St Edward's Rhubarb - 2018

ST EDWARD’S r h u b a r b

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1967 George Fenton (C, 1963-1967) has

hundred fans at the most. But nothing like 22,000! And these people seem to love what I do.” www.myeasysuppers.com . 1977 Mark Stollery (A, 1973-1977) especially purchased and was seen flaunting a splash of Rhubarb after jumping out of a plane last year. 1983 Graham Broadbent (E, 1978-1983) has been in the news this year. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri produced by Graham, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh won Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Motion Picture at the Golden Globes in January. The drama also picked up five trophies at the BAFTA Film Awards including Best Film, Best British Film and Best Actress in February. 1984 Jonathan Holl-Allen (B, 1979-1984) wrote to let us know that he has recently been appointed Queen’s Counsel. Jonathan has practised out of the same chambers, Serjeants’ Inn Chambers, since he was called to the Bar in 1990, and his practice is mainly in the fields of medical, dental and police law. 1985 Justin Maciejewski DSO, MBE (C, 1980- 1985) has been appointed as the new Director General of the National Army Museum. Justin spent 27 years in the Army and was awarded a Distinguished Service Order leading his battalion in Basra, Iraq.

composed the music for Alan Bennett’s new play Allelujah! which opened on 18th July and will run until 28th September 2018 at the Bridge Theatre in London. This year George has also composed the music for the latest Pokemon Go advert which was narrated by Stephen Fry. 1968 Alistair Paton (D, 1963-1968) has available a luxuriously furnished two-bedroom ground floor holiday apartment, overlooking the 18th fairway of Richmond Park Golf Club in Norfolk which he lets. He is offering OSE 15% discount on bookings. www.fairview-apartment.co.uk . 1969 Richard Stevens (A, 1964-1969) sent in this fabulous picture (left) of his narrowboat, appropriately called rhubarb , on the Kennet & Avon Canal. 1973 Nick Davies (E, 1969-1973) has been in touch with the OSE Office to let us know about his food blog My Easy Suppers. “‘Hi! I’m Nick, and I have a food blog on Facebook, called My Easy Suppers. Today, there are over 22,000 fans. I can’t keep up! The demographic profile of my fans is radically different to mine, a disabled geriatric man. When I started My Easy Suppers, I certainly didn’t expect to attract so many people - maybe a couple of

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James Neville

James Neville (G, 1980-1985) completed the 600-mile Fastnet Race in last year in his yacht called INO XXX. He won classes 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the team trophy for the RORC and was 6th overall out of 400

boats. 1991

James Wood (G, 1986-1991), who created Rev , thrilled BBC Two viewers in August 2017 with his new cutting edge historical comedy, Quack s. The show which starred Rory Kinnear and Rupert Everett depicted the gruesome exploits of Victorian medics.

Mark Stollery

James Wood's historical comedy Quacks