No . 130 The Trusty Servant
JE Norman ( I , 91-96 ) has written The Super Tutor , whose immodest title belies a still more immodest aim : to put a Winchester education in a book . Or at least , it ’ s a somewhat swashbuckling guide to the sort of things its author learned there – poetry appreciation , essay writing , the joy of disinterested learning – and now teaches to students preparing for entrance or scholarship exams to the likes of Winchester , Eton and Westminster . Extracts were featured in The Times . Short books ; ISBN : 978-1780723860 josephenorman @ gmail . com .
JR Somes ( C , 77-82 ) has published a revised edition of October Potter , written by his cousin Stanley Smith who in 1965 made a perilous journey across the North Sea and Kattegat to Sweden in a 14ft sailing boat of his own design and construction . Shipwrecked and almost drowned on the coast of Denmark , Smith recovered and after some repairs to the boat continued his journey to Sweden . This revised edition contains previously unseen photographs , and a biography of Stanley Smith . ISBN : 978-1838013615 . www . shop . robinsomes . co . uk .
JL Wright ( H , 47-52 ) has written The Road to Antioch . The book contains 50 stories which aim to ‘ encourage Christians in the drama of the Last Days , reminding them to hang on in every battle of faith and to waste no opportunity to pass on the Good News ’. info @ branchpress . com .
Three Commoners , William Benson Earle and Henry Penruddocke Wyndham from Salisbury , together with Sir Thomas Worsley of Pylewell , were protagonists of a daredevil exploit . Il vulcano di Enea , a book by Italian architect Gabriele Mulè , unravels the untold story of the first British expedition that conquered the top of Etna during a major eruption , in June 1766 . A story lost in time , whose secret key remained hidden on the back of an 18 th -century painting by Coplestone Warre Bampfylde ( also a Commoner ). Bonfirraro Editore ; ISBN : 978-886272208 ; www . vulcanodienea . com .
Richard Noble ( E , 59-64 ) has written a new book . He brought the Land- Speed Record back to Britain in 1983 when he drove his Thrust 2 car to 633mph and 14 years later he led the ThrustSSC team to achieve the first supersonic record at 763mph , with Andy Green driving . In his book Take Risk ! he tells the extraordinary stories of his 11 projects in record-breaking and aviation that all saw people and companies go out of their way to join him in his exciting endeavours – and take risk . 256 pages ; Evro Publishing ; ISBN 9781910505519 .
Military ZV Bath ( D , 14-19 ) wrote to Major Sam Hart , CCF Contingent Commander : ‘ Today three OWs commissioned into the reserves : Harry Coulson ( F , 13-18 ) ( RIFLES ), Oscar Pratelli ( D , 13-18 ) ( hopefully Engineers ), and I ( LONDON Regiment ). We owe a great deal to you for helping us get to where we have today . None of this would have been possible without the guidance you gave us to get through AOSB and also during our time in the CCF . For this we are hugely grateful .’
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