Old Edwardians

Achievements of OEs

  1. Anthony Grant OBE (KES 1951-1958), currently in Leeds, has been appointed High Sheriff of West Yorkshire for 2011-2012
  2. Ralph Windle (KES 1941-1949) has had a poem, The Enduring Gene, published in Soul Feathers, a poetry anthology in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support (see www.indigodreams.co.uk for details). Well known writers - like Carol Ann Duffy, Seamus Heaney, Maya Angelou, Benjamin Zephaniah - were involved; together with many other invited, less well known, contributors. See also http://en-gb.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=44916667198&topic=15043
  3. Tim Wilkinson (KES 1958-1965) has achieved a degree of eminence with his translations from Hungarian, in particular of the works of the Nobel prize-winner Imre Kertész. See for example this Google search and this list of reviews in the Guardian. [2011]
  4. David Thomson (KES 1963-1970) became Bishop of Huntingdon in 2008
  5. Sophie Mei (aka Sophie Slack, KES 1999-2006) [May 2009]
  6. An OE novelist [Apr 2009]
  7. Who's Who entries [Apr 2009, from Frank Bland]
  8. Long list of OEs