June Upper School English students meet Michael Ondaatje Eight Dulwich boys all set on pursuing English at university were lucky enough to meet the Booker Prize-winning author and Old Alleynian Michael Ondaatje (54–62) prior to an event to launch his new novel, Warlight . September Alleynian wins the ‘E Plate’ Congratulations to Sean Butcher in Year 12 who, over the summer, was awarded the prestigious E Plate
College to mark the moment of the Armistice, exactly 100 years ago. Members of the CCF contingents from both Dulwich College and Alleyn’s School were represented, with the College CCF now including some 25 cadets from JAGS. The Last Post was played as the Chapel clock struck 11, and a two-minute silence was observed. Both contingents then marched up College Road to Dulwich for lunch. The College lost some 864 of its former pupils and staff in the two World Wars and since, with 536 of those being lost in the Great War alone. More details on the stories of the latter can be found at www.dulwichcollege1914-18.co.uk December Carols by Candlelight at Southwark Cathedral The College’s annual Christmas Carol Service was given in Southwark Cathedral on Friday 7 December 2018. The Chapel Choir and Brass Consort led a large congregation in traditional seasonal hymns and performed carols by Boris Ord, John Rutter, Max Reger and Rachmaninov.
not only their own works but also the extraordinarily rich vein of novelists who have been through the College since the 1880s, including A E W Mason (1878–84), P G Wodehouse (1894–1900), Raymond Chandler (1900–05), C S Forester (1915–16), Michael Ondaatje, Graham Swift (60–66) and Simon and Tom themselves. The evening ended with the Master reading a work by one of the College’s poets, Mick Imlah (68–75). November Armistice Day marked at the Old College War Memorial On Sunday 11 November hundreds of local residents joined representatives of the Dulwich Estate and the Foundation Schools around the War Memorial in the courtyard of the Old
(English Champion) in the MSA British Kart Championships. October A Cradle of Writers
More than 200 people attended the GE Moore lecture on Thursday 4 October. The main speakers were three OA writers, Patrick Humphries (63–69), Simon Brett OBE (57–64) and Tom Robb Smith (87–97). They were together in conversation with the Master, Dr Joe Spence, regarding
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