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 […]
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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 […]
Bill Strang directs new OU Choir commission
2021 has been a desperate year for singers of all kinds, but particularly for choral groups. I have been rehearsing the Open University Choir for most of the year on Zoom, which has been a strange experience because the time lag means no-one can hear anyone else singing. In an attempt to do something creative […]
The Janitors
No history of the School is complete without mention of the Janitors who have played a prominent role in school life since 1694. Several have been ex-servicemen, notably Falconer, Percy Campbell 1954-1963 (a sub-mariner and POW for 5 years) and James Fulton MBE 1964-1968 (also a POW). Pupils at the school in 60’s will remember […]