OP News

Malcolm Morley (1988) was recently appointed as President of the British Veterinary Association Council for 2022–23. Malcolm joined the BVA in 2019, and his appointment follows his service as Junior Vice President for 2021–22. Tess Howard (2017) made her return to international hockey when she represented England in this year’s Hockey Women’s World Cup, where she scored a goal in their match against Korea. Tess also played in the Commonwealth Games, and scored in the final as England won the gold medal. She has over 50 caps representing Team GB and England.

Michael Pepper (2016) won Essex Eagles, player of the year this year. He was in the top 10 runscorers in the T20 Blast. He also played with the Northern Superchargers in The Hundred tournament in the summer. Ashwin Ranasinghe-de Silva (2021) released his first instrumental cinematicambient album titled Beyond New Domains (Part 1). The release is under his musical alias, svono_svono and can be found on Spotify.

Grant Glazebrook (1995), along with James Hacking (1994) and Simon Boyden (1995) recently took on the Lakes 3000 Challenge. For the Challenge, they had to complete a 54km trek non-stop whilst ascending over 12,500ft. Part of the journey involved scaling Scafell Pike, before navigating every peak of 300ft or greater in the Lake District – which they did in a time of 16.5 hours! They raised over £12,500 for Mind, a charity which provides for UK mental health services.

Alex Coles (2018) has been selected as a forward for the England Rugby squad for the autumn internationals by England coach Eddie Jones. He made his debut against

Argentina in November.

Coles has previously appeared in the England

U20s squad and plays for the Northampton Saints.

Book Publications

Ed Walker (1994) was awarded an MBE in this year’s Jubilee Birthday Honours. His award was in recognition of his work as founder of the Peterborough-based homeless charity Hope into Action which provides housing for over 300 people.

David Yeandle (1973) has recently published the third instalment of his A Tale of Academic Intrigue series. A College for Sale follows the Master of Needham College, Cambridge, as he ponders the following question: Should he sell the college to an international hotel chain? The final instalment of Holly Race’s (2003) young adult fantasy trilogy, A Midnight Dark and Golden was recently released, completing the story of Fern and Ollie as they fight against Medraut. It has been described as the perfect end to the trilogy.

Alan Debus (1972) has recently published Kong, Godzilla and the Living Earth, which explores the meaning of Kong and Godzilla as planetary saviours – titanic protectors of a theoretical “living Earth” and how they respond to the hubris of the way mankind has treated that Earth. Peter Scupham’s (1951) final, posthumous collection of poems, Invitation to View, was recently released by Carcanet Press. The poems are framed around viewers to Scupham’s house long after he and his partner have departed it. You can read an obituary for Peter on page 20.

Henry Miller (1996) has recently published two books. Dwoskino is a volume of photographs and essays about the celebrated filmmaker Stephen Dwoskin, for which Henry served as editor. The First True Hitchcock is an historical account of the making of Hitchcock’s The Lodger, which Henry argues is the film that made Hitchcock, Hitchcock. Roger FitzGerald (1977) has published Buildings of Kent, a book on architecture in Kent. It comes at the end of a long line of similar books including those on London, New York, and Britain more generally. An obituary for Roger can be found on page 21.