Rhubarb December 2025

AT A GLANCE Welcome to Rhubarb 2025!

W e hope you enjoy Rhubarb 2025 and reading about the adventures many of our OSE get up to – there are some great stories! We also take the opportunity to remember the wonderful Malcolm Oxley (Former Staff, 1962-1999) who died earlier this year. Finally, we look back at another year packed full of events and celebrations.

F ollowing Malcolm Oxley’s death from OSE.We have pulled them together here in a collection of memories, offering a personal perspective and capturing Malcolm through the eyes of those he taught, worked with, and inspired. I hope you agree this is a rich and engaging tribute to a much-loved and respected man. pages 6-17. earlier this year, we received a huge number of emails and anecdotes

WELCOME

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T his year we have said a big thank you to John Wiggins who stepped down as Honorary Secretary to the OSE Society this summer. Read an interview with him on pages 56-57. We are delighted to welcome James Cope as the new Hon Sec. James has worked at Teddies since 2001, and has been Head of Geography, Head of Shells, IB Coordinator,Academic Director, Kendall HM, Deputy Head Pastoral and Head of Cricket and is a familiar face to many OSE. He looks forward to connecting with many of you over the next few months!

some exciting journeys including driving a biodiesel-powered Harley-Davidson across America, taking part in a tuk-tuk race across Sri Lanka, rowing across the Atlantic and more – our intrepid OSE inspire us and share their experiences on pages 26-36.

R ead about the ambitious and exciting plans we have for Teddies including updating our Physical Sciences Centre and building the Field of Dreams, and find out how you can support these plans on pages 18-19.

J oin us next year when we have more opportunities to come together.The OSE Celebration Dinner is taking place on Saturday 28th March at Teddies – all OSE are welcome! We also have our Fundraising Ball on 22nd October 2026 at the Natural History Museum, London – one not to miss!

W e were thrilled to interview Ted Jones (Tilly’s, 1988-1993) about the leading international emergency response company he founded on pages 38-41 and Emily Austen (Avenue, 2006- 2008) founder of PR Agency Emerge, podcast host and Strategic Advisor for UN Women UK on pages 42-44.

E njoy reading OSE news on pages 66-70 and see the events we hosted this year on pages 71-87. 300 OSE and former staff came to Teddies for A Celebration of Rhubarb in June

where we enjoyed an art exhibition in The North Wall by OSE Isabel Fishlock (Oakthorpe, 1999-2003), our inaugural OSE dance show, a superb lunch in the Dining Hall and celebrated 100 years of boarding houses. page 84.

3 Front cover: Rhubarb on the Sahara Trek: Richard Jones (Mac's, 1989-1994), Callum Macpherson (Cowell's, 2014-2019) and Michael Broom (Apsley, 1989-1994) raising money for our Partnership Programme. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this edition of Rhubarb. We look forward to seeing many of you at OSE events next year. Keep an eye on social media for news and updates and join our growing LinkedIn community to connect with other OSE. EMILY ROWBOTHAM, EDITOR