News and Events The London ONA Annual Dinner Comedy Writer, Daniel Maier (7686) will speak at the Dinner sharing insights into writing for ITV1’s Bafta Award-winning Harry Hill’s TV Burp and his collaborative writing with Charlie Brooker and others.
Anne Boleyn, which will tour to eight venues this spring following its Globe run last summer. Faye Castelow (02-04) went to the Oxford School of Drama. She too has been very busy and was outstanding in the lead role in Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park, codirected by, and co-starring, Maureen Lipman. Both performed in one of the real dramatic highlights of my 14 years at the RGS, Jeremy Thomas’ 2004 production of Hay Fever. Congratulations to Fraser Forster (9606) who is currently Celtic goalkeeper and has been called up into the England football squad for the first time.
Aidan Robertson QC (73-80) My wife
Beverley gave birth to twins on 1 August 2012, James John Maxwell and Elspeth Kathleen Clare, a brother and sister for Alice born on 17 November 2010. I continue to be in full-time practice at the Bar, specialising in EU and competition law. I also continue to be a visiting lecturer in the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford, teaching the postgraduate competition law course.
Anindo Banerjee (81-86) I started as a Consultant Physician in Respiratory and General Medicine at Southampton General Hospital in March 2006 and now lead the lung cancer, bronchoscopy and pulmonary Ashley J G Winter OBE (64-74) was physiology services. This year I have appointed High Sherriff of Tyne and Friday 8th March 2013 at the RAF completed my PhD from University Wear for 2011-2012. Club. Please see details on the College London on the relationship ONA website at between early cigarette smoke induced Congratulations to Fraser Balmain http://ona.rgs.newcastle.sch.uk/ (05-10) who made his first Premiership lung abnormalities and the news-and-events.aspx or telephone start for Leicester Tigers in November development of lung cancers. On the the Development Office on home front I married Shikha in March against Wasps. He has been given 0191 2128909 for further details. last year and we now live in Hampshire. rave reviews for his performance and has been named the next Julian White We have just taken up ballroom Deadline for reservations is dancing! I coach my oldest in cricket at (ex-England International) by the Friday, 15th February 2013. Price Compton and Chandler’s Ford Cricket national press which is quite an £49/£37 (£37 if aged under 30 or Club (going up to U13s this year). My accolade and full of promise for his younger, or 80 or over). brother, Anjan Banerjee (84-89) future career. emigrated to New Zealand to a post in Neil Aitkenhead (45-55) writes: from orthopaedics three years ago. He is married with two boys, and enjoying the 1955 until 1959 I attended King’s antipodean life. Anjan has founded and College, Newcastle, then part of the University of Durham, where I obtained runs the local fencing club, and his an Upper 2nd Class Honours degree eldest is learning to fence. in Geology. I then obtained a post as Geologist with the British Antarctic Nadeem Ali (84-94) As a follow up to Survey and spent two and a half years the four ophthalmologists featured in in the Antarctic making a geological Issue 86 who are Old Novos, they may survey of the northern part of the be interested to know of three more Antarctic Peninsula based at the (younger) ones: myself, now a British station at Hope Bay. After Consultant Ophthalmologist at returning to the UK in 1962 I wrote Moorfields Eye Hospital, London; up the results of my survey at the Congratulations to Guy Munden Omar Mahroo (86-96) who is nearing (03-07) and Rosie Kenny (07-09) who University of Birmingham and the end of his ophthalmology training obtained my PhD in 1964. I were recently engaged. and is an Academic Clinical Lecturer in subsequently was awarded a Polar Ophthalmology at St Thomas hospital; Medal for my work. I then joined the and Alistair Porteous (95-02) who is Previous Headmaster, James Miller writes: one of the things that Ruth and I British Geological Survey and spent in training in ophthalmology. It is not much enjoy in our retirement is going to most of my subsequent career making uncommon currently for me to bump geological maps of the Peak District the (excellent) Malvern Theatre, where into both of these on a weekly basis! we are members. In recent months, we and North Lancashire – all in all a very satisfying career. Incidentally, I had two Congratulations to ex-Governor, John have seen two Old Novos on stage. Will Featherstone (94-04) went on to elder brothers, Paul Aitkenhead J Fenwick, Deputy Chairman, Fenwick LAMDA after Cambridge; he has since (34-43) and Douglas Aitkenhead Limited who was awarded a CBE in the been very busy, particularly at The Globe. (35-40, 41-44), both now deceased, New Years Honours List for services to He was excellent in a superb new play, who preceded me at RGS. the Retail Business.
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