French Exchange, December 18th
higher than pre-industrial times. He then went on to say that unless there are drastic measures taken by energy giants such as Shell and Exxon, this goal will never be achieved.
Inter Social Chess, January 21st
Alex Beare, K Social 6.1
Shell Trip to Munich, January 11th
Finally, three days before our departure date, the Foreign Office advice changed in our favour and the 18th annual 6.1 French exchange with the lycée Ste. Geneviève in Asnières-sur-Seine was clear to go ahead. Nineteen boys took part in the exchange which included lessons in the host school, as well as cultural visits to art galleries and monuments. One highlight was a day trip to Versailles, which included a visit to the fascinating exhibition celebrating the 300th anniversary of the death of Louis XIV, “Le roi est mort!”. CCF Llangorse Climbing Trip, January 8th
Fifteen Removes went to Llangorse Climbing Centre on the CCF ‘Christmas Climber’ trip. They all experienced indoor bouldering, caving, high ropes, belaying and zip wire and climbing on man-made and natural rock surfaces. In the race up the ‘wire ladder’ times ranged from three minutes, down to just 22 seconds! Geography Society Trip, January 11th
A group of 25 Shells who study German went on a trip to Berlin. The trip involved mainly visiting the famous Berlin Christmas Markets and touring historic landmarks. We visited the book-burning Memorial next to the Humbolt University on Unter-denLinden (“under the Linden trees”) which was the site where the Nazis threw out all the books from the University library that had anti-Nazi content. The Memorial was amazing. It was an underground square room with white empty bookshelves, with only a little viewing window above it: designed so that you cannot see the whole room, signifying that you cannot grasp the whole picture or enormity of this event. This was coupled with a chilling quote from Heinrich Heine “Once you start burning books, you start burning people”. Later on we visited an area of the Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie was also visible. Our eyes were all on stalks when we saw the Wall itself, as we didn’t think it would be that big! The final part of our trip consisted of visiting the Jewish Holocaust Memorial and Museum which was very chilling and moving at the same time.
The Inter-Social Chess competition of 2016 commenced, with ten fiercely-contested matches (E vs C and D vs B). Aemil Sobhan from C Social was the first to surrender his King to Mr Harry Gent, and the wickets kept falling from then on for E Social, leaving them, at the end of the evening, 4-1 down. All of these matches were played in very good spirits. After half an hour of gruelling Chess, C Social progressed to the next round, leaving E Social with a feeling of dissatisfaction, where they will face the well-drilled G Social. The Chess played between D and B Socials is an evening that will go down in Radley Chess history, ending in a 3-2 nail biter. The deciding match, which started at 9:00pm, ended at 10:20, with either Social’s fate resting in the fingers of Messes Baker and Fitzalan-Howard. It was a neck and neck match, until the latter struck with a fantastic fork, leading B Social to victory. The overall result was 3-2, leaving Mr Crump with his head in his hands; however, he feels strongly that his youthful team will flourish next year. He congratulated B Social saying that the ‘weight of experience told’. B Social proceed to the next round to face the notoriously talented F Social. Oliver Martyn-Hemphill, F Social 6.1 and Alexander Milne, H Social 6.1
Interview Techniques for Medics, January 28th
Edward Roest, E Social Shell
Luka Jibuti, January 20th
The Harris Society attended a lecture from Professor Michael Jacobs at the Royal Geographical Society in London on the topic of the recent critical UN conference in Paris, regarding climate change. Having been Special Adviser to former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for six years, Jacobs’ take on the next 40 years of climate change was as credible as any. He talked in great depth about the reality of the COP21 agreement and how complex the task world leaders would be faced with in keeping global temperatures below two degrees 16
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As a prospective medical student there are many hurdles which need navigating in the application process.
The Coffee Shop was full, standing room only, for an amazing Concert by Luka Jibuti, 6.2, on electric guitar, accompanied by WOCM on bass guitar and Wallace Ruby on drums. Luka Played two classics: “Ain’t no Sunshine” and “Little Wing”, the song made famous by Jimi Hendrix. As AJAW observed, it was “a record audience” for a Coffee Concert.
A successful interview is one of these hurdles and the 6.2 medical applicants were lucky enough to benefit from the wealth of experience offered by two retired OR medics, who came to put each of us through a mock interview. Dr Tony Roques (1953, left) and Dr Jeremy Russell (1957, right) very kindly gave up their precious time and successfully