) Wesleyan University, Connecticut.■ Jonah LYTLE (2016) Princeton University, New Jersey.■ Sam JACOBSON (2017) University of Chicago.

■ Rowan THOMAS (2017) Emory University, Atlanta, GA.■ James BOLLINGER (2017) University of Texas at Austin.■ Tom PHELPS (2016) Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.■ Alice BALLARD-ROSSITER (2017) Stanford University, California.

■ Alexia GROFF (2016) has taken up a place at McGill University to study Biochemistry; she is one of a growing group of Latymerians now studying at McGill, other freshers include Theo FADY and Pierre PETERMEIJER (all 2017) with four others deferring for a year from McGill.

Latymerians heading to study at overseas universities this autumn:

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SPAIN■ Professor of English at La Coruña University, Alan FLOYD (1969) has co-edited Developing New Identities in Social Conflicts and donated a copy to the School’s Library.

JAPAN■ Tokyo based, Eitaroh ARAKAWA (1991) has published the second edition of his book, Smart Choices Technology, Ethics & Innovation.

PHILIPPINES■ James SALTER-DUKE (2001) is now Chief Operating Officer of PaySec.

■ In April, Andrew WHITESTONE and Dr Chris HAY played for the Shenzhen Dragons in the ‘Kowloon 10s’ rugby tournament. Chloe HOLE (all 2007) came along to cheer them on.

ITALY■ Dai BERRY is President of the Sabres Rugby Club in Ranco (on the Lombardy shore of Lake Maggiore) and coaches both the 1st XV, and the ‘Vets’ who he plays for. Dai with Gwyn HOPKINS (both 1971) played front row for Latymer’s 1st XV in their leaving year, 1971. Gwyn is a doctor and works for a medical publishing company near Aachen, Germany; he and his wife were visiting Dai.

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■ Simon MANLEY (1984) had a starring role in a July edition of El Comidista, filmed in his official residence debating the merits of British v Spanish food, shown at prime time on TV channel, La Sexta. In the show, the cook accuses UK chefs of committing culinary atrocities. The British Ambassador put up a good defence for UK chefs explaining that we love Spanish products so much, but that we like to innovate with our food. Simon got him to taste some Welsh cheese and English beers, and discuss the English wine renaissance; then they made some traditional tortilla comparing this to Jamie Oliver’s version. They did not agree, so the cook calls in El Chicote, (Spain’s Gordon Ramsay) who restored diplomatic relations.

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Recent world news has included the devastation of hurricanes Irma and Maria across the Caribbean and Florida. We reached out to all of those in the region afterwards. Some early responses revealed tales of downed trees, wrecked boats, damaged property, lost cars and of families hiding in safe zones of their homes. We hope that all are safe and well.

■ Oliver CLIFTON’s (1997) family have evacuated from British Virgin Islands to the Cayman Islands after surviving 200mph sustained winds and sitting through the eye of the truly terrifying hurricane. Oliver survived a similarly fierce storm in 2004 on Cayman.

SWEDEN■ Victoria SAMPSON (2013) is studying Dentistry at Barts and the London School of Medicine; she was one of three students selected across England to spend a year at The Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Victoria has now returned and is publishing a paper based on her studies there.

UNITED STATES

■ Kate GRIFFITHS (2013) received the Julia H Geer ‘75 Award at Dartmouth College, NH in recognition of her contribution to the college’s rowing.

■ Photographer and Montana-based Professor Alan McQUILLAN’s (1966) website: www.alanmcquillan.com has some interesting photos he shot in Dublin, among others.

■ Leilani BELLIENI (2010) is a microbiologist currently researching in Hollywood, Florida. Tiggy PHILLIPS (2013) is working at the Flea Theatre in New York.

■ Marshall B Ketchum University has appointed Professor Mark BULLIMORE (1980) as Dean of the Southern California College of Optometry. Veterinary Professor, Nicholas JEFFERY (1975) has moved from Iowa State to the Texas A and M University.

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at the launch of our Inspiring Minds campaign – producing ideas and doing fun activities. More on the pupils’ energy next time!

■ The Lib Dem candidate narrowly beat Labour in the School’s internal General Election.

■ We were proud of our Young Enterprise team on winning the final with their book, Hannah and Halil, encouraging tolerance in kids: http://openbooks.space

■ Congratulations to all of our USA university applicants this year; 14 received 42 ‘admit’ decisions, including 10 from Ivy League institutions. There were also 16 ‘admit’ decisions for our applicants to Canadian universities.

■ A School Quad beat Marlow Rowing Club in the first round of the Fawley Challenge Cup at Henley 2017. Sadly the School eight lost to St Edward’s School in the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup.

Georgina, Maddie, Darla and MiaGeorgina, Maddie, Darla and Mia

Challenge Cup.

■ Here is David GODFREY’s (1963) new car registration plate, showing Latymer Upper’s postcode, W6 9LR.

■ Joby HAROLD (1993) co-wrote and co-produced King Arthur: Legend of the Sword with Guy Ritchie, which was UK premiered in May. In addition, Joby is responsible for the screenplay for Robin Hood, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio.

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More Rowing:■ Congratulations to Georgina Seal, Maddie Lloyd, Darla Matthews and

Mia Andersen for being selected in a JW4x to compete against France in

the GB Junior Team. They won gold convincingly at London Docklands

on 13 July.■ Congratulations also to senior Flynn

Traeger, James Phelps and Carter Nelson

for determined performances at final trials

to gain selection to represent England.

Flynn and James competed for the England

Team at the International Regatta in

Strathclyde on 22 July, winning Gold in

both the 4+ and 8+.

Carter raced in the quadruple scull at the

Coup de la Jeunesse in Hazewinkel, Belgium.

To follow the racing please see the regatta

website: http://www.cdlj2017.be/

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■ Eric Leslie ARMITAGE FCA (1939)

■ David CHEETHAM CEng FCIBSE (1955) David was a Building Services Consulting Engineer.

