The Chronicle, No. 668, September 2015

7 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

Gold DofE

Turner Prize “A decade ago you were very

encouraging of my application to Cambridge to study architecture. It is fair to say it was encouragement without which I would probably not have considered applying, and also true that in the run up to interviews you both orchestrated a level of support that was probably influential.” From a letter to Ian Rowley and Nicola Hunter from James Binning OSE who, with his architecture practice Assemble, has been nominated for this year’s Turner Prize, to be awarded at the Tramway in Glasgow on 7th December.

Tired – but with enough energy for an expedition ‘selfie’.

Oakthorpe celebrates

Oakthorpe celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. The house was purchased from private owners in 1994 and was initially converted into staff accommodation. In 1995, it opened as a House for Upper School girls only under Mrs Anne Brookes, the first Housemistress, and was extended to become a House for all year groups in 1998. Pictured above are as many Oakthorpe girls as we could find on a busy Gaudy rehearsal day…