Dennis Flanders: 1980s Wellington College Painting Auction
19 October 2022OW John Berger (Bn 53) is currently selling framed print No. 50 from 500 by Dennis Flanders. Flanders (1915-1994) was a British artist and draughtsman who specialised in pen and ink drawings, often of English landscapes and buildings. He created a collection of pictures of Wellington College in the 80s, with some of his drawings […]
Art Exhibition by Archie Wardlaw (T 07) and a teacher of art at Wellington – Less than one week to go!
14 October 2022Archie Wardlaw (T 07) and a teacher of art at Wellington, will be hosting an exhibition of new landscape and still life paintings from the last two years to help raise funds for the Prince Albert Foundation. 20% of all purchases will go towards this amazing Scholarship programme. His oil paintings are created ‘en plein […]
Podcast: Wellington College and the Royal Family
12 October 2022Photo: Queen Elizabeth II and head girl Georgina Singer (Ap 10) share a happy moment together during her visit to the college in 2009 Following the passing of our Visitor, Queen Elizabeth II, our wonderful College archivist Caroline Jones discusses the intertwined history of the College and the Royal Family. To listen or find out […]
Bringing Unseen Art-Historical Essays to Life: ‘Inside the Cauldron’ by Leonora Carrington
06 October 2022OW India Ayles (O 13), costume designer, is currently involved in the production of a non-profit short film Inside the Cauldron. “The paintings of Leonora Carrington are not merely painted. They are brewed. They sometimes seem to have materialised in a cauldron at the stroke of midnight.” – Edward James Inside the Cauldron is a short non-profit […]
‘Into Battle’: The True Story of the Balliol Feud by Hugh Salmon (Hn 74)
04 October 2022Into Battle by Hugh Salmon (Hn 74) uncovers the true story of the notorious Oxford ‘Balliol Feud’, which poignantly encapsulates the political and social divisions that were tearing Britain apart prior to WW1. The Greenwich Theatre premier has recently been picked up by Broadway on Demand, a theatre streaming service. In 1906, of the fifty-three […]
OW Cross Country: Annual Alumni Race Results
26 September 2022On Saturday 17th September, OWXC took part in the Annual Alumni Race on Wimbledon Common, an 8k undulating cross-country course. For the first time the race had been brought forward from its traditional December date, so we had to cope without the customary mud, rain and freezing cold! Of the 33 teams and 147 runners […]
September OW Must Read
31 August 2022Our OWs are an incredibly talented group and there have been many brilliant books written by OWs over the years. Our OW must read for September is ‘Queen of our Times’, written by British Royal Family specialist Robert Hardman, student at Wellington College between 1978-1983 in Stanley House. ‘Queen of our Times’ is Hardman’s new […]