■ Raymond Geoffrey ENGLAND (1949)

■ Peter Dennis IVES (1958)

■ Henry John SADLER (1951)

■ Sydney John WOOLDRIDGE (1933) a retired local government officer, died aged 102.

■ Gottfried BURGER (1934)Gottfried’s war service was in the RAF as a Sergeant, followed by a career in local government for the LCC and GLC. In 1976, he retired and had been living in the Dordogne. Gottfried had several relatives attend school and he had reached 102 years at the time of his passing.

■ Gerald Raymond BURT OBE BEM (Mil) FCIT FRSA (1942)Gerry was a former Chief Secretary to the British Railways Board, the last and longest serving incumbent of that office. He spent 4 decades in the rail industry and was critical of successive governments’ political misdirection; he donated a copy of his autobiography One Railwayman’s Life to the School. Many acknowledged that under his stewardship British Rail ended up as the most efficient rail system in Europe, costing the taxpayer less than the arrangements made since its privatisation.

At School, he was in the Air Training Corps and vividly recalled evacuation to Slough, Harvest Camps and night-time fire warden duty. Gerry was one of three brothers; the late Leslie (1938) and Arthur (1945), all on LCC Scholarships. Gerry was very grateful for the assistance, as his family was poor and both his parents were deaf; he was a member of the School’s 1624 Society. He had two sons, with wife Edna, and five grandchildren.

■ Gerald Waynne CHAMPNISS (1964) Waynne lived in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He passed away in May, aged just 70 years. He was the son of Gerald (1936) and brother to Clarke (1973) and Alex (1970), to whom we extend our condolences. Waynne was active in both the CCF and the Gild while at School.

■ Bryan GOULT (1948)Bryan was a farmer in North Devon. He passed away in November 2016, aged 86, leaving his children and grandchildren. Bryan was a regular donor to the Bursaries Appeal; his monthly gift with Gift Aid, over ten years has been a great boost to the fund.

■ Brian HAYWARD (1955)Brian died very suddenly in Malbuisson. His wife Jill and sons James and Simon survive him. He often talked with pride about how he had enjoyed life at Latymer.

Brian had moved to Bristol, settling in Clevedon in the 1960s. His highly successful and distinguished career in the coal trade saw him well regarded both locally and nationally in that sector.

We are sad to record the passing of the following Latymerians:

After retiring in the mid-nineties, Brian spent much of his time travelling with Jill. They particularly liked going off the beaten track, away from the crowds; and spending weeks at Malbuisson, a second home in the French Franche-Comté region, enjoying the fresh air by cross-country skiing, snow shoeing and taking invigorating summer walks.

■ John Baird MACMILLAN MA (1957) On graduating from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, John spent enough time working ‘in the City’ to learn that it was not for him. He became a teacher of English in London and Turin for a few years, before embarking on a 25-year career with Unisys. Following a reorganisation, he chose not to take a position in central Europe, returning to teach English to overseas university students.

He retired in 2007 to Sauveterre, a village in Languedoc near Avignon. He enjoyed the opera and concerts in the Avignon Festival and was active in Sauveterre’s ‘twinning’ with an Italian village. His first wife, Jo, sadly died young nearly thirty years ago. John is survived by his second wife, Sarah, Stephen, his son from his first marriage, and his brother, Roderic (1963). John is sadly missed and fondly remembered, by his family and many friends. His funeral took place in Avignon.

■ Peter Denis PIEJUS (1936)Peter attended Latymer from 1930-36. He served in the Territorial Army from 1938-45 as a gunner in the Royal Artillery. His later career was in Marine Insurance as a manager with Commercial Union.

■ Malcolm Hugh SMITH BTech (1964)Malcolm was a Brunel University graduate in Psychology and was the director of his own management consultancy companies.

■ Ian Pashley GIBB BA ALA (1944)Ian died aged 91. He studied French and German at University College London and after six years working in UCL’s library, he became deputy librarian of the National Central Library, an inter-lending agency supporting public and academic libraries.

In 1973, he moved to the Science Reference Library of the British Library as deputy director, before becoming Deputy Director General.

In the following decade, Ian contributed greatly to the development of the Library’s newspaper, the Newsplan, of a conservation programme, the publishing office and the establishment of a preservation service that looks after the conservation and repair of the library’s print and digital collections. He also supported innovative projects such as the Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, collating books, pamphlets and ephemera up to 1800.

He played a key role in ensuring that the British Museum Library became fully part of the new British Library.

Retiring in 1987, Ian helped to create the Friends of the British Library. He was chair of Dacorum National Trust Association in Hertfordshire (1993-97), and continued his love of music, cricket and travel. He was married to Patricia Butler and after her passing, he was partner to Mary Craddock-Jones for 20 years.

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We congratulate the following Latymerians upon their recent graduation, or upon gaining professional qualifications. Please do not be shy about sharing achievements; we are still collecting in news from those who graduated in 2016 and 2017.

1960■ David RICHARDSON BA, 1st, French and German, Open University.

1992■ Anton XAVIER MBA, Business Administration, Cornell University, NY, USA.

1998■ James Wood PhD, International Political Economy, King’s College, University of London.

2007■ Brandon ACTON-BOND BA, Art History and Studio Art, Bard College, NY, USA.

■ David FIRSTBROOK MSc, Physics, University of St Andrews and PhD, Physics, University of Glasgow.

■ Sam JONES MBA, Columbia University, NY, USA.

2009■ James DUMAS MSt, Theology, University of Oxford.

■ Gustav MOGULL PhD, Theoretical Physics, University of Edinburgh.

2010■ Leilani BELLIENI BS, 1st, Biology, Florida Memorial University, FL, USA.

■ John McSWIGGAN BM BS, Medicine, University of Nottingham.

■ Alex PARR BM BS, Medicine, Universities of Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

■ Verity PUGH BA, History of Art, University of Edinburgh.

