MIKE HIRST (A96) works on the BBC website, writing on foreign news stories. Previously he was the Beruit Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph for six months, and on the staff of The Tablet. [posted 6 June 2008]

HENRY HUDSON (O00) is holding a joint Exhibition with Laurence Owen - A Prayer for the Procrastinator - between 21 May 2008 and 10 June 2008 [6.30 to 8.30pm] at First Floor, 19-23 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6JU - tel 020 7 727 0398

CHRISTOPHER IRVEN (B53) has written two books: Joy Light Sorrow and Splendour: Thoughts for our time on the Rosary [Brimstone Press 2007] and The Loving Scapegoat: Stations of the Cross for Today [Brimstone Press 2007]. These books both have an Intriduction by Fr Sebastian Moore. more on Christopher Irven books

JAMES LEWIS-BOWEN (B86) Just Another Mzungu Passing Through [2008]. Fr Matthew Burns (W58) writes: "James Lewis-Bowen has published his first novel with the Parthian Press. Calling himself Jim Bowen, he based his novel Just Another Mzungu Passing Through on two "unforgeteable" years in Kenya - James worked as a coach for the Naroibi Provincial Cricket Association from 1996 to 1998. Mzungu is the Kenyan for "white man". He catches the full beauty as well as the drama and squalor of that country. James now runs holidays for disabled people on his family farm in West Wales, and he is working on his next story. [posted 4 August 2008]

JIM MELLON (J74) and Al Chalabi The Top 10 Investments for the Next 10 Years: Investing your way to financial prosperity (published 5 February 2008]. The Times reported [18 February 2008] that it "has sold 11,000 hardback copies already" and "offers his insights into most of the big asset classes". Jim Mellon was the subject of the Monday Manifesto in the Business Section of The Times on 18 February 2008, written by Miles Costello - involving a two page presentation [pages 40 and 41] of his activities since leaving Oxford aged 21 in 1979. The Times describes his many activities, and notes that "he believes in solar power - it will, he argues, be 'bigger than the internet within the next five years'". In relation to solar power, Jim Mellon has set up his own industrial company Emerging Metals, which he will be floating on the London Investment Market within the next three months" [posted 18 February 2008]

JAMES STOURTON (O74) has written Great Collectors of Our Time: Art Collecting since 1945 [Scala Publishers £45]. Reviewing the book in The Catholic Herald [30 May 2008], DESMOND SEWARD (C49) writes of "this handsome volume" which is "the first major survey of art collecting in the modern world for over 40 years" James Stourton is Chairman of Sotherby's, and Desmond Seward writes that "nobody could be better equipped to write such a book than the author, already well-known for his Greater Smaller Museums of Europe". Desmond Seward writes that "Great Collectors of Our Time "is a marvellous study, written in a tone of casual elegance". Desmond Seward adds: "His thumbnail portraits of collectors makes this a fascinating study... Stourton is especially interesting about their motivation.... here is a book one can devour straight off - or pick up, again and again, always with enjoyment" [posted 4 June 2008]

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CHARLES STEEL (C79) with the actor Forest Whitaker who takes the part of President Idi Amin of Uganda in the film The Last King of Scotland. Charles Steel was one of three producers of the film The Last King of Scotland.    Home

ALEXANDER MACFAUL (D90) is holding an exhibition in late January 2008 at the Northcote Gallery in Battersea. Alexander was the first Artist-in-residence in the Sunley Centre at Ampleforth in 2000.  He has held regular exhibitions since then, but all mixed exhibitions. [posted December 2007]

JUSTIN KERR-SMILEY (W83) novel Under The Sun [Reportage Press] is being published on 1 November 2007. [posted 25 September 2007]

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FR FELIX STEPHENS (H61) has been appointed Master of St Benet's Hall, Oxford, as from September 2007. Fr Felix succeeds FR LEO CHAMBERLAIN (A58) as Master of St Benet's Hall more

INIGO GILMORE (W87) is based in Israel, and writes for The Observer and contributes to Channel Four.

2007 - Indian floods

INIGO GILMORE (W87) reported on Channel 4 News on 5 August 2007 from flood-hit Uttar Pradesh, as the Indian army moves into try and bring supplies to millions of stranded people.[posted 5 August 2007]

2007 - Gaza

INIGO GILMORE (W87) is Channel 4 News reporter in Gaza. On Channel 4 News on 20 June 2007, the 100th day of captivity in Gaza for BBC reporter Alan Johnston, Inigo re-traced his steps back across the border amid the current instability. According to Channel 4 News email from Jon Snow, Hamas know the clan that is holding Alan Johnston.  [posted 20 June 2007]

2006 - Middle East War

Inigo Gilmore reported in The Observer [13 August 2006] that "The future of Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, was last night hanging on how successfully he could sell his citizens the idea that the country had been 'victorious' in the 'war in the north' as criticism of his shaky performance began to escalate amid the first calls for his resignation" . After having high approval ratings, the Prime Minister faces demands to stand down after failing to deliver total victory. Inigo Gilmore reports from Tel Aviv. Inigo report 13 August 2006 The Observer

2006 - barred from Ethiopia

In February 2006, he was barred from visiting Ethiopia. He had reported on an Ethiopian government crackdown on protests over the disputed May 2005 election results that returned Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to power. "Here was a reporter seeking to cover the crisis in Ethiopia thoroughly and fairly and the government's response was to thwart his efforts so that the alarming events in Ethiopia can stay hidden from the rest of world," said Ann Cooper, executive director of the U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists. 76469-Ethiopia-0 - Inigo barred from Ethiopia

2000 and 2001 - Nkosi and AIDS in South Africa

In about 2000 and 2001, Inigo Gilmore was much involved in the story of Nkosi Johnson, an 11-year old boy who died of Aids in 2001, and whose struggle become a cause celebre in South Africa. As Inigo wrote [18 May 2001]: "Ten months after Nkosi Johnson took the stage at the International Aids Conference in Durban to appeal for people living with HIV/Aids to be treated with dignity the dying child is now held up as a potent symbol of hope in the fight against South Africa's devastating epidemic. Since Nkosi slipped into a coma at the turn of the year his progress has been followed like a popular soap opera in South Africa where Nelson Mandela has described him as "an icon of the struggle for life"."

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Theatrical Theatrics Productions has just finished its run at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.   more

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