St Edward's Rhubarb - 2018

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O S E N E W S
1967
George Fenton (C, 1963-1967) has
composed the music for Alan Bennett’s new
play Allelujah! which opened on 18th July and
will run until 28th September 2018 at the
Bridge Theatre in London. This year George
has also composed the music for the latest
Pokemon Go advert which was narrated by
Stephen Fry.
1968
Alistair Paton (D, 1963-1968) has available
a luxuriously furnished two-bedroom
ground floor holiday apartment, overlooking
the 18th fairway of Richmond Park Golf
Club in Norfolk which he lets. He is
offering OSE 15% discount on bookings.
1969
Richard Stevens (A, 1964-1969) sent
in this fabulous picture (left) of his
narrowboat, appropriately called rhubarb ,
on the Kennet & Avon Canal.
1973
Nick Davies (E, 1969-1973) has been in
touch with the OSE Office to let us know
about his food blog My Easy Suppers.
“‘Hi! I’m Nick, and I have a food blog on
Facebook, called My Easy Suppers. Today,
there are over 22,000 fans. I can’t keep
up! The demographic profile of my fans
is radically different to mine, a disabled
geriatric man. When I started My Easy
Suppers, I certainly didn’t expect to attract
so many people - maybe a couple of
hundred fans at the most. But nothing like
22,000! And these people seem to love what
I do.”
1977
Mark Stollery (A, 1973-1977) especially
purchased and was seen flaunting a splash of
Rhubarb after jumping out of a plane last year.
1983
Graham Broadbent (E, 1978-1983)
has been in the news this year. Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri produced
by Graham, Pete Czernin and Martin
McDonagh won Best Director, Best Actress,
Best Supporting Actor and Best Motion
Picture at the Golden Globes in January.
The drama also picked up five trophies at the
BAFTA Film Awards including Best Film, Best
British Film and Best Actress in February.
1984
Jonathan Holl-Allen (B, 1979-1984)
wrote to let us know that he has recently
been appointed Queen’s Counsel. Jonathan
has practised out of the same chambers,
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers, since he was called
to the Bar in 1990, and his practice is mainly
in the fields of medical, dental and police law.
1985
Justin Maciejewski DSO, MBE (C, 1980-
1985) has been appointed as the new
Director General of the National Army
Museum. Justin spent 27 years in the Army
and was awarded a Distinguished Service
Order leading his battalion in Basra, Iraq.
James Neville (G, 1980-1985) completed
the 600-mile Fastnet Race in last year in
his yacht called INO XXX. He won classes
1, 2, 3 and 4 and the team trophy for the
RORC and was 6th overall out of 400
boats.
1991
James Wood (G, 1986-1991), who created
Rev, thrilled BBC Two viewers in August
2017 with his new cutting edge historical
comedy, Quacks. The show which starred
Rory Kinnear and Rupert Everett depicted
the gruesome exploits of Victorian medics.
Mark Stollery James Wood's historical comedy Quacks
James Neville