News & Notes James Birdwood (1968) Beth and I are living in Shipton Moyne with my father George (1942) and son Hugo (2004) both also on the premises! I am still running my structural design business, and finding time to be churchwarden and part-time organist. We have been hosting Shipton Moyne Opera in our garden for the last couple of years. This year we put on La Bohème for two nights in June. Have a look at www.smopera.org for next year’s offering; all ORs most welcome.
Philip Jenks (1976) From an email: Can I tell you about something I’ve started and which also involves quite a few other Radleians? Basically, it’s a charity fundraising platform, like JustGiving, but with ‘matched-giving’ on every campaign: www.pledgit.net. The key difference between us and JustGiving is that if you’re doing a marathon, or a cycle ride, or any other challenge for charity, you don’t just say to your friends: “I’m running the marathon – please donate.” You say: I’m running the marathon. For every £1 that you donate, I WILL DONATE £1. Why is this a big deal? ■ because for people who have done alright in life, it’s really not on to ask friends to donate to a campaign without making it very clear that you’re donating too.
Philip Marshall (1969) Janet Elaine Thomas Lokken and I were married on 14 February 2016 at home, ‘Polhavn’, attended by four friends and two canines. Our engagement was thirty-two years long; we had our honeymoon in Malaysia in 1984. Above: slicing the wedding cake we baked with a Yankee Civil War cavalry saber. Earlier, in May 2014, we had the very good fortune of visiting Simon and Diana Langdale in Oxfordshire. He had been my Tutor in 1969 and I had not seen him since. Likewise, we linked up with my studymate, Peter (PBM) Batty. It was grand seeing them both and reviving such memories. Philip Marshall, Woodcarver (and B Social, Upper Sixth, January–June 1969)
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■ because friends being asked to donate like the idea that their donation will be matched. It’s an incentive to give. ■ because for younger fundraisers who cannot afford to match-fund themselves, we’ve created partnerships with some grant-making trusts who will back their campaigns. ■ because our fees, at just 2.5%, are half what JustGiving charges. I’m particularly keen to hear from any Old Radleians with a philanthropic bent who have set up grant-making trusts of their own. Those trusts might be in the habit of giving money direct to charity, which is fine, but by backing campaigns on Pledgit they can stimulate public donations and make their money go further. Email: philip@pledgit.net Website: www.pledgit.net
Jack Dee with Jon Naismith – preparing for ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’ Jon Naismith (1978) from the Random Entertainment website: On Radio: produced Week Ending, The Skivers, The News Quiz, Quote…Unquote, Elastic Planet, For One Horrible Moment, And I’m the Queen of Sheba, The Labour Exchange, Do Go On and About A Dog all for BBC Radio 4, as well as twentyfive years of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, recently voted the second greatest Radio programme of all time after The Goons.
On TV: has produced and co-devised Bring Me The Head of Light Entertainment with Graham Norton and It’s Only TV But I Like It with Jonathan Ross, Jack Dee, Phill Jupitus and Julian Clary and has produced This Week Only with Joe Cornish, Nick Frost, Chris Addison and Lauren Laverne for Channel 4, God Almighty with Clive Anderson for Channel 5, The Smith & Jones Sketchbook with Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones for BBC1 and Shane with Frank Skinner for ITV1.
Lorne Armstrong (1979) I am living in Sussex, with family (wife Jo and son Fin) plus smallholding. Running three businesses Fathomxp (live events, digital and design), Ashdown Academy (event management training) and FlyingStart
(graduate training). Loving them all. Curious to understand how so many OR contemporaries have ended up in the ‘event’ industry following no exposure at Radley. Nick Archdale, Alex Reardon, Guy Roger, Mark and Hugo Beaver...etc