Session 1 9.15-10.20
Dougal Gray, Freddie Parker, Hugo Sever, Jamie Truell
SLT
The Ladakh Expedition
Dougal, Freddie, Hugo and Jamie will give an account of the expedition with some stunning photography.
Peter Krakenberger
B1
The 15th Century Apocalypse of the Dukes of Savoy
Peter Krakenberger is in his 40th and final year as a maths don at Winchester College, where he is also lay chaplain and organiser of the
Illuminated Manuscript Society. The Apocalypse of the Dukes of Savoy is generally considered by experts to be the most beautiful of all
the medieval apocalypse books. It has 97 larger paintings, 91 smaller ones and profuse marginal decoration. The first half took seven years
to decorate, from 1428 to 1435; the artists involved being Jean Bapteur and Peronet Lamy. The second half was completed in the years
1484-1490 by the outstanding French book artist Jean Colombe. The paintings are spectacular and of great beauty, and because they refer to
cataclysmic events due to happen as the end of the world draws near, they are sometimes awe-inspiring.
Nick MacKinnon
Poetry reading
Blackwell Room
Nick MacKinnon was runner up in the 2009 Bridport Prize and a major prizewinner in the 2007 and 2008 McLellan Festivals and
the 2009 Plough, Hippocrates, and tall-lighthouse competitions. He has just won the 2012 Keats-Shelley prize.
Charlie Mauleverer and Colin Upton
From Canon St to Abbey Rd – a musical journey
C5
Back in 2001 Charles Mauleverer (E, 1997-2002) and former maths don Colin Upton got together to record their compositions in
Colin’s home studio in Canon Street. Pop, rock and classical were all explored, and many of the school’s best musicians – boys,
old boys, and dons – found themselves being roped in: Robert Bottone, Phil Nash, Malcolm Hebron, Adrian Adlam, Leo Cairns,
Will Keen, Tom Jesty and Harry Sever amongst others. Buoyed by some radio play on Classic FM, the pair decided to make an
album using a top class professional orchestra to back the school’s musicians. Two memorable trips to Abbey Rd Studio 2
followed, and after years of overdubbing, editing and mixing, the album is finally ready for release. Meanwhile Charles has
graduated from Oxford with a degree in music, and from the Royal College of Music as a Master of Composition. The Studium talk
will include recordings of some their early efforts through to excerpts from the album.
Dr Antonia Whitley
The Art of War
School
Teaching Fellow in the War Studies Department of Kings College London. Art historian and lecturer with a particular interest in
the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance- her PhD from the Warburg Institute was an interdisciplinary study of Sienese
society in the 15th century.
The war in question is WW1, of which Ernest Hemingway wrote that it had been: “...the most colossal, murderous, mismanaged
butchery that has ever taken place on earth. Any writer who said otherwise had lied. So the writers either wrote propaganda, shut
up or fought.” Was the same true for painters? We consider some notable examples and also how the Great War called for a new
kind of art, while maintaining a tradition stretching back to the Renaissance.
Break 10.25-10.50
Session 2 10.50-11.50
Antony Beevor
The Second World War
School
Antony Beevor, (K 1960-1964), is the author of The Second World War which has already been a No 1 Bestseller in five countries.
He will speak on the nature of the conflict, and why historians have disagreed even over its duration. Was it the main part of the
'Long War of the Twentieth Century'? Was it a clash between the great powers, or a conglomeration of conflicts including an
international civil war?
Dr Eliza Filby and Steven Clarke
C5
Dr Eliza Filby, lecturer in modern British History, Kings College London
Speakeasy: Learn to be Heard (part 1)
Acting techniques as a way of improving confidence, conquering nerves and projecting your voice. Public speaking is one of
those key life-skills but we rarely receive training in it. The world is full of bad communicators but what makes a good one? Are
great orators born or are they made? Drawing on acting techniques and academic know-how, Speakeasy is an interactive workshop
which will provide you with a tool kit of skills necessary to be an effective communicator. This is not a lecture on the art of
rhetoric, but an interactive workshop; you will practise the exercises and will receive personal feedback. The course includes how
to conquer nerves, think on your feet, voice projection and the art of speech writing.
Julian Francis Ethiopia – land of contrasts
C6
Julian Francis is a highly successful city lawyer who is also an avid collector of private press books and a serious ornithologist. His
talk will be not just about the birds but also the mammals, landscapes, music and people of Ethiopia.
Richard Fuller
Fuller, Smith & Turner – A historic brewer and retailer with a long term strategy
SLT
Richard Fuller is the Great, Great, Great Grandson of the original Fuller to be involved in the business (and is currently the
Sales & Personnel Director). He is a fifth generation Wykehamist and his son Henry is currently in the school. The talk will
cover the History of the Brewery, the company as it is today, its pubs and its brands. It will also cover the importance and
relevance of a family controlled business in today’s market place and how its strategy differentiates it from its competitors.
