News,Trips & Events:
The biennial musical production presented by the Music and Drama departments was perfectly suited to the intimate setting of the Ellis Theatre... more >
From 5th - 19th March, the College's Mount House Gallery will be the focus of an exhibition of recent oil paintings by Toby Hunt... more >
A small group of Marlburians went to see a concert by this newly formed folk trio. Reviewed by Hamish Brown... more >
Fourteen pupils were hosted by families of the Colegio Manuel Peleteiro as part of an exchange visit to Santiago de Compostela... more >
This year’s exhibition was a lively affair, displaying a wealth of talent from the art scholars in all year groups... more >
From its inception to its performance, this play written by Christy White-Spunner (Upper Sixth) was an entirey pupil-led production... more >
Southbank Sinfonia, the College's Orchestra in Partnership, visited for a two day residency, in February... more >
Les Amis de Maupassant is a new academic society which started in the Michaelmas Term 2009... more >
London’s Southbank Sinfonia, kicked off their 2010 association with a performance for the final event of the 2009/10 MCCS season... more >
In the first week of February, the College was delighted to welcome fifteen French pupils who were on a week's exchange to Marlborough... more >
On 1st February, the chapel of Merton College Oxford became the setting for choral evensong sung by the Marlborough College Chapel Choir... more >
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, there was a display in the Memorial Library and a projection of images of the Holocaust in Court... more >
Members of the College's Charity Think Tank travelled to London to visit the charities, Kids Company and Live magazine... more >
The College's Politics Department welcomed a number of distinguished speakers to its Global Issues conference in January... more >
On 17 January, the College welcomed the London Mozart Players as part of the 2009/10 Concert Society series. ... more >
Bella Hodgkinson is working at the Baale Mane home which has been supported by the retiring collection from the College carol service... more >
Not even six inches of snow in January could prevent the Marlborough College Charity Day from going ahead... more >
This exhibition celebrated the art made by those who teach it, allowing pupils an opportunity to engage with their teachers as practising artists... more >
This concert was a showcase for variety, strength of playing, delicacy of musical interpretation and the vibrancy of rhythm... more >
Art, architecture, lighting, acoustic and a stunning choir all combined to make the Advent and Christmas carol services truly memorable... more >
The Christmas orchestral concert showed the pupils at their very best. To open, we heard the sparkling 1st movement of the Saint-Saens Septet... more >
The fifth Blackett Science lecture was delivered by Dr Roberto Trotta, lecturer in Astrophysics at Imperial College London... more >
SOS/iRB Kit Aid gives disadvantaged children from around the world a chance to play and develop rugby... more >
To mark World AIDS Day, members of the Sixth Form held a fund raining event on 1st December... more >
A food stall at Marlborough's Christmas lights ceremony raised funds for the Over Sixties Club... more >
The girls of Mill Mead boarding house held a 24 hour 'readathon' to raise money for two favourite charities... more >
A rich, varied and substantial programme presented itself for the Evening Pupils’ Recital held in the Goodison Hall... more >
The College's GCSE art pupils encountered the new, light filled, modern interiors created with a £61 million redevelopment... more >
On Tuesday, 10th November, Lt. Col. Worsley visited the College to give a presentation on the Shackleton Foundation... more >
For the first time, Court has been used for sculptural exhibits. Lucy Strachan's pieces will remain in situ until February 2010... more >
Peter Donohoe visited the College to perform to an admiring audience in the Memorial Hall... more >
Sam Rolls and Kasper Bowyer-Knight put in a strong performance at the National Schools' Winchester Fives Championships in November... more >
The College's Shell (Year 9) have taken part in the 2009 Operation Christmas Child, donating shoe boxes of gifts to under-priviledged children... more >
On 30th October, the College entered into formal agreements to establish and own a coeducational boarding school in Malaysia... more >
At the end of October, pupils studying Politics and History visited influential sites in Belgium... more >
It would be hard to imagine a more idyllic setting for an 'away' evensong than that of Gloucester Cathedral... more >
In the Michaelmas half term exeat, senior cadets of Marlborough CCF were hosted by the Royal Gibraltar Regiment... more >
Illumination, a pupil led initiative, celebrates the creative, musical and dramatic talents of those within the school... more >
The College's Music Scholars have had a busy schedule to start the academic year, providing three public performances in close succession... more >
Former Marlborough College Artist-in-Residence, Jon Ford, returned to the school to show off his new installation and performance piece... more >
Emma Johnson and John Lenehan provided the second concert of the 2009-10 Marlborough College Concert Series... more >
The Malones rugby team was established to commemorate the lives of two Marlborough pupils who tragically lost their lives to cancer... more >
This summer, Camilla Paget became the youngest lacrosse player ever to play for the senior England lacrosse team... more >
Artistic Advisor to the College, Julian Lloyd Webber, provided a stunning recital to start the 68th season of the Marlborough College Concert Series... more >
Adele Eastman visited the College on 17th September to meet pupils and talk about her charity, the Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust... more >
Eliza Sangster represented Great Britain at the Junior European Eventing Championships in Waregem, Belgium.. more >