2011■ Max ADAMS BA and MA, English, University of York.

■ Charles CUNNINGHAM BSc, 1st, Natural Sciences, University of Bath.

■ Sindri MATHARU MA, International Business with a Language, University of Edinburgh.

■ Arabella TUREK BSc, Biomedical Science, University College, University of London.

■ Matthew WALKER BSc, Anthropology, University College, University of London.

■ Imogen WALLACE MA, Broadcast Journalism, City University, London.

■ Klara WEAVER MB BS, Medicine, Imperial College, London.

2012■ Polly ADAMS BA Philosophy, University of Bristol.

■ Lucy BARRETT BA,*1st, Management Studies with Modern Languages, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge.

■ Felix CAZALET BA, 1st, History, University of York.

■ Frances CLIFFE MSt, General Linguistics and Comparative Philology, University of Oxford.

■ Connie CUBITT BA, 1st, English, University of Sussex.

■ Guy CUTHBERTSON BSc, Economics, University of York.

■ Jen DAVIES MA, 1st, Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh.

■ Simon DAVIES MEng, Chemical Engineering, Jesus College, University of Cambridge.

■ Marissa DAVISON MA, Broadcast Journalism, City University, London.

■ Flo DIXON MA, 1st, Arabic and French, University of Edinburgh.

■ Chris DOUGHTY BA, 1st, History and Political Science, Trinity College, University of Dublin.

■ Fernanda DUGDALE BA, French and Italian, University of Bristol.

■ Rebecca DUMAS BSc, 1st, Zoology, University of Bristol.

■ Laura HADDLETON BSc, Economics, University of Bristol.

■ Jack HARRY BA, French and Spanish, University of Bristol and MA, Newspaper Journalism, City University, London.

■ Robert GRYLLS MEng, 1st, Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol.

■ Beyrom IRANI MSci, Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol.

■ Oliver ITKIN BA, French and Italian, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Eire.

■ Mimi LAWSON-DIAMOND BA, 1st, American Studies and English, University of Sussex.

■ Harriet LEWIS BA, French and Spanish, University of Birmingham.

■ Benji MARCHAND BA, History, University of Durham.

■ Charlotte MONGUEL BSc, Economics, Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick.

■ Tom PIRIE BA, Politics and International Relationships, University of Bath.

■ Fred REILLY BA, Chinese Studies, University of Durham.

■ Alex ROBERTS BA, Ancient and Modern History and MA, Ancient History, University of Exeter.

■ Olivia ROBINSON BS, Advertising and Marketing Communications, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, USA.

■ Matthew SHAW BA, French, St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford.

■ Jack SWINDON BA, History, University of Nottingham.

■ Charlie TAILLANDER-UBSDELL BA, Japanese, SOAS, University of London.

■ Anja SALONEN BFA, Fine Art, California Institute of the Arts. LA, USA.

■ Clem SIMON BA 1st, English and American Studies, University of Nottingham.

■ Felix THOMPSON BA, American Studies, University of Sussex.

■ George VAN HORNE MSci, Biology, University of Bristol.

■ John UTTERSON MA, History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.

■ Alice WHITE MA, Primary Education, University of Stirling.

■ Ben WHITMAN MSc, International Relations and Affairs, University of Bristol.

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■ Charlie WILLIAMS MEng, Automotive Engineering, University of Warwick.

■ Imogen WILSON BMus, Music, University of Edinburgh.

■ Jamie WOLSTENHOLME MA, Geography, University of Edinburgh.

2013■ Alex BALL MEng, Mechanical Engineering, University of Manchester.

■ Christian BJERKAN BA, 1st, Mathematics, St Peter’s College, University of Oxford.

■ Oli BRENNER BA, 1st, Architecture, Clare College, University of Cambridge.

■ Nell BROOKFIELD BSc, Anthropology, University College, University of London.

■ Claire BROWN BA, History of Art and Philosophy, University of Leeds.

■ Mattea BUBALO BA, 1st, History, University of Manchester.

■ Jack BYAM SHAW BA, 1st, History and Politics, University of Sussex.

■ George CATHCART BSc, Mathematics and Finance, University of York.

■ Elizabeth DALE BSc, 1st, Global Health, Imperial College, London.

■ Rahul DARYANANI BSc, Plant Science, University of Nottingham.

■ Alex ECCLES BA, English, Clare College, University of Cambridge.

■ Hannah FITZSIMONS BA, Illustration, Falmouth University.

■ Ned GREGSON MEng, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Durham.

■ Vincent GROFF MPhys, 1st, Physics, University of Durham.

■ Max HACON MEng, Civil Engineering, University of Bristol.

■ Matthew HENNESSY BA, Mathematics and Economics, Williams College, MA, USA.

■ William IP MPhys, Physics, Pembroke College, University of Oxford.

■ Emet JAFFÉ-PEARCE BSc, Geography, University of Bristol.

■ Rohini JAIN BA, Geography, University of Sussex.

■ Seth JARVIS MSc, Bioinformatics, Queen Mary College, University of London.

■ Phoebe JAYES MA, Journalism, City University, London.

■ Isabelle JAMES MA, 1st, Spanish and French, University of Edinburgh.

■ Lucas KESTER BSc, Real Estate Investment and Finance, University of Reading.

■ Lucy KNOTT BA, Economics, Bowdoin College, MA, USA.

■ Emily LEITCH BSc, Physical Geography, University of Durham.

■ Rosie LITTLEJOHNS BA, French, University of Bristol.

■ Calam LYNCH BA, Classics, Somerville College, University of Oxford.

■ Jessie MACFARLANE BA, Geography, University of Manchester.

■ Helena NAPIER BA, English, University of Bristol.

■ Flora NUGÉE BSc, Exercise and Sports Science, University of Exeter.

■ Estelle OOSTHUIZEN BSc, Economics, University of Nottingham.

