In 1968 the school moved from the magnificent but outdated town centre Regent Road buildings to a brand new custom built school in the leafy suburb of Barnton, some four and a half miles away. Former pupil George Lunn has restored this film taken at the time and it can be viewed on his YouTube […]
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Christmas Drinks Party 2022
Photos from our 2022 Christmas Drinks Party held at the Iron Duke in Mayfair can now be viewed on this website or on our Flickr pages.
The Royal High School Club in London – pre-Christmas drinks party
The Royal High School Club in London is hosting an informal pre-Christmas drinks party at the Iron Duke pub, 11 Avery Row, Mayfair, London W1K 4AN on Tuesday 6th of December from 6:30 p.m. until around 9:00 p.m. The Iron Duke is the traditional Fuller’s pub in the heart of the West End where we […]
The Poetry Prize
The Prize for an English Poem for 2022 which is supported by the RHS London Club, has been awarded to Audrey Slevin (2p1) and this year staff were unable to choose between two of her poems so both are published here on our Poetry Prize page.
Janette Scantlebury
We are sad to report that Janette Scantlebury has passed away after a long illness. Janette was the President of the Royal High School Club in London from 2001 to 2003 and she performed that role, for part of the time, from her home in Shetland. Janette and her partner Alan Rolfe had moved to […]
Al Senter – A Celebration of his Life
The following has been added to Al Senter’s Obituary Friends of Al Senter gathered at the National Theatre in London on Tuesday the 7th of June 2022 to celebrate his life. We met up in the foyer of the Lyttelton Theatre where the NT Bookshop was located when Al was the manager. We recounted how […]
The Royal High School Club in London Annual Dinner 2022
Our 2022 annual dinner was held in the elegantly furnished Board Room at the Davys at St James wine bar in Crown Passage, Pall Mall and in a change to our usual format the dress code was informal. Before dinner we heard a short presentation about the Davys wine business and the wines that we […]
Old Royal High School revealed as 2022 venue
Hidden Door is delighted to announce that it will be bringing the old Royal High School on Calton Hill to life for a ten day festival of live music, visual art, dance, theatre and spoken word. The property, which has mostly lain empty since the school closed in the late 1960s, will be used to […]