raised the ‘Agapanthus Peter Franklin’.The herbaceous perennial has generated much interest from the gardening world. COLONEL KEITH GALBRAITH (61–69), a consultant general and colo-rectal surgeon and serving British Army officer, served as inspecting officer at the biennial inspection of the College’s Combined Cadet Force. BRADLEY GOLDBERG (07–10) signed for Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club in the summer of 2013. Having joined from Charlton Athletic, Bradley, a forward, scored in two pre-season games for Dagenham, before being sent out on loan to Bromley FC. Actor NIGEL HARMAN (86–89), well known for his roles in EastEnders and the West End production of Shrek The Musical , joined the cast of popular ITV drama Downton Abbey for its four th series. He played Green, the valet of another new character, Lord Gillingham. REAR ADMIRAL CHRISTOPHER HOCKLEY (70–77), the Royal Navy’s Flag Officer for Scotland, Nor thern England and Nor thern Ireland (FOSNNI), was appointed CBE in the 2014 New Year Honours. As Master in charge of Rugby at the College, SAM HOWARD (85–92) oversaw the 1st XV’s third consecutive NatWest (formerly Daily Mail RBS) Cup final victory, a 53–5 win over Warwick School at Twickenham in March. CHRIS JORDAN (06–07) made his full England cricket debut against Australia in September. He has gone on to play for England in the West Indies and at the ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. OLIVER KEBBLE (08–11) and TIM SWIEL (10–11) are both playing in the Southern Hemisphere’s pre-eminent
club rugby competition, Super Rugby. Oliver is a prop forward for Stormers and Tim a fullback for the Sharks. Architect and designer ASIF KHAN (88–98) created the MegaFon project for the Sochi Olympic park. Spectators were able to visit a special booth to have five images taken of their faces. A 3D projection of their face would then be displayed as an eight-metre image on a large ‘pin screen’ that incorporated 10,000 telescopic cylinders. Asif is also noted for deigning the Coca-Cola Beatbox Pavilion for London’s 2012 Olympic Games, among many other works. ANDREW KOJIMA (87–97), the runner up in the 2012 series of MasterChef, is now Head of Food at Humble by Nature, a catering, events and rural skills company owned by BBC presenter Kate Humble. ROBERT LAMB (01–13) and THEO RUTHERFORD- BROWNE (04–11) were presented with their Queen’s Scout awards at a special ceremony in November and were subsequently invited to a reception hosted by HM The Queen at Windsor Castle. WILL LÖFBERG (85–90) is now Vice President International, Government and Environment Affairs for the Dubai airline, Emirates. CONRAD MANNING (09–11) finished second in the U25 category of the Cowes Week Regatta, ninth in the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s double handed series and 30 th in Fastnet double handed category. In addition, he and his dance par tner were named champions in the beginner waltz category of the university dancing championships. DAVID MIFSUD (98–09) joined the cast of Channel 4’s reality television series, Made in Chelsea , for its sixth series.
JAMES MOUNTAIN (98–06) was a member of the Isis crew that won the 2014 BNY Mellon Boat Race reserve crews race in April.The Oxford reserve crew led from the star t and completed the 6.8km course more than 30 seconds clear of Goldie. DR COLIN NIVEN OBE Palmes académiques (52–62) succeeded BRIGADIER JOHNNYWALKER OBE (51–59) as President of the Alleyn Club in November 2013. Composer ANTHONY PAYNE (47–55) produced an orchestration of Vaughan Williams’ ‘Four Last Songs’ which received its world premiere in September 2013 at a BBC Prom concer t entitled ‘Górecki, Vaughan Williams & Tchaikovsky’. DR OVIDIU PRECUP (95–97) moved to Arbor Education Par tners to take up the role of Senior Data Scientist. Ovidiu worked at the College for 15 years, as a residential boarding house tutor and latterly as Database Systems Engineer. PROFESSOR STEWART PURVIS CBE (60–66) published When Reporters Cross the Line: The Heroes, the Villains, the Hackers and the Spies (Biteback) with Jeff Hulber t in September. A former editor-in-chief and CEO of ITN, Professor Purvis is now Professor of Television Journalism at City University. BRIGADIER ROBERT RIDER (77–83), formerly of the Corps of Royal Engineers, was awarded the CBE in the March 2014 Operational Honours and Awards List for operations in Afghanistan between April and October 2013. PROFESSOR ALEC RYRIE (82–89), Head of the Depar tment of Theology & Religion at Durham University, visited the College in October 2013 to open the archives exhibition, Magic in Tudor England.
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