■ Holly PARKINSON MA, 1st, Anthropology and Social Science, University of Edinburgh.

■ Tiggy PHILLIPS BFA, Drama, Stella Adler Studio, University of New York, USA.

■ Alice PROCTER BA, 1st, History of Art, University College, University of London.

■ Ziad QATTAN BSc, 1st, Anthropology, University College, University of London.

■ Amile RATNASIRI MEng, 1st, Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol.

■ Hannah RENTOUL BA, Geography, University of Bristol.

■ Ellen RIDSDALE MA, English and French, University of St Andrews.

■ Lily ROSENGARD BA, Theology and Religious Studies, Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge.

■ Raffi SALAMA BA, 1st, French and Spanish, Queen’s College, University of Cambridge.

■ Mohit SAMTANI MEng, 1st, Chemical Engineering, University College, University of London.

■ Alex SANDERSON BSc, Geography with Quantitative Research Methods, University of Bristol.

■ Sophie SHAPTER BSc 1st, Psychology and Development Disorders, Royal Holloway College, University of London.

■ Deeba SHADNIA BSocSc, Politics of International Relations, University of Manchester.

■ Katie SMITH BA, 1st, English, University of Leeds.

2014■ Guy AGLIONBY BSc, Computer Science, University of Bristol.

■ Louis CAPLIN BA, 1st, History, School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London.

■ Gina DEGTYAREVA BSc, 1st, Biology, University of Bristol.

■ Olive FAURE BA, History, University of Bristol.

■ Eléonore GOMM BSc, Natural Sciences, University College, University of London.

■ Raffi HAGUENAUER BA, Economics and Management, St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford.

■ Callum HALE-THOMSON BA, English, Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

■ James JAGO LLB, Law, University of Bristol.

■ Hana JARRAH BA, 1st, Drama and Film, University of Manchester.

■ Eliza KOSSE BA, 1st, Classics, Selwyn College, University of Cambridge.

■ Nicholas LAGNADO BA, Philosophy and Economics, University of Bristol.

■ James LAVIN BA, Economics and Management, St Peter’s College, University of Oxford.

■ Flynn LESLIE BA, 1st, History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.

■ Hannah MERWOOD BA, Mathematics and Statistics, Worcester College, University of Oxford.

■ Maddie MORTIMER BA, English, University of Bristol.

■ Nick NEAVE BA, English, University of Bristol.

■ Arun PATEL BSc, Biomedical Sciences, University of Manchester.

■ Alice PAVESI BSc, Physiological Studies, University of Bristol.

■ Rumer RAMSEY BA, English, University of Bristol.

■ Poppy RUSSELL BSc, 1st, Biology, University of Bristol.

■ Izzy SINNOTT BA, English, University College, University of London.

■ Tasha SNAITH BA, English, University of Bristol.

■ Cassandra THOMAS BA, English with Legal Studies, University of Sussex. 9

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27 September 2017 is a date all Latymerians will be proud to remember. It marked a hugely significant occasion – the official launch of the Latymer Foundation’s ambitious Inspiring Minds campaign, which aims to double Latymer Upper School and Latymer Prep Schools’ bursary provision.

This is, to date, the Foundation’s most ambitious fundraising campaign. Those in attendance at the launch event made history together, each of them committing to help in some way to raise £40 million by 2024 – the 400th anniversary of the Latymer Foundation. The campaign will re-endow the Foundation and ensure that bursary places will continue to be offered for the foreseeable future, so that students from all walks of life may benefit

from a Latymer education. Without the help of the Latymer community, the future expansion of the bursary programme is at risk. The time to act is now!

Latymerians have always gone on to excel in a wide variety of careers, and Latymer’s teachers have been equipping generations of Latymerians with the tools to do so. This campaign celebrates the people within the Latymer community, who make the experience of being a member of it like no other. They are each extraordinary, inspiring individuals whose stories deserve telling. Hence our campaign title, “Inspiring Minds”.

The stories of Latymerians, like Sir Harpal KUMAR (1982) and Natalie ABRAHAMI (1998) featured on our new Foundation website are inspiring. Although they excel in very different professions, they share one aspect of their lives; all of our Inspiring Minds were given the chance to flourish at Latymer through a direct grant, an assisted place or a means tested bursary, depending on when they attended Latymer. Currently we provide 1 in 10 students with a bursary. Through the Inspiring Minds campaign we hope to provide 1 in 4 students by 2024. Contributions of even £5 per month will make help make this a reality. Then, come 2024, we will have one more story to tell: the story about how the Latymer community came together to achieve such an ambitious goal and became the leading bursaries provider of independent schools in Britain.

Three Latymerians, of different eras, are inspired by the speeches during the launch of our Inspiring Minds campaign

View our new website: www.latymerfoundation.org

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Alan RICKMAN (1964): actor and friendThe School hosted a celebration of Alan’s life and career in the School Hall in May. The event was well-attended by many Latymerians together with Alan’s friends and fans. Ruby Wax, Juliet Stephenson, led the celebration with Kirsty Lang. Ruby was a life-long friend of Alan having met at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1976. Kirsty is a radio and TV presenter who acted as MC; Juliet starred in Truly, Madly, Deeply with Alan.

Alan had remained a good friend of Latymer, where he first trod the boards on the School stage. He had returned to be our honoured guest at Prize Giving a few years ago. To commemorate his great commitment to the School, a bursary has been created in his name. More information on this is on our website. Alan himself attended Latymer on a full scholarship.

Lyon and Turnbull recently sold an oil on canvas by Thomas Faed Highland Lass, which was a gift toLatymer from the US estate ofthe late Anne Stean, formerly wife to the School doctor. The proceeds went to the Dr Joshua Stein Music Award. This fund helps pupils afford music lessons and we gratefully thank Anne’s nephew, George Weeks, and other family members who have set up and supported this fund.

