Category: Events
On 23rd April 2013, James Jones' (TU Sh) won the Shell Old Marlburian Reading Prize for his dramatic rendition of his own war poem, based on Charles Hamilton Sorley's (C1 1908-13) XXII. To enter the competition, Shell pupils create and perform a written piece which has been inspired by poetry or... More »
Category: Events
This year's annual Whole School Charity Day saw the school join together once more for a great charitable effort. This year's event was held in the Master's Garden and there were various activities to keep the pupils and teachers entertained. There was a very successful 'Regal Beagle' held by... More »
Category: Events
As an non-religious yet open-minded person, the prospect of The Lent Event wasn't appealing. However, I was interested to see whether the Bible could be deemed historically reliable at all which is why I initially went along. One of the examples of plausible evidence that the Bible could... More »
Category: Events
Marlborough College Malaysia was officially opened by HRH Raja Zarith Sofiah Binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah, consort to the Sultan of Johor on Sunday 24th February. This historic event in the long and distinguished history of Marlborough College celebrated the College’s expansion into the region... More »
Category: Events
On 26th February, 15 OMs, all twenty-somethings, blew into the Adderley and the Garnett Room like a hurricane. They represented a whole range of different career areas, but all had Harry Vickers, former Senior Prefect and current networking dynamo, in common; Harry had managed to persuade them to... More »
Category: Events
The Lower Sixth Challenge Day, which took place on the 19th February, was a series of events aimed at inspiring the year group and challenging us to think beyond the Marlborough College 'bubble'. After a motivating address from Head of Year Mr Gordon, we began with an inspirational talk given by... More »
Category: Music, General, Events
Now in its fifth season, the two day residency at Marlborough College of members of the College’s professional orchestra in partnership, London’s Southbank Sinfonia, has acquired an excellent reputation amongst members of the College community and local members of the public. Consequently... More »
To see a slideshow, please click here The Memorial Hall was transformed into the venue for a massive pyjama party for this term’s Illumination; with everyone from Hundreds upwards turning up in their best onesie/dressing gown/matching pyjama set. Although the pillow fight disappointingly... More »
Category: Events
On Wednesday 30 January, Michael Miller (TU U6) and Georgia Statham (EL U6) beat three other teams (St Swithun's, Winchester, St. John's, Marlborough and Winchester College) in the second round of the ESU Mace Debating Competition. Georgia and Michael were proposing the motion 'This House Would... More »
Category: Events
Old Marlburian, Alfred St George Hamersley (C3 1862-66) one of rugby’s first internationals, has been inducted into the IRB’s Hall of Fame.IRB Chief Executive, Brett Gosper made the presentation at Marlborough College, where Hamersley was educated and first played ‘football’ under the... More »