Publisher's Synopsis
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the new College history, it is a marvellous work, providing a very astute portrait of the school that not only analyses very sharply its highs and lows and its key developments, but also in a highly entertaining and colourful fashion lays bare the character of the school and the interaction between its pupils, teachers and its physical landscape and environment. It is beautifully illustrated by an extensive collection of photographs, bringing the College's past 150 years vividly to life. School histories can make very dull reading - this is the complete antithesis. Roy Allen is the ideal person to have written this 150th anniversary history as he has been at the heart of College life for three decades, as an inspirational history teacher who has helped make the History department one of the academic powerhouses of the school and as a Sixth Form tutor who has had a profound influence on the lives of the many tutees who have been under his care.' Joe Gauci, Deputy Head: Academic
