AROUND DULWICH
This year’s Design Show featured a very special exhibit. The memorial bench, pictured above, was created by Tom Younger (Year 13), also pictured, to commemorate OA Saagar Naresh. Saagar died in 2014 at the age of 20. His former head of year, Elliot Read, said of him that he ‘fully embraced College life and achieved a great deal: his energy was constant, his commitment steadfast, and his laughter ever-present. He was a true all-rounder, who inspired those around him.’ The bench is to be placed in the clump, giving a view of the areas with which Saagar was most involved in at the College: cricket, the theatre and the Languages department in North Block. A dedication will take place on 10th September; all are welcome to attend. An all-rounder remembered
Visitors to the final GE Moore lecture of the year were treated to the sight of Edward Alleyn getting dressed – or rather the costumier Caroline Akselson, pictured above, putting costume into context by dressing a live ‘Edward Alleyn’ with a doublet, ruff, cloak and hat while explaining the relevance and significance of each item. The session on Alleyn’s clothes, which are more routinely seen in the portrait that hangs in the Boardroom, also pictured, was part of an evening devoted to Alleyn’s business partner and father in law, Philip Henslowe – 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of his death as well as that of Shakespeare. Professor Grace Ioppolo’s later lecture focused on her work digitising Henslowe’s diary, the jewel in Dulwich’s many archival treasures. Alleyn reclothed
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