No . 138 The Trusty Servant
OW News
Awards and Appointments Ben Cairns ( C , 77-81 ), Founder and Chief Executive Officer , Institute for Voluntary Action Research , was appointed OBE in the King ’ s Birthday Honours , for services to Charity and the Voluntary Sector .
Hugh Oliver-Bellasis ( K , 58-62 ), Vice-President , Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust was appointed OBE in the King ’ s Birthday Honours , for services to Nature Conservation and to the Rural Community .
Tim Towler ( G , 00-05 ) was appointed as a Member of the Order of the Bath in the King ’ s Birthday Honours 2024 ( Military Division )
Sir Stephen Cobb ( A , 75-80 ; GoBo , 17- ) has been appointed Lord Justice of Appeal .
Obiter Dicta The obituary for Simon Boas ( Coll , 90-95 ) can be read elsewhere in this edition . Simon wished to establish a fund in Jersey that would provide support for marginalised members of the community wanting to volunteer overseas but where finance was a barrier . Friends and relatives are in the process of establishing the Simon Boas Memorial Fund that will provide small grants to individuals wishing to contribute to development initiatives in lowincome countries overseas . For more information on the fund and how to donate please email simonboasmemorial @ gmail . com
Christopher McCall ( Coll , 56-61 ) writes :
My late wife and I built in 1998-9 with a well-known architect , John Outram , an unusual house on the Thames near Wallingford . Essentially it was an experiment in building a modern house in the Egyptian revival style ; my wife
was an Egyptologist and I was inevitably infected by her enthusiasm .
In June this year the house was on the application to Historic England of the 20 th Century Society listed II * and it is at present the youngest listed property in the country . Alas my wife died last year , shortly after we sold the house for the purpose of downsizing , and did not live to see this listing . The house ( known as Sphinx Hill ) can be seen on the internet if anyone is interested in what many would regard as a modern folly ; but it has been widely published and as far as I know in universally complimentary terms .
Patrick Casement ( D , 49-53 ) delivered his Legacy lecture on 18 September , in conjunction with the mental health charity Mind in Mind . It attracted an audience of over 1,000 people and more have watched it online since . Access to the lecture can be purchased at any time - see the announcement in Trust e-Servant 2401 of 6 September or go to : mindinmind . org . uk / recordings / patrickcasement-legacy-interview /.
William Verity ( aka Jonathan Verity ( K , 80-85 )) fled to Australia in 1994 and worked as a journalist in newspapers and radio , and as a university tutor , podcaster and author . He raised a family of four children . He is currently living in Sydney and working as a media and policy adviser for the first Legalise Cannabis MP in NSW State Parliament . He is a Zen meditator and telephone crisis counsellor .
OW Publications Simon Boas ( Coll , 90-95 ) wrote A Beginner ’ s Guide to Dying after being diagnosed with incurable cancer . In A Beginner ’ s Guide to Dying Simon considers the things that have given him such a great sense of peace and contentment , and why dying at 46 really isn ’ t so bad . And for that reason , it ’ s also only partly about ‘ dying ’. It is mostly a hymn to the joy and preciousness of life , and why giving death a place can help all of us make even more of it . 160 pages ; Swift Press ; ISBN 978-1800755031 ( See also Obituary )
Hugo Cook ( B , 11-16 ), also known as Hugo the Egyptologist on Tik Tok , has written Tales of Ancient Egypt for young readers . The book combines historical stories , including the time Cleopatra hid in a sack to be smuggled into a palace to meet Julius Caesar , with riproaring myths , like the Cinderella story of a peasant girl who married the pharaoh when he found her slipper . 160 pages ; Neon Squid ; ISBN 978- 1838993436
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