No . 137 The Trusty Servant
OW News
Diplomatic News Alex Ellis CMG ( K , 80-85 ) has been appointed His Majesty ’ s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain and nonresident Ambassador to the Principality of Andorra . He is currently High Commissioner to India and will take up his appointment during summer 2024 .
Legal News After leaving Win Coll , Arthur Byng Nelson ( F , 91-96 ) graduated from Edinburgh with an MA in History of Art . He is now a private client solicitor specialising in art & heritage matters and can be reached at Sherrards .
Medical News Arpan Mehta ( F , 99-04 ) has now finished his neurology training and has been appointed as a Consultant Neurologist . He has also moved up to Dundee as a Clinical Senior Lecturer and , within their Medical Research Council PPU , he is initiating an exciting research programme focused on the role of kinases in motor neuron disease .
Obiter Dicta Dr Martin Owton ( I , 72-76 ) appeared on the ITV quiz show The Chase ( Series 16 , episode 6 ) beating the chaser ( Jenny “ The Vixen ” Ryan ) on his own .
Suzanne Desperately Seeking : OWs of the early 1980s - Can you help ? The College Archivist , Suzanne Foster , asks :
I am looking for items relating to two plays performed at Win Coll in the early 1980s :
The first is The Caucasian Chalk Circle in 1981 . We have a programme and a review but would very much like to have photographs of this production ; The second request is for a programme of a production of Coriolanus in 1982 .
We have photographs of this one but not a programme . If anyone can help , please contact me at sf @ wincoll . ac . uk
OW Publications Errol Baboolal Blake and Charles Beck ( H , 67-72 ) have published Ono Ha Itto Ryu : Principles , Techniques and Strategies of Old Japanese Swordsmanship . The book explores the traditions of Ono Ha Itto Ryu , one of the great 16 th / 17 th century schools of Japanese swordsmanship , and one of the progenitors of modern kendo . Well-known in Japan ( one of its Masters served as fencing instructor to the second and third Shoguns ), it is less well known in the West . The book documents over seventy routines by which the school taught swordsmanship in the days when it was a life and death matter , and analyses the reasons why each is included . 408 Pages ; The Nenriki Press ; ISBN 978-1399971300
Religions , Beliefs and Education in the European Court of Human Rights : Investigating Judicial Pedagogies by Nigel Fancourt ( F , 75-80 ) is an exposition of ‘ judicial pedagogies ’ as a new concept , discussing juridicaleducational issues in detail through an analysis of the educational claims and assumptions of judges ’ decisions in the European Court of Human Rights . Nigel considers how the supranational court looks at these issues , and at its role within the European education space . Drawing upon research and scholarship , the book surveys a series of educational issues embedded in judgments , including curriculum , learning and assessment , by taking a comparative approach in the discussion of case studies to demonstrate the variety and depth of judges ’ thinking . Thus , rather than considering the national or supranational legal principles and questions as jurisprudential issues about religion or human rights , it reviews them from an educational perspective – as ‘ folk ’ theories of teaching and learning . 204 pages ; Routledge ; ISBN 978-1003393276
Keir Simpson-Giles ( K , 81-86 ) has recently published Russia ’ s War on Everybody , exploring the human impact of Russian campaigns for power and influence around the world far beyond Ukraine . The new book follows up on Keir ’ s Moscow Rules from 2019 ; but while Moscow Rules explained why Russia is driven to challenge and attack the West wherever it can , Russia ’ s War explains how it does so , and what it means for those who stand in its way . 264 pages ; Bloomsbury ; ISBN 978-1350452602
The Crown in Crisis : Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman ( K , 94-99 ) is a definitive new account of the abdication crisis of 1936 , it uses previously unknown and undiscovered archive material and new interviews with those who knew Edward and Wallis to tell the thrilling , surprising and scandalous story of the love affair between a King and his mistress , and its far-reaching consequences .
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