Public speakers just pipped at post
December 18, 2014
A QE Sixth Form team was narrowly beaten in the regional final of a public-speaking competition. Year 12 boys Miles Huglin, Akshat Joshi and Pranesh Varadarajan were runners-up in the English-Speaking Union Churchill National Public Speaking Competition for Schools held at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Miles, who was last year...
Pipped at the post in University Challenge final
March 30, 2012
Ben Pugh (OE 2002-2009) and his team from Pembroke College, Cambridge, fought their way successfully through every round of the BBC’s University Challenge before losing narrowly in the final. He then took the opportunity, along with the rest of his team, to meet the Duchess of Cornwall at a televised...
QE old boy progresses to University Challenge final
March 13, 2012
Ben Pugh (OE 2002-2009) played a significant role as his team “stormed” to the final of the BBC quiz show, University Challenge. Pembroke College, Cambridge, made an unusually slow start in their semi-final against UCL and trailed in the early stages, before pulling level and finally winning 185 points...
Go east, young men! Geographers compare areas of London
July 5, 2017
Year 12 pupils headed off to east London for a field trip designed to help them with their research for A-level geography. The day-long visit took in firstly Stratford – including East Village in E20, London’s newest postcode – and then the vibrant ‘hipster’ hotbeds of Spitalfields, Brick Lane and...
Naval reactors? Armistice Day anagrams round added to this year’s FQE Quiz Supper
November 16, 2017
The 2017 FQE Quiz Supper brought together parents, governors and staff past and present for an evening of fun, fundraising…and quite a lot head-scratching, too. As well as the quiz and a choice of fish and chips or vegetable curry for supper, the evening featured a raffle, which raised £300,...
Princeton’s Tigertones a roaring success on visit to QE
November 10, 2017
The Tigertones, Princeton’s signature male a cappella group, brought the distinctive sounds of American close harmony to QE in a specially arranged concert. The group performed for the Upper School as part of their autumn tour of London. They delivered a 30-minute set comprising exclusively their own arrangements of popular...
"Important and thought-provoking": lecture looks at discrimination and women’s roles home and abroad
March 8, 2018
A Lower School lecture about the role and experience of women led to lively debate amongst the boys. Alice Fookes, an Awareness-Raiser for UN Women (the United Nations organisation dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women), gave a wide-ranging talk on issues ranging from the limited access women...
