November 2025 Fellows' update: Dennis Gray
Dennis Gray (CF 1968) has published Essays from the Edge, a collection of twenty-one essays spanning fifty years of his writing on British climbing and mountaineering.
By Dennis Gray,
Reverend Bob Shepton has published his fourth book, Wild Preaching: Sermons that Weren’t.
His previous titles include Addicted to Adventure, High Latitude Sailing, and Addicted to More Adventure.
Dennis Gray (CF 1968) has published Essays from the Edge, a collection of twenty-one essays spanning fifty years of his writing on British climbing and mountaineering.
By Dennis Gray,
Self-employed teacher, presenter and promoter of Chinese opera, Kathy Hall (CF 2004) focused her Fellowship on Kunqu opera, so that she could further her Kunqu performance skills in Hangzhou, China. Kathy was invited by the British Museum to perform an excerpt from the Peking Opera, The Imperial Concubine Intoxicated -The Hundred Flowers Pavilion on June 9 2023 at the close of the 2-day Conference: China's 1800s -Material and Visual Culture. In the same evening, Kathy performed an excerpt from the Kunqu Opera, The Palace of Eternal Youth - the Intimate Feast. This was an informative comparison and contrast between the two major Chinese Opera genres in music, singing, and movements.
By Kathy Hall,
Girlguiding leader Hilary Cooper (CF 1979) was awarded a BEM in the 2023 New Years' Honours for services to young people and education.
By Hilary Cooper,
Conservationist Lorraine Finch (CF 2006) published a book entitled Low Cost/No Cost Tips for Sustainability in Cultural Heritage, this month. Lorraine drew upon learnings from her Fellowship which explored the conservation and preservation of film, sound and photography.
By Lorraine Finch,