The first edition of Contact, in September 1996, announced the appointment of Guy Waller as our new Head from September 2014. Sixteen years and fifty editions later, we announce the appointment of our next Head, Martin Reader. Martin has been Headmaster of Wellington School, Somerset, since 2006. He gained an MPhil in English Studies at […]
After several years of negotiations an announcement is being made today that a new school – Cranleigh Abu Dhabi – will open in 2014. Located on a seven-hectare site on Saadiyat Island, the school will cater for up to 1600 students aged between 3 and 18. It will incorporate separate, co-educational Junior and Senior schools, […]
I am thrilled to post here the news that James Brookes, OC (1999-2004) has had his first full volume of poetry published by one of the world’s leading poetry presses, Salt. Copies can be obtained through Amazon and select bookshops or from the publisher: sales@saltpublishing.com<mailto: sales@saltpublishing.com>. The Dante-inspired title is ‘Sins of the Leopard’. The […]
The Cranleigh School Concert Series welcomed Jonathan Hennessy-Brown’s Santiago Quartet to the Emms Centre for a warmly received concert on 14th November. Jonathan was the one of the School’s finest ever ‘cellists and, since leaving Cranleigh and the RCM, has had a varied and highly successful professional career, including six years in Mexico. He formed […]
Recent OC Henry Lamont (East, 2012) touched down for the Oxford University 1st XV rugby team on Sunday. The Blues faced an enormous challenge as they hosted the full Russian National rugby team at Iffley Road Stadium. The team rose to the challenge of facing a professional side, ultimately losing a tightly fought game 29-15. […]
On November 3rd Cranleigh officially opened their new 1st XV rugby pitch. Named Bluett’s after a much-loved Old Cranleighan, David Bluett, the pitch is already seen as one of the finest school pitches in the country. Bluett’s will be used not only by Cranleigh but also by other local schools to help develop their rugby […]
Alison Shaw (nee Philip – 1 North, 1984) writes: Three years before the Olympics was due to start the application process began and it took ages. Little did I know that the effort would be so worthwhile. About a year after filling in my application I was called for an interview for press relations and […]
OC Day was no less affected than so many other events in our rainy summer, and it meant no cricket on Jubilee, the traditional focus of the event. But there was much to compensate. A vibrant gathering for drinks in the Quad, a full Chapel for the finale of Phil Scriven’s Bach marathon, no spare […]
The centrepiece of the opening ceremony at this summer’s London Olympics will be the lighting of the flame at the start of the Games. The honour of bearing the torch on the last leg of its long journey will probably go to a household name from the sporting world, but at the 1948 London Olympics […]
The Old Cranleighan Mentoring Programme (OCMP) is one of the most exciting initiatives undertaken by the OC Society for many years. Seb Sharpe (East, 2011 – this year’s intern) has designed and implemented a new programme to assist young OCs in finding and deciding on a career. Being an Old Cranleighan is to be part […]