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 […]
St Mary’s School at the Old Royal High
The old Regent Road buildings are being converted for use by the St Mary’s School of music. Pupils from the school were given a sneak preview of their new home. An article and photographs appear in The Scottish Field Since this news item was posted, it has now been reported that the restoration will be […]
The Royal High School digital history
The RHS Club is pleased to announce that the ‘Digital History’, which has until now been available only on a USB memory stick, has been substantially transferred to the Club website.The new product is very similar to the USB format, except for some components which are too large for online publication, including several large videos, and PDF’s of the five main […]
School Organ Project
Two pipe organ enthusiasts, Alan Buchan and Dr Alan Ireland, both former pupils of the school, kindly agreed to perform on video as the instrument has now been repaired and tuned.Alan Buchan played Widor’s Toccata and Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba.Dr Alan Ireland played Sir Alexander Mackenzie’s Hymnus and John Ireland’s Alla MarciaThis […]
Royal High School Edinburgh FP Annual Dinner 2023
The Annual Dinner for the Royal High School Club was held at the Royal Scots Club. Club photographer Ian R C Cowie provided the camera skills, so a short report with photographs can be found on the Royal High School Club website.
Royal High School Club in London – Annual Dinner 2023
The Royal High School Club in London’s 2023 Annual Dinner was held in the Function Room of the Davy’s at St James wine bar in Crown Passage, Pall Mall on Friday the 3rd of March. The attendees included a party from the school who had flown down from Edinburgh in the morning. Read more and […]
Annual Dinner April 2022
Our 2022 annual dinner was held in the elegantly furnished Board Room at the Davys at St James wine bar in Crown Passage, Pall Mall and in a change to our usual format the dress code was informal. Before dinner we heard a short presentation about the Davys wine business and the wines that we […]
Christmas Drinks Party December 2022
Early arrivals found the Iron Duke pub crammed with drinkers watching Spain versus Morocco on a large screen. After the last kick of the game the crush gradually eased and we were able to find our table in the corner near the bar. Our party soon got under way and, as usual, the Iron Duke’s […]