Dear Friends, 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 7th 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 […]
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 […]
School Remembrance Ceremony 2021
The Royal High School 2021 Remembrance Ceremony is available on YouTube using the link below Kate Fraser used the website Remembrance topics from the Royal High School (Edinburgh) FP Club website, in their entirety in her address to the video-based Remembrance service. The link to the RHS Club Remembrance article is at https://royalhigh.co.uk/remembrance/ The article includes an […]
New in August
This month, former pupil Johnny Melville, actor, director, screenplay writer, clown, blogger, comedian and healer, has contributed a series of photographs to our “Where are they Now” galleries, from the 1960 Junior first XI cricket team to the 1964 – 1965 1st XV Rugby Team. If you were in any of the teams or just […]
Winning Poem
Our club awards an annual prize for an English poem. This year’s winner is Paulina Bysiak with her poem Coldness. Read her poem here
Two RHS former pupils honoured
Anne Richards becomes a Dame, and John Kay is Knighted in the 2021 Queens Birthday Honours List. Professor John Kay was Guest Speaker at one of our Annual Dinners and has attended a few other RHS Club in London events. Anne Richards was a guest at the 2018 Barnton 50th Anniversary Dinner at Dynamic Earth […]
Challenging Plays in the 60s
The RHS Dramatic Society in the 1960s didn’t shy away from mounting challenging productions. From Harold Pinter’s “The Dumb Waiter” in 1963, Othello in 1964, Anouilh’s Becket in 1966, “The Physicists” by Friedrich Durrenmatt to a production of the considerably racy “One More River” by Beverly Cross around 1969. The RHS Dramatic Society had no […]
Dr John Murray
We have received the following announcement from the Royal High School Club in Edinburgh. The Royal High School Club is sad to announce the death of Dr John Murray. John, who was aged 77, died suddenly at home on Monday 19th April in Le Gouzot, France. His funeral has already taken place. John arrived at […]