OCs make hockey headlines
Several young Old Cranleighans have made hockey headlines in the last few weeks of the season […]
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A middle-class revolutionary
The Old Cranleighan who stood for parliament against Tony Benn and called for a middle-class revolution against the Labour government […]
The final days of Tertius Last
On April 26 1915, Harold Haile ‘Tertius’ Last (East 1905) died at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in London from injuries received in Belgium the previous month. He was 22 and was the tenth Old Cranleighan to have died in the nine months of the war to that point […]
Historian portrays Napoleon’s softer side
World renowned historian and broadcaster, Andrew Roberts (East 1981), returned to Cranleigh last week with a fascinating presentation on Napoleon […]
Tragedy in the Sahara
Sixty years ago this month a failed Kenyan coffee planter and three associates set out from Nairobi in a Morris Traveller to drive across Africa, through the Sahara Desert and Europe to London. The poorly planned expedition was to end in failure and the death of Alan ‘Sweetie’ Cooper (East 1926).
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The Battle of Neuve Chapelle
March 10 marks the centenary of the first large-scale British offensive of World War One, the first day of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. In the four-day battle the British lost 544 officers and 11,108 other ranks. Two of the officers who fell on the first day were Old Cranleighans […]
Chapel pews for sale
The School is nearing completion of a seven-year project to refurbish the Chapel and is offering OCs the chance to purchase the oak pews which have been in place for more than a century […]
Piper and Arnold make rugby debuts
Charlie Piper (East 2014) won his first senior cap for Harlequins while Sam Arnold (East 2014) who captained the School in 2014, won his first full Under-20’s cap for Ireland […]
Ted Jackson completes his marathon challenge
Ted Jackson (2&3 South, 1990) completed his amazing goal of running seven marathons in seven days in seven continents in January. […]
Rusbridger to stand down as Guardian editor
Alan Rusbridger is to become the principal of a University of Oxford college after stepping down as editor in chief of the Guardian […]