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evocative description of the Great
Fire of London, and the Pitch Flow
Demonstration in Science School,
which has a good claim to be the
world’s longest running scientific
experiment.
Each of the 50 essays has been
written by a member of the school
community: pupils, dons, employees,
alumni and members of the governing
body. The result is a series of personal
responses to the College’s treasures.
The book is richly illustrated with
specially-commissioned photography,
and an introduction sets the
development of the collections in the
context of the College’s history.
The book will be available to
purchase on Amazon from the
beginning of June. Copies will also be
on sale at Winchester Match on 15 th
June.
Scala; ISBN: 978-1785512209. £20.
Richard Stillman (Co Ro, 12-; Head
of English) has produced a survey
of WW1 OW poets which has been
turned into a digital book by Jessica
Glueck (Co Ro, 18-):
https://issuu.com/jessiglueck1/docs/
wwi_poetry_feb_23.2.
Dr FJA Bettley
(E, 71-75) has produced
a new edition of the
Pevsner Architectural
Guide to Hertfordshire.
This fully revised and
up-to-date guide to
the architecture of
Hertfordshire is an eye-
opening introduction to the wealth of
fine buildings that can be found right
on London’s doorstep.
Yale; ISBN: 978-0300223903.
Professor DA Gillies (Coll, 58-62)
has written Causality, Probability,
and Medicine on the philosophy of
medicine. In the final part, he found
that the philosophical thesis for
which he was arguing, concerning
probability in medicine, needed to
The Trusty Servant
be supported by
a mathematical
theorem, which
he tried to prove,
though without
success. He asked
Dr AW Sudbury
(Coll, 56-60) whether
he could prove the
theorem, and sure enough he was able
to do so.
Routledge: ISBN: 978-1138829305.
ML Hichens
(H, 39-43) has
written The Pursuit
of Truth, which
presents portraits
of a number of
philosophers over
the ages, describing
their achievements
and failures. www.offthe pressbooks.
com; ISBN: 978-19164092
RM Kirwan (Coll,
51-56) has written
Snape: Glimpses
of Life in a Suffolk
Village between the
Napoleonic and the
Great Wars. An
account of life in
the nineteenth
century in the village of Snape which
was briefly the home of Benjamin
Britten and is now the location of
the famous Snape Maltings Concert
Hall – for many years the location of
the author’s family home. Surry Hills
Books; ISBN: 978-0646981086
Professor H J
Macdonald (Coll, 52-
58) has produced his
latest musicological
oeuvre: Saint-Saëns
and the Stage. With
four 21 st -century
revivals as a
backdrop, this
timely book is the
first study of Saint-Saëns’s operas,
demonstrating the presence of the
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same breadth and versatility as in
his better-known works. Cambridge
University Press;
ISBN: 978-110842638.
Rear Admiral JAL
Myres (A, 49-53) has
written The First and
Second Arctic Medals
(1818-1876), which
explores the lives of
2,655 men who were
given these 19 th -
century awards. Words by Design;
ISBN: 978-1909075733.
Revd MS Philps (C,
64-69) has written
Kingdom Come:
Essential theology for
the twenty-first century.
Sacristy Press (www.
sacristy.co.uk); ISBN:
978 -1789590036.
Also available as an eBook from
Amazon.
Dr PE Robertshaw
(E, 52-56) has written
HOWDUNNIT?
Amazon Books;
ISBN:
978-1790379125
Dr Colin Strachan,
father of JOJS
(K, 84-89) has written
a book on Dr ER
Frazer, Open Fever.
His sons were JE
Frazer (D, 1914-20)
and CE Frazer (D,
22-24). Jack Frazer
died in a skiing
accident and his father created a
science scholarship at Balliol for
OWs and also gave the money for
Frazer Tent in Meads in his memory.
Australian Golf Club;
ISBN: 978-646994703.