Former Pupils Biographies
We have a new section with biographies of former pupils of the school who have done interesting things.
Emma-Jane Thommen
Emma-Jane Thommen (pictured above), is a highly talented singer – musician who has previously performed at our club events. (website no longer available).
Rosie Kay
Rosie Kay has a new company, K2CO. “Our vision is to be the foremost female-led dance company in the UK, making work that is important, meaningful and highly engaging.”
Use the link above to subscribe to her newsletter.
Rosie is a regular attendee at our events.
Gordon Burt
RHS in London Club regular Gordon Burt has published his new book Football and Mathematics: Premier League and World Cup which is available as a free Online book or as a paperback for £10.
For more details or to download an online copy go to Gordon’s website.
To order a Paperback copy , email gordonjburt@gmail.com; telephone 01908 611296.
… or post a cheque payable to ‘Gordon Burt’, 28 Severn Drive, Newport Pagnell, MK16 9DQ, Bucks, UK.
Johnny Melville
Enfant terrible and Lightwarrior Johnny Melville – actor, writer and director has a large website documenting his activities. He is also listed on IMDb and he has a YouTube channel
School and FP Links
The Royal High School Club (Edinburgh)
The Royal High School Club website has information about the Edinburgh club and its activities, including the popular Annual Dinner, as well as photos and memories of the school. Founded in 1849 with the objective of maintaining the history and standards of the principal school of Edinburgh, the Club welcomes all former pupils to its membership
The Royal High School
Links to the Royal High School of Edinburgh web site, our Edinburgh parent club’s web site and the Royal High Primary School web site.
The Royal High School Alumni Group on Linked In
This group was created by the both the Royal High School Former Pupils Clubs in Edinburgh and London to help keep alumni connected and is open to anyone who studied or worked in Edinburgh or any past staff or past students. And to provide and introduction and forum for the discussions of matters of mutual interest.
The Royal High Primary School Edinburgh Scotland Facebook Group
The group for everyone who went to the Royal High Primary School on Northfield Broadway in Edinburgh. Don’t know why it took so long for a group to be created, there’s been one for Duddingston Primary for ages! And who ever said they were better than us…
Feel free to share your stories/photos etc below…
And invite your friends who also attended!
The Royal High School on Wikipedia
There is now a comprehensive Wiki for the school packed with everything you could want to know about it, including a list of famous and distiguished pupils and recent events.
School Former Pupils and Buildings
Peter Stubbs
This excellent Edinburgh photographic site includes historical hand coloured engravings of the School buildings from 1578 to 2002. There are many interesting historical photographs of Edinburgh too
The Scottish Gazetteer
Feature details of famous former pupils like Robin Cook, Alexander Graham Bell and Ian Charleson, and
the Regent Road School . View the building on the Scottish Gazetteer website