Alumni News
12.07.2018
Championing change: award-winning music technology expert and record producer works to help those with disabilities
Alumnus and former QE teacher Tim Adnitt is now firmly established with a multinational music technology company, while continuing to work very successfully as a record producer and sound engineer....
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03.07.2018
Alumni | English | Library & creative writing
Things QE taught me: Surya reflects on life as a pupil as he prepares for role lecturing at the Sorbonne
Having completed his English degree at Oxford, Surya Bowyer has spent the last year taking a Master’s at University College London and has now been nominated by UCL for a...
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21.06.2018
The way we were: old boys share memories of the School from more than half a century ago
QE under long-serving Headmaster Ernest Jenkins (1930-1961) was so strict that a prefect punished a boy for buying an ice-cream without wearing his School cap…on a Sunday afternoon. This was...
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19.06.2018
Alumni | FQE | Music | Old Elizabethans'
Curry favoured! Founder’s Day combines formal traditions with fun and food aplenty at the fete
Pupils past, present and even future all helped make the 2018 Queen Elizabeth’s School Founder’s Day a resounding success. The day, a great highlight of the School’s summer calendar, included...
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08.06.2018
Happy at Harvard: Opportunities abound for Sahil at the Ivy League university
2016 leaver Sahil Handa has been reflecting on a packed first year at Harvard that has seen him embrace activities ranging from drama and dance to journalism and entrepreneurship. The...
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20.05.2018
“Love is oblivious to the outside, even with an audience of millions”: George the Poet and the royal wedding
Old Elizabethan George the Poet’s latest composition was hailed as a fitting introduction to the global television coverage of the royal wedding. George Mpanga’s performance of The Beauty of Union...
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17.05.2018
Evidence of success
Jake Green’s deep knowledge of financial services law has made him a go-to man for journalists wrestling with the implications of Brexit. An award-winning partner with leading London law firm...
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17.04.2018
Alumni | Debating & public speaking | Old Elizabethans'
Topical subject provokes lively debate on the School’s 445th birthday
With the recent media furore over Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, the topic of this year’s Elizabethan Union Dinner Debate held particular resonance. The Old Elizabethans secured a decisive, although not...
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27.03.2018
“You have to do what you love”: old boys’ visit inspires
Boys enjoyed an opportunity to hear about careers in less traditional sectors when two Old Elizabethans visited the School. Max Hassell and Aaron Levitt (both 2002–2009) are a football agent...
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23.03.2018
Alumni | Careers | Old Elizabethans'
“Never stop questioning” – advice from leading lawyer
A leading figure in the world of legal academia inspired boys interested in pursuing a career in the Law when he returned to the School to give a talk to...
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12.03.2018
Dissenting voice: George the Poet on Question Time
Old Elizabethan George ‘The Poet’ Mpanga brought his trademark eloquence and sharp insights to BBC TV’s flagship political discussion programme, Question Time. George (OE 2002–2009) repeatedly challenged the stance of...
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