celebrities, and has also been interviewed by national and international news channels. In September 2015, Henry was commissioned by The Times to produce a mouth painting for the cover of their Rugby World Cup supplement. The College hosted an exhibition of Henry’s artwork on 14th October 2015 for a private viewing as part of the Dulwich Inventive. Angus Imrie (01-12), Ekow Quartey (01-08) and David Sturzaker (90-95), (known as David Smith at Dulwich), performed in a production of Richard II at The Globe Theatre, London, from July to October 2015. The Theatre Appreciation Society from The College went to support the OAs in the cast. Thomas Robert Smith (87-97) is author and creator of BBC drama ‘London Spy’, which aired in November 2015. Tom’s award-winning debut novel, Child 44 , was turned into a major film early in 2015 starring actor Tom Hardy. Tom was invited by the Master on behalf of Dulwich College International to visit China and speak at the Shanghai Literary Festival in March 2016. He spent a week in China, finding time to visit the Dulwich International schools in Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou, speaking to the students about his journey to becoming a best-selling author, as well as leading creative writing workshops for interested older students. Marco Alessi (03-12) sang with the Oxford University Acapella Group, ‘Out Of The Blue’ at the world famous cabaret Moulin Rouge, Paris. They performed a cover of ‘Lady Marmalade’, in aid of East Oxford’s Helen and Douglas House – a hospice for children and young adults. The group has been a worldwide hit since their ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ mash-up went viral in 2014. Peter Aucamp (77-84) ran the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc, a complete tour of the Mont Blanc massif that passes through France, Switzerland and Italy, on August 28th 2015. Starting from Chamonix, Peter completed 168km of running in Charity Richard Apthorp (08 -13) returned to The College Careers Department to talk about his Sponsored Degree under the Flying Start programme with PwC. He addressed the recent news about the ‘Big Four’ looking ‘beyond academics’ with firms wanting to make offers based on potential, rather than personal circumstances. Joseph Berg (02-07) gave a talk at The College on studying Product Design and the trials and tribulations of setting up his own successful Product Design Consultancy – ‘Prod’. Thomas Lawrence (96-07) visited The College to address the Stock Trading Society. Taran Matharu (04-09) was welcomed back in celebration of World Book day, to lead some workshops College visits
Henry Fraser’s artwork for The Times ’ Rugby World Cup Supplement
novel, The Novice , the first in a thrilling series. Henry Nicholls (83-91), author and broadcaster, came to The College to speak about ‘How to Think like a Scientist’. Tom Pollock (92-02) was welcomed back as further celebration of World Book Day. Tom is the author of The Skyscraper Throne trilogy. He led three workshops with various English classes and gave a stimulating talk on the theme of ‘Magic and Monsters in Modern London’. Tom offered his advice on how to become a writer, his tips on overcoming writer’s block and how to be inspired. Tom writes on the side of his full-time job, running operational risk for oil tankers. 39 hours 18 minutes, sleeping for less than half an hour throughout the two days and nights. Only 64 per cent of the 2,500 entrants completed the race. Peter raised £5,149.93 for Self Help Africa to help them in their efforts to tackle the root causes of hunger and famine across the continent. Mike Barnard (83-91), Dan Croft (86-91), Rob Dembrey (84-91), Nick Lawson (83-90), Nick Rucker (86-91) and Nick Taussig (86-91) completed ‘The Big Bad Ride’ (cycle from Edinburgh to London) raising £40,355.29 for Harrison’s Fund, to help find a cure for a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Robin Tudge (84-92) gave a talk at The College titled, ‘Beyond the Propaganda… North Korea Economic Development and Tourism’.
with Year 9 students and talk about the process of writing and publishing his bestselling fantasy
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