Peter Krakenberger (repeat of Session 1)
Tom Pakenham & Hugh Knowles
Six ways to die
B1
New Hall
A trained solicitor, Tom (G, 1990-95) launched greentomatocars in 2006 as the first in the greentomato group of companies of
which he is CEO. In the last five years he has grown greentomatocars to a fleet of 120 vehicles and launched greentomatoenergy
and the greentomatokit. http://www.greentomatocars.com/
Hugh (I, 1989-94) is Principal Sustainability Advisor at Forum for the Future. ‘Working with pioneering partners, we transform the
essential systems of food, energy and finance to secure a more fulfilling life for us and future generations.’
http://www.forumforthefuture.org/
A slightly irreverent tour of 'The six ways you can die' and why the world is a becoming a more complex and dangerous place. We
will have a conversation about the many ways you can help society through some tricky times.
Dima Yeremenko
Russian Dog Training instructor and behaviourist
QEII
http://goodboydogschool.com/
Dima is often called a Dog Whisperer because of his extraordinary rapport with dogs and gentle approach in training. This can be
seen in the award winning film by Michael Slowe ‘The Leader of the Pack’ (accessed on the homepage of his website). A large
number of dogs, all with different owners, harmoniously follow Dima around Hampstead Heath. In this first session, Dima will do
a demonstration with his own two dogs, one of whom, George, has appeared in the Harry Potter films. He will explain his
philosophy and take questions.
Session 3 12.00-1.00
Ben Heason Meads or PE Centre depending on weather
Climbing workshop 1
This will be the first of two climbing workshops (repeated in Session 5) with one of the UK’s leading professional climbers.
Dr Eliza Filby and Steven Clarke
Speakeasy: Learn to be Heard (part 2)
C5
The art of good speech making. Content will include speech writing and impromptu public speaking.
Samvit Kanoria (on Skype from Dubai)
Global Forces
SLT
This is a seminal work done by our strategy practice that lays out some of the biggest macro-economic trends (e.g. rise of the
middle class) that are affecting our world. Samvit (A. 2001-3) went to Stanford and then to McKinsey in Dubai.
Dr Iain McGilchrist
Two brains, two minds, one person
New Hall
Dr Iain McGilchrist (Coll 1966-1971) is a former Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, a Fellow of the Royal College of
Psychiatrists, and former Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director at the Bethlem Royal & Maudsley Hospital, London. His
latest book, published by Yale in November 2009, is The Master and his Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the
Western World. http://www.iainmcgilchrist.com/
Why is the brain divided? Why does it matter? What can it tell us about our experience as human beings, what we are like, what
sort of thing the world is, and how we relate to it? How might understanding this even help us stop destroying it?
Ed Parker (F, 1979-83)
School
Co-founder Walking with the Wounded
Walking with the Wounded – from battlefields to the North Pole, Everest and beyond ….
In 2011 our team set a World Record by taking four wounded servicemen to the Geographic North Pole, our first expedition. In
2012, the charity set its sights even higher and on the new challenge, and aimed to put five wounded servicemen on the summit of
Mount Everest, the worlds’ highest peak standing at 8,848m. Charity Co- Founder Ed Parker will tell of the epic experiences from
both The North Pole and from Everest. Whilst the Everest summit attempt was sadly cancelled in May due to unprecedented
conditions, Ed will speak of their journey from the battle field to the final selection process for joining the summit and base camp
teams, including their summits of Manaslu, the world’s 8 th highest peak, Lobuche, 6145m, and finally their attempt on the world’s
highest mountain. Ed will also speak of the next expedition, our largest yet, which is currently in the planning stages for 2013. This
has been named as the largest modern day expedition. http://walkingwiththewounded.org.uk/
Dima Yeremenko
New Field by Science School
Russian Dog Training instructor and behaviourist
Training session with College dogs
This will be an outdoor session where Dima will work with a group of College dogs involving both the owners and the boys
attending.
Lunch 1.00-2.00pm
Corps/CS 2.00-3.30pm
Session 4 4.00-5.00pm
Ben Heason
First Free Climbed Ascent of Angel Falls
School
Ben Heason is one of the UK’s leading climbers, having been climbing full time for over 15 years. He is world-renowned for his
bold climbing on routes at the cutting edge of the sport including his impressive exploits on big wall expeditions around the globe.
In his presentation Ben describes the first free climbed ascent of the 1000m Angel Falls wall, the world's highest waterfall, in 2005.
