The first annual School fete: a candid account
June 18, 2024
David Taylor (OE 1961–1966) here gives his candid account of his key role as the organiser of the 1966 fete. Although there had been occasional fetes at QE before, as it turned out, the 1966 event was to be the start of a tradition of annual fetes that continues to...
QE retains literature quiz cup in nail-biter!
December 2, 2016
A team from QE has won the regional heat of an international children’s literature competition for the second year in a row.
Team Bookworm, comprising Lev Shafran, Ethan Solanki, Arjun Patel and Sultan Khokhar, all of Year 8, retained the Kids’ Lit Quiz cup in a closely fought North...
Without question, an excellent Founder’s Day!
June 22, 2016
Guest of Honour Edmund Watson urged the congregation at QE’s Founder’s Day thanksgiving service to ask good questions – about themselves, about others and about the world around them.
His address in Chipping Barnet Parish Church came at the start of Founder’s Day, which is a highlight of QE’s...
Biochemist At Forefront Of Plant Studies
January 1, 2016
Having secured his PhD, Benjamin Lichman now works at one of the world’s leading centres for plant product research.
Benjamin (OE 2000–2007), who in the summer of 2016 received his doctorate from University College London, took up a post-doctoral appointment at the John Innes Centre in Norwich. His research interests concern...
Winning the vote? Deft debating shakes faith of some in democracy
April 10, 2019
Sixth-formers took on Old Elizabethan opposition to debate one of the biggest questions of our era – whether there is a future for democracy. More than 170 guests, including Old Elizabethans, Year 12 pupils and staff, attended the 54th Elizabethan Union Annual Dinner Debate. The debate is a formal event...
Democratic deficit grows during Dinner Debate
May 15, 2019
Sixth-formers took on Old Elizabethan opposition to debate one of the biggest questions of our era – whether there is a future for democracy. More than 170 guests, including Old Elizabethans, Year 12 pupils and staff, attended the 54th Elizabethan Union Annual Dinner Debate, at which OE Nikhil Patel (OE...
