OLD PERSEANS
OP News Seth Fletcher (2020) earned a scholarship to
Matt Timmiss (2011) has
the University of St Andrews after winning an
just released the trailer for
essay competition organised by St Andrews’
his first feature length
New Visions in Theological Anthropology
film, City of Queens. The
programme, with the title ‘How might the
film takes an explosive
science of addiction and habit formation inform
look at the real lives
the Christian belief that everyone is a sinner?’.
of seven London drag queens. The documentary champions difference and resilience, contrasting the glamour, fun and sharp-tongued humour you might expect from drag queens with stories of abuse, attacks, and past trauma dealt with through unrelenting resilience. This film goes behind the makeup to tell the unfiltered gritty human truth of their lives. You can see the trailer online here: youtube.com/matttimmiss
David Palmer (2019) had his plans for a gap year cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a creative re-imagination of plans, he instead embarked on a six-week ‘trip’ to six countries in which charity Tearfund is doing humanitarian work, and ‘climbed’ the highest mountain from each country, all from his own staircase. Throughout the course of the challenge, he climbed over 10,000m (equivalent to 90 times up his staircase every day for six weeks), whilst learning about the countries he was visiting and raising over £3,000 in support of Tearfund.
Zaman Akhter (2017) was named Sportsman of the Year for Oxford Brookes University for his role in the 1st XI and Oxford MCCU Cricket team. He also represented Cambridgeshire & Suffolk v Essex 2nd XI over a two-day match in August, playing alongside current Perse pupil Nikhil Gorantla (Y13) and against former Perse teammate Michael Pepper (2016).
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