The College has recently set up a charity think tank to coordinate its charity programme... more >
Based in the small village of Vallorcine, some of Marlborough's climbers prepared for a week of Alpine mountaineering on ice and rock on the border between France & Switzerland... more >
In July, a group of Upper Sixth pupils shrugged off the comforts of modern living to follow a wilderness trail in South Africa... more >
Uzair Qureshi finished the 2009 cricket season with 840 runs at an average of 106. His highest score was 123 not out against Rugby School... more >
The Passion of the Christ from the York Mystery Cycle emphasised historical re-enactment & medieval theatre practice... more >
Entrants to, and winners of the first ever Marlborough College Photography Competition exhibited their prints in The Mount House Gallery... more >
‘Dance Remixes, Soundscapes, Creative Compositions, Arrangements’: this was the promise, and the concert delivered just that... more >
As part of the Year 9 'Form' programme, Michael Morpurgo visited the College to speak about his writing and the things that have inspired it... more >
Tanya Adams, currently in the Sixth Form, organised a charity night in May to raise money towards the prevention of child poverty... more >
A long-standing tradition was maintained on Friday 1st May when the College’s Chamber Choir began the day with madrigals from the roof of the Bradleian Arches... more >
Within one day, a coin trail stretched around one of the lawns in Court raising just under £400 for the children of Ward 8 in the government hospital in Swaziland... more >
On 30th April, Tom Codrington attended the Royal Society in London and was presented with his Gold prize... more >
Twenty five pupils studying Art were confronted by a diverse range of exhibitions and a plethora of sights and sounds in this most cultural of cities... more >
The Cricket XI headed for South Africa and a stunning tour that was to inspire in them a new passion for the game... more >
Pupils discovered a fascinating city and engaged with some of the history that has helped to shape it... more >
Conditions looked as near as possible perfect for this gruelling race that would take its brave competitors 126 miles by paddle... more >
U6 pupils encountered some of the Canary Island's most impressive geographical features during their field trip to Tenerife in March... more >
A relaxing spring break in Paris, it turned out, was not on the agenda for this group of eager, young Art Historians... more >
Pupils became the first school children to observe from the 1m Jakobus Kapteyn Telescope dome... more >
A group of 19 GCSE hispanists travelled to Nerja in Andalucia to practise their language skills and learn, first hand, about cultural life in Spain... more >
The College’s Mount House Gallery has played host to an eclectic range of recent exhibitions, involving art, design and photography... more >
Young actors met the challenge head on, worked relentlessly on enormously complex characters and produced performances that were astonishing in their detail, power and focus... more >
College pupils performed scenes from an eclectic range of operas loosely linked by the theme of dreams and nightmares... more >
This 2009 Medawar Lecture was presented by Professor Peter Atkins, Fellow and Professor of Chemistry at Oxford... more >
A packed Goodison Hall was treated to a feast of young talent in this memorable concert at the end of January... more >
Twenty members of the Remove returned to the College after a full and challenging adventure on exchange in January with the Collège de Notre Dame de Bury near Paris... more >
Red Priest is a truly remarkable group and, for years, its performers have been thrilling audiences with their virtuosity, originality, wit and consummate musicianship... more >
Smoke, lights, music and fancy dress: the Ellis Theatre had it all for this most poetic of competitions... more >
Patrick Ford won the T S Eliot prize for poetry shadowing scheme, a scheme organised by emagazine and the Poetry Book Society... more >
On the first weekend of 2009, Sam Rolls and Kasper Bowyer-Knight won the Open Doubles Plate competition... more >
The Memorial Hall was full for Illumination's final event of 2008, a show that raised funds for the National Aids Trust... more >
This predominantly orchestral concert held at the end of November provided further evidence that the College Symphony Orchestra has metamorphosed into a rather formidable ensemble... more >
An ensemble of actors was drawn from across the school for the Drama Department's Michaelmas Term play. Each player brought his or her own solutions to this 'problem' play... more >
The College has been successful in its application to become an accredited International Baccalaureate Diploma School... more >
Twelve pupils and two teachers visited the MAN production line in Nuremberg and the MAN assembly plant in Munich... more >
Pupils studying English literature were soon beguiled by Dublin's literary heritage, cobbled streets and raffish charm... more >
This month marks the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War and it is on such milestones that individual stories of courage and self sacrifice deserve to be resurrected... more >
A highlight of the boarding house calendar is the House Song Competition. Just before the October half term exeat, the school packs into the Memorial Hall to hear songs delivered by each of the 14 boarding houses... more >
Pupils studying A2 Chemistry visited the School of Chemistry at Bristol University to take part in a Spectroscopy Open Day and see, first hand, some of the most advanced spectroscopic techniques available today... more >
Fives legend, Wayne Enstone, visted Marlborough on Sunday 19th October to provide a coaching master class... more >
Members of the Shakespeare Society visited the Corn Exchange in Newbury to see an unconventional but startling production of Twelfth Night... more >
