Royal High School Club in London Annual Dinner 2025

22 attendees comprising Royal High School Club in London members, their guests and a party of 5 from the school in Edinburgh assembled for the Annual Dinner on Friday the 14th of March 2025 at the Davy’s at St James wine bar in Pall Mall.  It was a cold day and we warmed up with […]

Royal High School Club in London Christmas Party 2024

On Monday the 9th of December ten former pupils of the Royal High School met up at the Iron Duke pub for Christmas drinks. The fantastic Christmas decorations in nearby West End streets added to the atmosphere in the pub.  When we had drinks in hand Eric Steedman reported good progress with the London Club’s […]

The Royal High School Club in London pre-Christmas drinks party

The Royal High School Club in London is hosting an informal pre-Christmas drinks party at the Iron Duke pub, 11 Avery Row, Mayfair, London W1K 4AN on Monday the 9th of December from 6:30 p.m. until around 9:00 p.m. The Iron Duke is the traditional Fuller’s pub in the heart of the West End that […]

The Royal High School Club in London Annual Dinner 2025

The Royal High School Club in London will hold its next annual dinner on Friday 14th of March 2025 at the Davys at St James wine bar in Crown Passage, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 6QY.  I will email out more details in the new year including the dinner menu choices and the ticket price which […]

RHS FP Edinburgh Annual Dinner 2024

The Royal Scots Club hosted the RHS Edinburgh FP Club’s 2024 Annual Dinner . Club President Russell Ogg chaired the evening, with the guest speaker being Lee Ann Cockburn (RHS leaving year 1986). Lee was the subject of one of our recent ‘modern’ biographies, and given her occupation as an Edinburgh Police inspector (and part-time […]

Poetry Prize Winner 2024

The London Club sponsors the school’s ‘Prize For An English Poem’ at the  annual prize-giving ceremony. This Year’s Winner is Hannah McLaughlin. Her poem, ‘The Apple Tree” is published here along with winning poems from previous years. The celebration of the Prize Giving and Leavers ceremonies took place on Friday 28th June 2024 and was chaired by […]

A quick review of the plans for the Old Royal High School building

Your correspondent spent a useful hour reading through the planning application for the Old Royal High School building recently published on the City of Edinburgh Council’s web site. For an overview I opened the Design Access Statement (Part 1 of 2) which contains some very clear drawings and some great photographs.