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The School at St Paul’s Church, W6 for our recent Founder’s Day Service

Just think, if every Latymerian who is yet to support our campaign was to send us a gift for Christmas, how inspiring that would be in helping us with this campaign.

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We are always looking out for information about Latymerians. Please share with us any news that may interest fellow readers.

■ Professor Nicholas STERN (1963), (Lord Stern of Brentford) received a Companion of Honour (CH) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Nick is an eminent economist and climate change expert; he is the IG Patel Professor of Economics at LSE and he chairs the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy among other positions, he also holds twelve honorary degrees. Nick is President of the British Academy and in 2014 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society.

■ James GRAHAM (1976) has stepped down as Chairman of Latymer’s Governors and has been replaced by Ros Sweeting, a parent of three Latymerians. James became a Governor in 2004 and Chair of Governors in 2010; he also chaired the Development Committee for 8 years. During this time James spearheaded the fundraising for means tested bursaries which resulted in a significant increase in the number of

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young people studying at Latymer thanks to a bursary over the last decade. This was of great personal significance to James as he himself had studied at Latymer for free thanks to the Direct Grant system. James worked in investment banking and is currently Bursar of St Peter’s College, Oxford.

■ Dr Kenton LEWIS (1993) received an MBE in the 2014 New Year Honours List for services to higher education. After working for the Higher Education Academy for some time, Kenton now runs his own educational consultancy: www.kentonlewis.co.uk

■ In the General Election, both Andrew SLAUGHTER (1978) and Keith VAZ (1976) were re-elected to Parliament as Labour MPs, both with greatly increased majorities.

■ Alex DAVIS (2005) is a senior policy advisor in the Department of Communities and Local Government. She has the challenging role of leading the long term Government re-housing policy for Grenfell Tower survivors.

■ Hermione OLDHAM (2016) entered the Leeds Cultural Institute’s short film competition with a fellow Leeds undergraduate and they won first prize! Their brief, Virtual Holocaust Memory, was to keep that memory alive. The film uses survivors’ material from the UK Holocaust Memorial, including a testimony from Susie Lind, and contains references to Jewish mourning practices. Hermione won £1000 and the film featured on IMDb! View here: https://youtube/_FyvHc7ttcM

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■ Jamie McKITTRICK (2000) has taken up a civil service post as Head of Insight and Evaluation at the Cabinet Office.

■ Christina ALISHAW’s (2014) supervisor at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge is Dr Matthew CLIFFE (2007). Gus PORTER (2010) has started a PhD in Astrophysics at Oxford.

■ Elizabeth DALE (2013) was awarded the Wellcome Trust Centre’s Prize for Global Health BSc Research Project Impact 2017.

■ Isabelle JAMES (2013) won the M D Legge Prize for French Medieval Studies at Edinburgh University. Her brother, Joseph JAMES (2009) is now on the Civil Service fast stream after leading a team of volunteers in Nepal with ICS and three years in Birmingham with Teach First.

■ Taymoor ATIGHETCHI (2007) is CEO and Founder of Papier, an online platform for creating customisable greetings cards, invitations and personalised notepaper, which is enjoying successful expansion. He employs George SHAPTER (2009) as Head of Digital Product and UX Director.

■ Richard FOLLETT (1989) is Head of Vinehall Prep school in Sussex. He cycled through Rwanda this summer on a solo bike ride to raise publicity for the charity, Rwanda Aid, where he has helped set up a successful photography business run by homeless young people, among other projects.

■ Abi HAYHOE (2004) is now with Cutler & Gross as their Global Head of PR and Marketing.

■ Nilesh PANDIT (2002) bravely recently appeared on BBC’s Dragons’ Den attempting to develop his www.playfiveaside.com business with facility upgrades.

■ Phil GRABSKY (1981) has released more films in his Exhibition on Screen series, The Artist’s Garden American Impressionism and Michelangelo: Love and Death. Phil has three new films on the way on Canaletto, Hockney and Cezanne.

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■ Jack WALDOUCK (2007) with some friends devised, wrote, produced and performed in More Manet For Your Monet: The Hipsters’ Pantomime at the Courtyard Theatre in June.

■ Dr Mike KEEN (1972) is Executive Producer of We Can Be Heroes, which was in the Official Selection at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2017, with five screenings.

■ Noni BRAITHWAITE (2011) performed at Glastonbury this summer in the group, Fedz.

■ Jonathan DANCIGER (2015) is excited to be directing his first professional production of Bernstein’s adaptation of Voltaire’s Candide, at the Oxford Playhouse in November.

■ Matt WHITCHURCH (2011) was Mr Darcy in Saro Pascoe’s comic adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, which ran during September at the Nottingham Playhouse and is now running at York Theatre Royal.

■ Helena WESTERMAN (2013) and comedian Milton JONES (1982) both appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe this August. Well known from Mock the Week and Live at the Apollo, Milton’s one-line stand up set, Milton Jones Out There, was hugely popular. Helena’s writing debut and production, An Act of Kindness, was well received. Helena is a co-founder of Rascal Theatre.

■ News of the EXTON twins (2005): solicitor, Tom, and barrister, James, are co-founding partners of LDN Muscle, which is fast becoming an international fitness brand, with their associated book Lean in 15. They and LDN featured on the cover of The Times Magazine last December. Tom also has a TGETV channel on YouTube. View their web site and social media presence, www.LDNMuscle.com

■ James A C McKNIGHT (2010) has written Letters From Erzurum, published by Polperro Heritage Press.

■ Rufus JONES (1993) has now reached over 75 TV and film credits and is back on screen in W1A, but regularly on screen in Reed’s ‘Love Mondays’ advertising campaign. He played Miles in The Boat.

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■ Melissa HADDLETON (2011) successfully ran the 2017 London Marathon, in aid of Gt Ormond Street Hospital. Melissa is studying Medicine at St George’s Hospital, London.

