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Jez Bond (94-95) became Artistic Director of the critically acclaimed Park Theatre in Finsbury Park when it opened in 2013. Together with his partner, Melli Bond, Jez founded the theatre in 2010 and led the £3m project during the three years it took to find premises and then build the theatre. Peter Claxton (75-84) reports that, when not bond trading or raising his pedigree Red Devon cattle, he is now running the Dorset Electric Bike Centre (www. dorsetebikecentre.co.uk) in Cattistock, Dorset, from his home, Chalmington Farm. He also owns the Spencer Ivy electric bicycle brand (www.spencerivy.com). Peter would be delighted to welcome any holidaying OAs who may wish to experience the joys of electric mountain bikes or road bikes in the beautiful Dorset countryside. Artist Christopher Cole (68-73) exhibited a selection of his work at the Worshipful Company of Painter- Stainers’ Art in The City 2013 event in early October. Details of Christopher’s work can be found at www. christophercole.co.uk. Len Cornish (55-62) wrote to us in November, reflecting on his career in engineering and education. After leaving the College, he spent ten years at Brooklands, Weybridge, working on the BAC 1-11, Concorde and TSR2 aircraft. He then moved to Hong Kong and, over the next 20 years, worked on the design and maintenance of electronic instruments for the University of Hong Kong, while also serving as a founder member of Oxfam Hong Kong Group and, subsequently, Oxfam Hong Kong. He and his wife, Rosemary, had two children and adopted three more. On returning to the UK in 1992, he joined a medical charity that supported overseas hospitals in developing countries. He established his own consultancy in the same field in 2000. Although now retired, he still gives advice to overseas biomedical engineers and helps with the running of international conferences on appropriate healthcare technologies for developing countries. Jeremy Deller (77-84) created English Magic for the British Pavilion at the 55th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia, which ran between June and November. The exhibition focused on British society, including its people, icons, myths and cultural and political history, with events from the past, present and imagined future framed in a way he describes as contemporary but also true to the original subject. Later in the year, he curated All That is Solid Melts into Air , an exhibition that explores the role of the industrial revolution on modern popular culture and its influence on the lives of today’s Britons by combining contemporary music, film and photography with nineteenth century images and objects. Curated for Hayward Touring, part of the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery, the exhibition opened at Manchester Art Gallery in October and will be visiting Nottingham
Castle, the University of Warwick’s Mead Gallery and Newcastle’s Laing Art Gallery between March and October 2014. More of Jeremy Deller’s work can be seen on his website: www.jeremydeller.org. Two Old Alleynians celebrated their connections with the Coronation of HM The Queen, the 60th anniversary of which was marked in June. As the BBC’s Director of Outside Broadcasts, Peter Dimmock CVO OBE (34-37) was responsible for the entire television coverage of the Coronation. Sixty years after he sang at the Coronation as a chorister, Christopher Field (51-59), Secretary of the Alleyn Club and one of the youngest holders of the Coronation Medal, returned to Westminster Abbey for the anniversary service on 4 June. Another OA, the late Gordon Jacob CBE (1908-14), also played an important role in the music for Coronation by arranging the Seventh Fanfare and National Anthem for the service. Simon Dyson (59-67) was named Chance to Shine Volunteer of the Year at the Brit Insurance Annual Achievement Awards at The Oval in October 2013. Simon served as Executive Chairman of Chance to Shine from January 2007 until July 2009 and remains a trustee of the charity, which promotes and supports the playing of cricket in primary and secondary schools throughout the country. Simon, who also serves as a director of Dulwich College Enterprises and Dulwich College Enterprises Overseas, has played a significant role in Chance to Shine’s strategic development and fundraising efforts. One of his fellow trustees is Graham Able , Master of the College between 1997 and 2009.
Chiwetel Ejiofor (90-95) won BAFTA’s Leading Actor award for his portrayal of Solomon Northup in the critically acclaimed film, 12 Years a Slave . Chiwetel was also nominated in the ‘best actor’ categories at the Oscars and Golden Globes, among others. The film itself was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture and Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Drama.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Earlier in 2013, Chiwetel, whose many credits include Children of Men, Love Actually and Amistad , starred in Stephen Poliakoff’s Dancing on the Edge , which was broadcast on BBC Two and told the fictional story of Louis Lester, a jazz pianist played by Chiwetel, who guides his jazz band through 1930s London. Robert Emes (93-98) married Kelly Digges at the College on Saturday 9 November 2013.
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