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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.
quietness as well as by sudden flares. He uses that to the full here” ; they gave it a 4 star rating. Chiwetel was also among the 1,163 people recognised by the Queen in her Birthday Honours 2015 and was awarded a CBE for his services to drama. Gavin Emmett (89-96), BT Sport’s MotoGP reporter and commentator, hosted the first FIM Women and Sustainability in Motorcycling Conference on the 19th November 2015, in Spain. Nigel Farage (74-82), UKIP leader, ran in the 2015 General Election; UKIP won around 12% of the national vote. Farage remains leader of his party and continues his campaign for ‘Brexit’. Henry Fraser (08-11) rediscovered his joy for art with an app for iPad; using a stylus held in his mouth, to draw. Henry has since done portraits of world-class athletes including Thierry Henry, Usain Bolt, David Beckham and Johnny Wilkinson. He has been commended by all the above and many more celebrities alike 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.
Charity
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 39 hours 18 minutes, sleeping for less than half an hour throughout the two days and nights. Only 64% 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. Robert Spence (73-79) is currently working for Child Poverty Action Group, but has also set up as an independent Benefits Adviser and Trainer. For more information please see www.benefitrights.net Richard Apthorp (08 -13) returned to The College Careers Department to talk about his Sponsored Degree, under the Flying Start programme with PwC. Richard took a gap year on leaving Dulwich – working at Dulwich Prep and travelling. 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’. He was accompanied by a representative from Leeds University (his alma mater), who spoke about a wide range of design related courses. Thomas Lawrence (96-07) visited The College to address the Stock Trading Society. College Visits
Dr Simon Howell (85-93) featured on BBCRadio4’s ‘You and Yours’, speaking about the need for more organ donors. 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 OA’s 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
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