Also running: Oli WILLIAMS (2011), Stefan CETNAROWICZ, Jen DAVIES and Flo BROCKMANN (all 2012). Flo ran in aid of ‘Get Kids Going’, which helps disabled children who need special equipment to play sports; Oli ran for Asthma UK; and Jen raised £18,000 for the Royal Marsden as a tribute to her late father.

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■ Henry FIELDMAN (2007) holds two world rowing champion titles. He was cox for the GB Silver medal winning Eight at the World Cup race in Belgrade, Serbia in May and took Bronze in June’s event in Poznan, Poland.

■ Lottie WESTON (2004) is Lead Nurse for Teenage and Young Adults at the Royal Marsden. Lottie also received the Stephen Sutton Scholarship from the Teenage Cancer Trust to attend their global conference in Atlanta, in December. In 2016, Lottie received the European Oncology Nursing Society’s clinical travel grant and a Global Experience Award 2017 from King’s College, London.

She has been working with ‘Casting for Recovery,’ a charity project providing holistic weekend retreats for women who have been affected by breast cancer and she is running the Royal Parks Half Marathon to raise money for them in October.

■ Jack SINCLAIR (2009) has enjoyed success at poker, coming 8th in the World Championships this year and winning the German Championship.

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Tom with his Steward dad, Richard (1983)■ We congratulate Orlando NIXON (2015) and Tom PHELPS (2016) who won the Thames Challenge Cup for Thames Rowing Club, and Rosie MARGOLIS (2015) who was coxing a quad, representing Edinburgh University in the Prince Albert Challenge Cup at Henley 2017.

■ Dan CONWAY (2016) represented Cardiff University in their round one match against Southampton on BBC’s University Challenge. Jeremy Paxman complimented Dan on his wonderful bow tie.

■ Alice PAVESI (2014) is working as an intern in the School’s Foundation Office. Other Latymerians working at School in their Gap Year are Flynn LESLIE (2014) in Academic Mentoring, Harry NEWMAN-WALLEY (Prep School), Amber BELL (Academic Mentoring), James BELL (Drama), Eleanor RAYFIELD (Music), Rebecca ARCH (PE/Hockey) and Esme AUDLAND (Admissions) (all 2017).

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STAFF NEWS■ Simon Ware (Modern Languages), after 28 years of teaching French. Simon will continue to assist Latymer students in applying to overseas universities – an area of work that has grown out of his many years of being the School’s Head of Careers.

■ Angela Tomlinson (Deputy Head) leaves to pursue other career opportunities; Miranda Patterson (Head of Biology and Science) has taken up a post at Wellington College. Dermott Flynn (Art) has left to become a full time illustrator.

■ Stuart Dorrian retired as Principal of Latymer’s Prep School in July; he was formerly Head of English and Head of Lower School in the Upper School, in total serving for 16 years. Stuart will continue to teach A’ level English, part time. A video of Stuart’s moving leaving speech is on our website.

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■ In September a visit to the UK by Mark BURROWS, stroke of the 1978 1st VIII prompted a very happy reunion at Furnivall Sculling Club. Matthew BOND kindly arranged access to the School Boathouse and Sports Centre for us to view the mounted Andy Holmes’ blade. We raised a glass or two to our late friend and star of the boat, who is still keenly missed. A special mention to Lincoln PAYTON who flew in from his home in Connecticut. It was a real joy to meet up again and plans are now afoot for a Henley meeting next summer.

LtoR: Lincoln PAYTON, Nick PETERS, David JONES, Peter WHITFIELD, Henry BLYTHE, Nick JORDAN, Huw JONES, Mark BURROWS and Mark TRIGG.

■ Recent visitors to School have included Jim TILLEY (1956), John TAPNER (1949), Greg DORN (1986), David GODFREY (1963), Terry BALL (1949) and Kiron BOSE (1988).

■ Hamish PEARCH and soprano Charlotte BRÖKER (both 2011) are performing an operetta on 23 November at the Royal Academy of Art: www.royalacademy.org.uk/event/opera-in-the-royal-academy-s

■ Rail enthusiasts should look out for the GBRf Class ‘66 loco, ‘Sir Peter Hendy CBE’, here in 2014 livery, named in honour of our Sir Peter (1971).

‘Sir Peter Hendy CBE’

■ Piers Heyworth (English Department ‘70s) has retired. His last post was as Head of the Manor Prep School, Oxford.

■ Matt Pollard (English ‘00s) has moved from being Head of English at Bolton School Boys’ Division, to be Head of English at the British School, Bahrain.

■ We sadly report the passing in June of Peter Whalley (English ‘60s). After Latymer, Peter moved in to being an award winning script writing. He penned over 600 episodes of Coronation Street. [His early plays for Radio 4 include The Hilton Boy for Radio 4 and A Man of Morality for TV, as well as numerous programmes for Granada.] His movie credits included The Good Samaritan and Suspicion. In 2009, Peter received the British Soap Awards ‘special achievement’ accolade.

■ We also have heard of the passing last year of John Underwood who taught technology, leaving in 1973 for Hampton School after 16 years on our staff.

■ Many of you who had contact with our Development Officer, Cristabel Middleton when arranging your alumni events will be pleased to learn she gave birth to a baby boy early in September.

Staff retirees this summer included: ■ Dr Graham Hardy (Biology) after 29 years. Graham has led Latymer’s charity initiatives and has been our in-house DJ at our Sixth Form Proms and Year 7 discos. Graham organised many field trips and more recently, activity week trips to Morocco.

In the May edition’s Letters, Bryan MILLS (1950) wrote claiming to be “the longest working member of the UK IT community”. Whilst congratulating him on his long service, I have to point out that many others still alive have even longer periods in this field of “active service”. Although not claiming any particular distinction here, I would mention that I started in 1953 as a research graduate at London University, building what was then one of the very first universal electronic stored-program computers

in the world. The computer was successfully completed and used, not only for numerical calculations of protein structures at the lab where Rosalind Franklin was working, but also for what I believe was the very first demonstration of machine translation of natural languages. I am happy to say that I too am still active in physics and inter alia, in what is now termed IT.

