Dear friends, 1st of December 2025 You will remember that about this time last year I wrote to you about the launch of the Royal High School Foundation. The Foundation raises funds to ensure that the school continues to evolve and flourish in its mission to provide unparalleled educational opportunities for all, by creating additional opportunities, providing equipment, and […]
Winter Drinks and 2026 Dinner
Just a few updates about Royal High School Club in London matters: 1.. A quick reminder that we are meeting up at the Iron Duke pub at 11, Avery Row, Mayfair, London W1K 4AN on Monday the 15th of December from 6:30 p.m. for some pre-Christmas drinks and good conversation. We will ask for […]
“Where are they now” – Ken Wheatley
Ken Wheatley was a pupil at the Royal High in the 1950s and later taught art there from 1961 to 1965. He has been in touch with the Club recently and tells what he did after leaving the school – “After I left the RHS I joined STV as a set designer I learned the […]
First Look Inside Scotland’s National Centre for Music
We are proud to share a first glimpse of the National Centre for Music, Scotland’s new home for music performance, education, and creativity, taking shape within the historic former Royal High School on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill. Narrated by broadcaster, presenter, and passionate advocate for Scotland’s music scene, Edith Bowman, the digital architecture film, created by […]
Edinburgh’s Best School?
The Royal High School is not named, but appears on screen in Channel 4’s long running property program “Location, Location, Location“. In Series 44 episode 3, broadcast this September, hosts Kirsty and Phil need to find a property within walking distance of one of Edinburgh’s top 6 schools. They show the family they are helping […]
Poetry Prize 2025
Caelan Rose’s well-constructed poem ‘Holding Hands’ which won the ‘Prize for an English Poem’ sponsored by the RHS Club in London is now featured on our Poetry Prize page. It is nice to sponsor a school prize which generates such high quality entries.
School Annual Report 2025
The Edinburgh Royal High School Annual Report for 2025 is now available to view online. This is a comprehensive review of the work of the school over the last year and we commend it to you. It may be of interest to see more about who endowed the awards. There is a list for the […]
Royal High School Club in London Annual Dinner 2025
22 attendees comprising Royal High School Club in London members, their guests and a party of 5 from the school in Edinburgh assembled for the Annual Dinner on Friday the 14th of March 2025 at the Davy’s at St James wine bar in Pall Mall. It was a cold day and we warmed up with […]