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News and Congratulations We are delighted to have heard recently from… Simon Bradley (80-83) who is now editor at the Pevsner
Architectural Guides (Yale University Press). Michael Robson who notified the Association about the Northumbria Club attended by London-based Old Novos. He writes: Do you live or work within the London area? Do you visit London regularly? If the answer is ‘yes’, have you considered becoming a member of the ‘Northumbria Club’? Founded in 1920 as the ‘Northumberland and Durham Association’, the club is open to both men and women. It meets four times a year, for dinner and good-fellowship, at a London Club — currently either the National Liberal Club in Northumberland Avenue or the Oriental Club in Stratford Place. Dinners are frequently followed by an entertaining speaker. During the spring, the club hosts an additional evening when members are invited to bring along guests. A weekend away is usually arranged during the summer months. The club is honoured to have as its Joint President, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland. For further details please contact me at maralnwick@yahoo.co.uk or by telephone on 01303 891 884. Dr Mark Bell, RGS Biology teacher who emailed to say: On our Madrid trip at half-term we bumped into 2011 leaver Jack Taylor (04-11) (see photograph). He is in the third year of his Economics & Politics degree in Leeds, but has chosen to spend it at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He’s really enjoying it out there, and is loving the challenge of studying Economics in Spanish despite not having studied Spanish as part of his degree course. All his A Level language has come flooding back! He’s delighted as it will allow him to graduate with a European Economics & Politics title. Jack Taylor (04-11) in Madrid
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Our congratulations go to… Jonathan P Joures (75-82), director, Universal Credit
Business Transformation, Department for Work and Pensions who was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list 2013 for services to the reform of workplace pensions and voluntary service to disadvantaged children. John Hindmarch (71-76) who was awarded a Queen’s Fire
Service Medal in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list. Richard Black (05-12), reading History at Lincoln College,
Oxford who was awarded the HWC Davies Prize, a university prize for scoring the highest average preliminary examination results for History in the entire year. In addition, he has also been awarded a Grimshaw Exhibition and a college prize. David Powell (59-64), secretary of the RGS Masonic
Lodge who has recently succeeded former secretary, Dave Taylor (58-60). Fraser Forster (96-06), Celtic goalkeeper who made his
debut for the England football team in the international friendly against Chile in November. Will Welch (98-08) who captained the Newcastle Falcons back into the Premiership last season. James Doughty (James Hall) (98-08), musical director
at the English Theatre Frankfurt (ETF) on being awarded the Broadway World UK award for Best Musical Direction for RENT at the Tabard. Currently musically directing the EFT’s production of Saturday Night Fever. Iain Nairn (88-98) cricketer, who has been selected as vice
captain of the England Physically Disabled squad to take on Pakistan in Dubai in March.