Vasilii ZAKHAROV (1947)

MORE ON AISLA AND MARION – our long running

thread of 2 girls who joined 6th Form lessons around 1950.

We have had other contributors, confirming and adding to the

detail about the productions in which the two girls featured. We are

informed that the link with Twickenham county school for girls was

via Mrs Greatwood, wife to our Head of German. Apparently,

Mr F Gregory, Head of Modern Languages, set up the Russian classes

that they joined. Aisla was admitted for conversation classes run

by Mr Dakovitch, proprietor of an art gallery nr Kensington Church

Street and she subsequently obtained a degree in Russian at UCL.

D OF E MEMORIESPaul HUGHES (1960) wrote with photos for our archives and to share on Latymer Connects from school expeditions. In his covering letter he wrote, “I recall travelling in the school coach; we did not break down this time, but I do recall Tom Stewart getting stopped for speeding – 30mph in those days. He got off by claiming he thought the limit did not apply to privately owned buses.”

I recently attended a concert by the zany group, ‘Bonzo Bills’. The leading light in

this group was Roger Ruskin SPEAR (1960); we sat together at Latymer in 1960

and have not met since. Roger plays the clarinet and saxophone. He has been in the

entertainment industry since leaving school. He was a founder member of another

zany outfit, ‘The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band’ and a number of others including, ‘Three

Bonzos and a Piano’ and ‘Bill Posters Will Be Band’. His party piece is on stage to make

a ‘clarinet’ from a carrot, play it and encourages the audience to sing along; we gave

a rendition of I’d like to teach the world to sing. Bonzo Bills are often performing at

The Bulls Head, Barnes. Incidentally, Roger’s father, Ruskin Spear, was a famous artist

who painted the portrait of headmaster Fred Wilkinson, which hangs in the School Hall.

Neil HERBERT-SMITH (1960)

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Letters to the Editor…

THE LAURIE ELLIOT TRAVEL AWARD This summer, I was lucky enough to travel to Madagascar, helped by the Laurie Elliot Travel Award. I was volunteering for 10 weeks in Sainte Luce, a remote village in SE Madagascar, with a British based charity called SEED Madagascar. I was part of their conservation scheme, which focusses on conserving forests and teaching the local community the importance of forest sustainability.

A grueling 27-hour journey, via Istanbul, Mauritius and Antananarivo, led me to Fort Dauphin and then onto a 5-hour drive to the village, which was beautiful. It would make a great tourist resort with lovely beaches and amazing wildlife, but the journey on poor roads takes far too long for this to develop.

Our work in Sainte Luce involved transects through the forest, looking out for lemurs, or for reptiles and amphibians. Once spotted, we collected data to create a census of the many different species and of the four different lemur species.

The data prevents the local mining company from destroying the forest and mining all of the alunite found underneath, if it shows that there is a thriving population of a potentially endangered species

Many transects were done at night, using head torches and it took me a long time to adjust to the constant buzzing of thousands of weird looking bugs around my head! We also woke up before the sun to measure all the lobsters

being caught by the local fisherman to make sure they were above the minimum size (which they often were not) as well as catching dragonflies, counting flying foxes, searching for crocodiles and teaching English and conservation to local school children. Probably my favourite activity of those was catching the dragonflies, I loved running around a field with a huge net trying to catch dragonflies whilst also feeling like some sort of pioneering explorer. We were looking for a female of a new species, a male having been discovered a couple of years ago.

I had been seriously worried about the realities of a camp life for 10 weeks and on arrival, I was definitely shocked, however this soon wore off as I got used to the nitty gritty realities of living in a tent for 10 weeks. As I was leaving Madagascar, I was sad to leave the rice and beans, cold bucket showers and holes in the ground for the next group of volunteers! After volunteering, I decided to travel around Madagascar for 3 weeks with Harry (a fellow Latymerian). Madagascar has very little infrastructure so we were taking public minibuses down one of the few paved roads through the country, from Tulear in the south to Antananarivo, the capital. Travelling around was definitely worth it in the end, as we saw far more species of lemurs and reptiles as well as experiencing a very different climate in the southwest. Madagascar is an amazing country and volunteering was definitely one of the best things I have ever done that I would recommend to anyone who is taking a gap year, especially if you have any interest in conservation, Geography, or Biology.

Daniel MAYERS (2016)

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LATYMERIANS’ GOLF DAY 2017Those who slept through violent thunderstorms during the

night woke on 7 June to find it was still raining heavily. Many

roads were flooded, but true Latymerian determination

drove everyone on to Lambourne Golf Club in Buckinghamshire

for a 1pm tee off, just as the sun started shining! The course

dried out quickly and 22 Lats enjoyed a great day’s golf. After

a fine meal, Alan ANDERSON (1958) presented the prizes.

LATYMERIANS’ GOLF DAY 2017

Peter SKEGGS (1970) played the best round of the day. Runner up was debutant Roy DINSMORE (1979). The Denis JONES Memorial Prize for the most improved golfer went to Ziggy LUBKOWSKI (1983) who received the trophy from guest of honour, Jackie Jones. Next year’s event is on Friday 25 May 2018 at Hoebridge Golf Centre in Woking, Surrey. New participants (and guests) are welcome, for more detail please contact the organiser, Ian MACLEOD (1962): [email protected]

Peter SKEGGSthe best round of the day. Runner up was debutant Roy DINSMOREDenis JONESfor the most improved golfer went to (1983) who received the trophy from guest of honour, Jackie Jones.