The team's successful expedition, with climbing at the highest level, in an incredibly remote region of the planet, has been praised
as 'one of the finest achievements by British rock climbers on foreign soil'. Situated in the heart of the Venezuelan jungle, this is
not merely a story about an audacious rock climb on one of the Natural Wonders of the World, but the emotions and experiences
encountered along the way. http://www.benheason.com/index.htm
Ralegh Long
In concert
Music School Hall
Ralegh Long (I, 1999-2004) is an English Singer-Songwriter, guitarist and pianist. He mixes a love of classic song writing with
improvisational tactics. Ralegh has recently supported Darren Hayman (ex-Hefner) and Thomas White (Electric Soft Parade) on
tour. 'Placing the enigmatic within the classically melodic'.(Sweeping The Nation) http://raleghlong.bandcamp.com/
Professor Christopher Sachrajda FRS
New Hall
Professor of Physics, University of Southampton
The Higgs Boson – Prediction, Discovery and Significance
Prof Sachrajda’s research continues to be focussed on the development and exploitation of Quantum Chromodynamics, the quantum field theory
of the strong nuclear force. He obtained his Ph.D. from Imperial College (London) in 1974. After periods of research as a Harkness Fellow at
Stanford University in California (1974-76) and in the Theory Division at CERN in Geneva (1976-79) he was appointed to a faculty position in
the Physics Department of the University of Southampton. There he has held most senior roles including Head of Department. In recognition of
his research, Prof Sachrajda was elected to the Royal Society in 1996.
On July 4th 2012, experimenters at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) announced the discovery of an elementary particle which is
likely to be the anticipated Higgs Boson, the last missing ingredient in the Standard Model of particle physics. In this lecture Prof
Sachrajda will explain the reasons behind its prediction in 1964 and discuss its discovery at the LHC and the implications for the
future of particle physics.
Will Sharpe & Tom Kingsley (Note: double session 4&5)
Black Pond screening
SLT
Will Sharpe (Coll, 1999-2004), aged 25, wrote, co-directed and acted in Black Pond which was BAFTA nominated Outstanding
Debut film, Winner of the Evening Standard Best Newcomer award and nominated for a Raindance award. He and his co-director,
Tom Kingsley, will take questions following the screening of the film. http://www.blackpondfilm.com/
Geoffrey Tibbs
Why look at social movements?: The case of Southern Mexico
(and a bit of magic) (Note: this is repeated in Session 5)
C5
Geoff Tibbs (B, 2003-8) took three sciences early, leaving plenty of time for Art and Art History in his final year. He studied Fine Art at
Oxford and has just completed a Masters at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He was recently accepted as a member of
the Magic Circle. His talk will be split between his academic work in Mexico and some ‘How did he do that?!’ magic. It is amazing.
Session 5
5.10-6.00pm
Dr Thomas de Wesselow
Making Sense of the Turin Shroud
School
Dr Thomas de Wesselow (G, 1984-89) is an independent art historian and the author of The Sign: the Shroud of Turin and the
Secret of the Resurrection. He gained his PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2000, worked for a year in the curatorial
department at the National Gallery and was then a post-doctoral fellow at King’s College, Cambridge. Eight years ago he took on
the challenge of researching the most controversial, enigmatic object in the world: the Shroud of Turin. A long linen sheet, bearing
an extremely faint image of a crucified man, the Shroud is traditionally supposed to be the burial-cloth of Jesus but is now
generally dismissed as a medieval fake. In this talk Thomas tells the story of his investigation of the Shroud and explains why it has
led him to a radical conclusion regarding the birth of Christianity. http://thesignbook.wordpress.com/
Ben Heason Climbing workshop 2
Meads or PE Centre depending on weather
Ralegh Long
Song writing workshop
Music School Hall
Join Ralegh for a song writing workshop and jam – bring your own music and instrument.
Will Sharpe & Tom Kingsley (continuing from Session 4) Black Pond screening and Q&A SLT
Peter Tatchell
New Hall
Economic democracy - Power to the people
Peter Tatchell is an Australian-born British political campaigner best known for his work with LGBT social movements. He was
selected as Labour Party Parliamentary candidate for Bermondsey in 1981, and was then denounced by party leader Michael Foot
for supporting extra-parliamentary action against the Thatcher government. The Labour Party subsequently allowed his selection
when he ran in the Bermondsey by-election in February 1983. In the 1990s, he became a prominent LGBT campaigner through the
direct action group OutRage!, which he co-founded. He has worked on a wide variety of issues, such as Stop Murder Music, which
campaigns against music lyrics that incite violence against LGBT people, and is a frequent contributor on human rights and social
justice issues in print and through broadcast media, authoring many articles and six books. In 2006, New Statesman readers voted
him sixth on their list of "Heroes of our time". He attracted international attention when he attempted a citizen's arrest of
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in 1999 and again in 2001.
In his email to LCW he wrote: ‘I have several very simple, achievable ideas on how to make the economy more participatory and accountable.
I think the pupils will find them interesting, challenging and may well wonder why no government has bothered to put them into effect.’
Geoffrey Tibbs – (Repeat of Session 4)
C5