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 […]

The Regent Road RHS building

Two new directors appointed to the RHS Preservation Trust.

 Two new directors have been appointed to the Royal High School Preservation Trust: Grant Mackenzie and Kate Smith.  Both have extensive experience of building restoration projects and it is good to see people with this expertise working on the Old Royal High School. Read the full article in ‘Scottish Construction Now’ from 7th Dec 2023.

The Regent Road RHS building

Wanted, people to run the Old Royal High School renovation project

THE Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT), the charity behind the transformation of Edinburgh’s Royal High School into a National Centre for Music, is searching for a chair and trustees to help lead the project. If you are interested in the Old Royal High School renovation you may wish to apply for the positions advertised […]

The Regent Road RHS building

Old Royal High School plans scaled back.

The plans for renovation of the Old Royal High School building have been scaled back because of escalating costs. As a result St Mary’s music school will not now relocate to Regent Road. However the proposed National Music Centre for Scotland will still be created on the Regent Road site. Further details on The National […]

George Lunn’s Royal High School film and photo archive

Dear friends, A belated Happy New Year from the Royal High School Club in london and I hope this finds you well. This is to let you know that George Lunn (RHS 1963-68) has sent us some film and photos from his days at the old Royal High School on Regent Road. These days George […]