As part of an on-going programme whereby visiting theatre companies perform at the College, in October, Spittoon came to Marlborough... more >
The College led the way in piloting a new UK initiative which allows for the first time an interest in astronomy to be followed post-16... more >
In October, the award-winning poet, Sean O'Brien, visited the College to deliver a poetry workshop to pupils before entertaining his audience in the evening with a reading of his own poetry... more >
At the invitation of MAN Truck and Bus UK Ltd, a group of A level Design and Physics pupils visited the Williams Formula One factory and were treated to a fascinating insight into the world of top class motor sport... more >
Jake Meyer, who left Marlborough in 2002, became the youngest person in the world to have completed the 'Seven Summits'. He is also the youngest Briton to have stood on the peak of Everest... more >
So who were the Celts? Sir Barry Cunliffe stepped out in front of an audience of pupils, staff and keen historians to explain just that... more >
A group of 46 Marlburians and five staff left the UK for a week based in Piano di Sorrento, a few miles outside Sorrento, on the Bay of Naples in Italy... more >
We caught a glimpse of a country that challenged our personal and social values, our imaginations and, most of all, our western way of life... more >
A squad of our most talented soccer players was selected to represent the College at the 34th Gothia Youth World Cup in Sweden... more >
Jason Dunford, who left Marlborough in 2005, set a new olympic record (51.14 seconds) in the heats of the 100m butterfly in Beijing... more >
77 kilometres across this land of changing and magnificent landscapes mixed a pot of endurance and awe.. more >
A creative writing trip to Pembrokeshire became the perfect chance for pupils to recharge their batteries after a gruelling term of GCSEs. It was five days of poetry, stories, film making and the beautiful Welsh countryside... more >
The mountains of Snowdonia National Park in North Wales played host to two weeks of outdoor activities for exam-weary pupils... more >
The Shell (Year 9), spends a week away from school each June, polishing their leadership, communication and teamwork skills... more >
Every member of the Shell (Year 9) played a game of chess in a lively House Tournament leading to the overall Final on 23rd June... more >
Pupils had a chance to ask important questions when visitors from the world of work came to the College for a two day Careers Convention in June... more >
The cast of the 2008 Shell (Year 9) Play gripped and amused packed audiences in the Ellis Theatre at the end of May... more >
Keen to insist that he is not just “some septuagenarian desperately trying to curry favour with the youth of today”, Professor Ricks gave free rein to his obvious admiration for this erstwhile rock star, song writer and poet... more >
Christopher Martin Jenkins visited Marlborough to air his views on modern cricket and sports journalism... more >
A frenetic ten day tour took one group of Marlburians to the Drakensberg mountains and the ancient Kingdom of the Zulu... more >
Seventeen students and three teachers touched down in Barcelona, eager to uncover some of the cultural, artistic and architectural treasures of this diverse and spectacular city... more >
Some of the College's athletics team made their customary trip to the Algarve during the Easter break for some sunny pre-season training... more >
The Independent Schools Inspectorate carried out an inspection of Marlborough College between 13th and 18th January 2008. The full ISI report has now been published... more >
In late January, the Literary Society welcomed Anthony Joseph, the Trinidadian novelist, musician, poet and performance artist who came to Marlborough to perform his own style of poetry known as 'beat'... more >
Sixteen teams of debaters from the College gathered for two rounds of four simultaneous debates, plus a Final, in aid of Help for Heroes... more >
Commanding the Memorial Hall stage for this special chairty concert in aid of Help for Heroes, were The Bills, a ‘Bluegrass’ band recently voted Western Canada’s Entertainers of the Year... more >
Nineteen Upper Sixth pupils studying Politics visited Washington during the Michaelmas half term break... more >
In July, fourteen Marlburians headed for Morocco and the High Atlas mountains to complete their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award... more >
Pupils and adults enjoyed some awe-inspiring landscapes in a week that boasted an ambitious mix of academic and adventurous aims more >
A three week rugby tour to Singapore and New Zealand was, inevitably, a daunting prospect. In the Land of the Long White Cloud, rugby flows in the blood of almost every man, woman and child... more >
In July 2007 the Drama Department took its 2006 production of Euripides’ The Bacchae to perform on the Greek island of Naxos... more >
Once every five years, Marlborough College pupils choose a range of charities to support by undertaking a sponsored walk that takes them in a circular route over the Marlborough Downs... more >
Thirty-eight sixth-formers and six staff enjoyed another highly successful trip to Greece at the start of the Easter holidays... more >
We feasted on music, dance, art, architecture, vintage cars and religious heritage. The vitality of community life and cultural expression are mesmerizing... more >
A scale model of Marlborough College Malaysia which will open in September 2012 has been displayed. Site clearance in Malaysia is now well under way... more >
A memorial service for Rupert Rosedale took place in the College Chapel at the end of January... more >
In July, an intrepid group of Upper Sixth pupils shrugged off the comforts of modern living to live, for a time, in the untamed wilds of South Africa... more >
'Scenes from an Execution' by Howard Barker presents a number of challenges, not least because, originally, it was written for the radio... more >