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Alasdair Miller - Carpenter 1972 Theodore Saunders - Tuckwell 1974
The British Dental Association I am the Organist and Master
has generously elected me as its
national President for 2014-15. of the Choristers at the Church
I will be installed as President at of Ireland cathedral in Armagh.
their Annual General Meeting Three years ago, I met up with
in Manchester in April 2014. John A Thomas, of King Alfred
I believe I am only the third House, at Exeter Cathedral
West Country dentist to be
when we both had pieces of
elected as President in over
125 years: the last one was in music being performed in the
1975. For the past 16 years I same service. More recently
have been the NHS Dental I was again in Exeter, and
Postgraduate Dean for the South West of England and met Stephen Yeo, of Bishop Fox House, who is now the
Programme Director of Bristol University’s Open Learning Headmaster at Exeter Cathedral School. Via the internet,
Programme for dentists. 850 dentists having gained a
I have been in touch with Christopher Bolton, and Chris
postgraduate qualification by this route.
Tregelles, both of Tuckwell House. At a personal level, I
Rory Young - King Alfred 1972 was off work for a couple of years enjoying all the benefits
I am currently immersed in a of the NHS with myeloma. I can recommend Northern
huge sculpture project for St Ireland for the quality of treatment provided. Despite its
Albans Cathedral: seven painted poor media image, it is a great place to live in. The NHS has
stone statues for the Pulpitum kindly provided me with a titanium infrastructure for my
Screen that heads the Nave - back, which makes it fun going through scanners at airports,
the longest nave in England.
since they can never find the metal! Any passing OAs are
It’s been over three years since
I won the competition and was welcome to visit. Ask for me at the cathedral.
commissioned by the Dean and Richard Farr - King Alfred 1977
Chapter. I was required to make
models for approval by the
OAs may be interested to
various watchdog committees,
local and national; a long drawn out process because such know that my award-winning
a proposal is rare - to repopulate a row of Medieval niches “Emperors of the Ice: A True
and to use paint. Now I am carving them all in stone. Here Story of Disaster and Survival
attached are images of the full scale coloured models placed in the Antarctic, 1910-1913”
in situ. The oil painted stone statues will be dedicated in - which casts Robert Falcon
2015. Scott’s tragic Polar quest in
All characters are martyrs and have a link with St Albans. It’s a wholly new light - is now
been fascinating to celebrate a pair of Catholics - Romero available both as a richly
d1980, and St Alban Roe d1642 - with a pair of Protestants illustrated hardback and also at
George Tankerfield d1555 and Bonhoeffer d1945, either last as an e-book.
side of Russian Orthodox Elizabeth of Russia d1918, with St One of the greatest of all true survival stories, it has been
Amphibalus converting St Alban in the middle. described as “compelling” (Booklist), “so gripping you will
Vrej Avedissian - King Alfred 1972 not want to put it down” (Science Teacher), and “masterful
and spell-binding” (Jim Wickwire, author of Addicted to
Vrej visited King’s College for a Danger.)
tour with his wife. It was the Also, in 2014 the new “bricks and mortar” arm of Amazon
first time that Vrej had been will be bringing out my teen thriller “Tongues” (which will
back to the school in over 30 reveal the true story behind the myth of the Tower of Babel)
years. in both print and electronic form, under their new Skyscape
imprint.
OAs can learn more and contact me through my website,
www.richardfarr.net
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