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with St Edward's to produce an ‘own label’
wine to celebrate the launch of the Coat
of Arms. The wines are of excellent quality
and are imported directly from the Larrain
family winery in Chile.
Tom has agreed to make the St
Edward's wine available to OSE at a
special trade price. The total for a case
(six red & six white) is £99.50 including
VAT and delivery anywhere in the UK.
However, any combination of bottles
is possible. To order your wine, please
email with
your order and contact details. OSE can
also receive £20 off a sensational range
of great value wines from across the
world using promotional code ‘FCP20’
online. (Minimum spend £100). For more
information on the business and wider
portfolio, please visit
2009
Digby Vollrath-Scott (A, 2004-2009)
launched Feast It, his events agency
working with over 300 of the UK’s best
restaurants, street food traders and drink
suppliers, in Oxford in January 2018
2013
Jack Rubin (F, 2008-2013) has co-founded
Pinga which is a peer2peer marketplace
for small tasks and favours. Pinga instantly
connects you to someone within 1000m
of your location to get you what you need
in minutes - requests are completed by
‘regular’ people who enjoy helping others
out in return for a small fee.
Revision Fun For Clever Kids
Katie Ross (née Knapman) (A, 1988-
1990) has written a brilliant book, Revision
Fun for Clever Kids, which is a challenging
collection of Maths, English and General
Knowledge tests cunningly disguised as
fun puzzles and tempting brain teasers for
children aged 8 to 11 (and their parents!!!).
There are two more books in the pipeline.
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revision-fun-for-clever-kids
Minature Baptismal Fonts
Julian Wheeler (C, 1958-1963)
has written a fascinating, short, but
nonetheless comprehensive guide on the
little-known world of miniature fonts,
ranging from the carefully crafted, smallest
and most portable fonts, to those which
are larger but intended for movement
within a liturgical space (very much like
our own in the Chapel made from a Corfe
Castle millstone). Particularly noteworthy
is the way that many miniature fonts have
been based on famous stationary ones in
places such as Winchester Cathedral and
Oxford’s very own St Mary Magdalen in
the city centre. This little book is packed
with cultural and ecclesiastical gems and I
most heartily commend it for your reading
and your general interest. Reviewed by
Rev Charlie Kerr.
Henry-Sandon/dp/1907700080
How to be Chief Executive
of Your Own Life
​How to be Chief Executive of Your Own Life
is not a conventional self-help manual,
a history of building one of the most
successful and admired companies in the
UK, a guide to achieving the perfect work-
life balance, nor an autobiography - but
rather a combination of all four. Written
with humour, humility and wisdom, this
book shows how Mike Wilson (F, 1957-
1962) achieved success and rebalanced
his life to embrace elements that can't be
measured by money - and how you can
too. Including sections on visualisation,
organisation, running meetings, firing
people, creating a company's culture and
'the hidden secret' of charitable giving, it
does exactly what its title suggests. How
to be Chief Executive of Your Own Life will
soon be available with profits to the St.
James's Place Charitable Foundation which
supports good causes by making grants to
support children, young people and health.
WEconomy
WEconomy is a collection of stories
and learnings around the importance
of embedding purpose at the core of
business. Alongside co-authors, Craig
and Marc Kielburger, Holly Branson (J,
1998-2000) reflects on 10 years at Virgin
and how she and her team sought to drive
forward the business as a force for good.
In WEconomy, they share their individual
experiences, lessons and united belief that
purpose and profit combined, have the
power to change the world. ​From CEOs
who want to increase productivity and
inspire customers and employees to be
passionate brand ambassadors, to aspiring
social entrepreneurs who want to learn
how to massively scale their mission, and
employees who crave more meaning in
their job, WEconomy is jam-packed with
practical strategies to strike the perfect
balance between purpose and profit.
Tom Ellis