Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

J.R. wrote:On the subject of The Bishop of Chichester, I re-call a band trip to Chichester Cathedral gardens where I'm sure we were introduced to Dama Anna Neagle and her actor husband.

John H might have a better recollection than me !

An actress and a bishop in one go!

Name the subtlety you're more capable of? Pick a cause you don't like. Then: Define the discussion so you can control it. Dominate the main media channels. Marginalise and belittle the views of the unwanted: apply logic; rhetoric and satire. Create false associations with other unpopular causes. Ta...

CH always seemed to me to be a remarkably non-political place, with most people following the principle: 'Politics: (if none, write Conservative)'. I also have the impression that interest in politics declined between the interwar years and the 1950s. In my lifetime there have, if I can count, been...

Blocking the traffic? Ooooh how radical. Are you sure UK Uncut isn't a typo? No. Is Ed Bell a typo? I was being partly facetious in case you hadn't guessed. Numbers in the street bringing things to a halt is better than doing nothing. I'm interested to see what OBs think about politics these days. ...

Actually I wasn't advocating violent revolution - all social change in this country be it human rights, workers rights, franchise etc, has started with movements outside parliament and, assuming it has public support, it gets onto the statute books sometime later (when the politicians have finished ...

Blocking the traffic? Ooooh how radical. Are you sure UK Uncut isn't a typo? No. Is Ed Bell a typo? I was being partly facetious in case you hadn't guessed. Numbers in the street bringing things to a halt is better than doing nothing. I'm interested to see what OBs think about politics these days.

Were we more inventive at Horsham with masters' nicknames in the 50s and 60s or were the masters more eccentric (not to say stark staring in some cases) back then, and rather invited it?

Now that he is in final 23 for the game against Fiji we are all hoping that the game goes well and that he will rise from the bench in the second half to become the first CH boy to gain a full England cap ... unless anyone can correct me....... Am I way off or did Geoff Hines (Lamb B), forward, get...

I sometimes do direct action with UK Uncut in London. Are there any other OB Uncutters out there (apart from Mark Thomas)? All great fun - occupying premises and blocking the traffic in central London. Bring on the revolution
Rockfreak (aged 70)