Next year’s event is on Friday 25 May 2018 at Hoebridge Golf Centre

Peter with the coveted W.F. WEST Trophy

LUNCH IN KENTLinde and John WOTTON (1971), assisted by their son Tom, opened their home to

a party of Latymerians for a Sunday buffet lunch and a tour of their historic grade

II listed 15th century house and its 5 acres of well-tended gardens. Their generous

hospitality was well received and all marvelled at the way that they had kept

and maintained such a superb property. Each of the 35 participants of this event

made a donation towards the Latymer Bursaries Appeal, in appreciation of the

Foundation Office’s organisation of this event.Foundation Office’s organisation of this event.

RECENT LEAVERS’ RECEPTIONFor several years now, we have invited back our ‘Recent Leavers’ to a drinks reception to capture all of their news as their GAP year/Freshers’ year complete and their study resumes along with the cohort who have nearly all graduated and are now embarking upon careers. Next September it will be the turn of Class of 2013 and 2017. But, this year it was the turn of the Classes of 2012 and 2016…

Natasha BEHARRELL, Alfie BEARD and Isobel BARNARD (all 2016) Mrs Sam Adams and Ms Chapman flanked by Sophie GRAHAM and Alex RUGMAN (2016)

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Chris DOUGHTY, Tony Henwood and Beyrom IRANI (both 2012)Ruby RATHBONE, Tom PENNEY, Sally Markowska and Aida ANSAH-PALMER (all 2012)

HENLEY TEA AND BBQLatymerians traditionally gather at the Henley Regatta for a Tea in Stewards’ Enclosure on the Wednesday, where parents and alumni discuss the racing hosted by Richard PHELPS (1983). This year the School had three crews, competing with two, racing on the Wednesday. Then again, on the Saturday evening for an informal and fun Boat Club’s BBQ attended by around 60 Latymerians in the Cricket Field.

Left to right: Richard PHELPS (1983), Tom Cannon (Assistant Head of Boats), Dr Alex PARR (2010), Gary PAINTER (1977), Jack HARBIDGE (2015), Chris Clark (Coach) and Phil McGee (Head of Boats), resplendent in their School rowing blazers

THE SOMME BATTLEFIELDS

Our third trip to visit the Somme battlefields in France, to Commemorate WW1, took place in April, led by Taylor DOWNING and Jim NICOLSON (both 1971). Former Deputy Head Alex Hirst attended with his wife and reported back:

Each of the 26 participants made a donation towards the Bursaries Appeal in appreciation of our organisation of this event.

“…the trip run by Taylor and Jim was extraordinary. Taylor has encyclopedic knowledge of all aspects of the war; not only encompassing the historical and political perspective, but also comprising information about the individual battles as well as the works of the Medical Corps and about the Generals.

At every cemetery we visited, Taylor and Jim were able to pick out, first, one of the individuals. From there, a combination of photographs; letters written to their loved ones on the eve of their death; and reports to their wives from their company commander or chaplain made for a helter-skelter of emotions.

A key part of the experience was to ask members of the group to read out some of these letters. This was a masterstroke, catapulting the reader back to when the letter had been written. The result was not a single dry eye in the cemetery.

For Linds [my wife] and I this was a stellar trip which brought the Somme and the people who served, died and in some cases survived to a very moving experience.

Taylor and Jim are exceptional and as teachers they would be listed, in an inspection report, as ‘extraordinarily outstanding’”.

The Somme tour group

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THE CLASS OF 2007 MEET UP

Organised by Tommy FISH the Class of 2007

held a reunion in September and commenced

their gathering with a school tour and drinks

before going on to their evening venue.

For any other year groups organising their

own events should you wish to visit School do

involve the Foundation Office to discuss your

requirements and for help in publicising your

event through Latymer Connects.

Collect FREE donations for The Latymer Foundation every time you shop online.

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Archives… We have a series of monographs based on our Archive, which might interest Latymerians: ■ The World War I Memorial Biographies of the 221 Fallen Latymerians. ■ Recollections of Latymer from: before 1940; during the 1940’s; and, during the 1950’s. ■ With a Win for the Blue, Black and White the story of Sport at Latymer. ■ The Noblest Jewel, a history of Activities Week in 2017, its 60th year.

We would be delighted to forward these, attached either to emails, or by post. Please contact Malcolm Smith: [email protected] if you would like to receive any of these.

22 NOVEMBER 2017 ARCHIVES TEACan you help us caption school archive photos from the 1960s? Let us know we will

offer tea and cake!

24 NOVEMBER 2017 THE LATYMERIANS’ DINNERLatymerians unite at this annual tradition of good food, drink and company, held in the

school’s Main Hall. This year’s guest speaker will be Sir Jim SMITH FRS (1973) and it is

open to all Latymerians.

20 JANUARY 2018 CAMBRIDGE LATYMERIANS’ DINNERBlack tie dinner, 7pm at Christ’s College, Cambridge. Book now!

3 MARCH 2018 OXFORD LATYMERIANS’ DINNERBlack tie dinner, 7pm at Balliol College, Oxford. Book Now!

4 MARCH 2018 THE ANNUAL ROUND THE RIVER RUNOrganiser: Barry DORN (1950): [email protected]

DATE TBC CREATIVES NETWORKING SOCIAL

Please engage with us and each other on Latymer Connects, and ‘Like’ us on Facebook (Latymerians’ Network),

or follow us on Twitter (@edward_latymer). We are noting an increasing use of LinkedIn to network so please

‘declare’ you attended Latymer Upper in your LinkedIn profile and join the School group on LinkedIn.

LATYMERIANS’ NETWORK: EVENTS 2017/18 The Latymerians’ Network strives

to offer a series of interesting

events for Latymerians. If you

have any suggestions for future

events, or you would like to

organise or sponsor a gathering,

or wish to arrange to visit and tour the School please

contact Nigel, or Alice 020 3004 0469.

There are also some fun School events open to all in our

community, including Latymerians

and former parents/staff that

raise funds for the Bursaries

Appeal programme. These events

are promoted on our website.