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3 giorni fa · At the time of his appointment as Headmaster, Alington was younger than any of the masters on the staff, so to bring in new blood into the teaching staff, he recruited several former Collegers from Eton, most notably The Rev. Ronald Knox. Alington wrote the school song and commissioned its flag (a banner of arms of its coat of arms ...
15 mag 2024 · May 15th 2024. Academic. Shrewsbury School is celebrating a unique double as both Heads of School have been offered places to study at Harvard University for the first time in the school’s history. Out of a field of more than 54,000 applicants, Head Girl Nat T and Head Boy Luke W are two successful students that will be heading to ...
5 giorni fa · Shrewsbury. Sixth Form students enjoy a visit to Oxford University Science Department. May 17th 2024. Academic. For Life. Twenty students in the Lower Sixth visited the Materials Science Department at Oxford University recently. They took part in a tensile strength testing workshop using undergraduate-level machines...
14 mag 2024 · Ronald Knox. Waugh was a close friend of a fifth of the Catholic writers who were also major writers in the wider world. The convert priest Ronald Knox wrote best sellers and appeared in the major newspapers and on the BBC, as well as writing dozens of Catholic books. Father Knox, alas, isn’t famous for anything now.
10 mag 2024 · Sixth form students demonstrate passion for science in Hawksley-Burbury Competition. May 10th 2024. Academic. Shrewsbury School’s Hawksley-Burbury Competition 2024 took place on the 23rd April 2024.Named after Old Salopian, Samuel Hawksley-Burbury (OS 1848-1850) it challenges students’ practical Science s...
3 mag 2024 · May 3rd 2024. Music. The Gala Concert in Alington last Friday was a musical tour de force that will be hard to follow. Over 100 performers in four different instrumental ensembles provided a wide variety of demanding music played with an exceptional skill level that belied their youth. From the silky elegance of the String Orchestra’s Dvorak ...
14 mag 2024 · History Talk at SHS. On Tuesday night we hosted the author and journalist Christian Wolmar as he discussed his brand new book; The Liberation Line, the last untold story of the Normandy Landings. Christian last came to SHS in 2017 and has kept in touch since then. Christian has been very busy writing in every major newspaper, in the Rail ...
