Alleyn Club Newsletter 2013

fantasy saga, The Gods of Romana . His first book was published in January 2012. One of the main characters is an autistic boy, and the novel aims to bring autism awareness to all who read it and help them understand autists and the difficulties they have in coping with life. Annup Vyas (93-00) moved to the East Africa Desk at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in September 2012, having previously worked on the Kuwait and Oman Desk since October 2010. Government Intervention in the Brewing Industry , co-authored by John Walters (54-62), which covers the events surrounding the Monopolies and Mergers Commission’s 1986-89 investigation into the brewers, and which was first brought out as a hardback (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), was published as a paperback in January 2013. Tristan Wigfall (90-00) is a founding partner at Alma-nac Collaborative Architecture. Having worked with Edward Cullinan Architects, EHDD and Cottrell & Vermeulen Architects, Tristan founded Alma-nac with two business partners in 2009. They are based at a studio on London’s Southbank and specialise in education projects. Terry Wright (62-69) has had a new novel, Philip and Faith (New Generation Publishing, 2012), published.

Frederick Stevens (25-31) celebrated his 100th birthday on 23 May 2012.

Frederick Stevens, who celebrated his 100th birthday in May 2012

Oscar Vallance (03-10) and James Wisson (96-06) were selected for the Dark Blues in the Oxford-Cambridge Varsity rugby match held at Twickenham in December 2012. Oxford produced a dramatic second half comeback to win 26-19. Richard Vero (61-69) lives in Germany with his family and took up writing when his son was diagnosed with early childhood autism and his wife with Asperger syndrome. Together with his wife, Richard now spends his time raising autism awareness in Germany. His wife is an artist and has a project called The Art of Inclusion , which involves famous people doing pictures with her to raise awareness. Participants include Angela Merkel, Michael Schumacher and Sir Ben Kingsley. Richard is currently writing a gothic

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