“Anything is possible”: from rugby to running his own record label
July 20, 2017
Mike Ajayi’s signing and promotion of platinum-selling indie rock band alt-J was the key which unlocked a highly successful career in the music industry. Mike (OE 1998–2005) now runs his own label imprint, AMF (All My Friends) Records, which is part of the global Universal Music Group led by Mike’s...
Music For All
January 1, 2016
Chris Shurety has devoted a large part of his life to enabling people to make music.
In fact, having started to play instruments himself at the age of 40, Chris (OE 1956–1963) founded the whole late-starter orchestral movement in 1983 by establishing the East London Late Starters Orchestra.
In 2017, Chris’s...
Running a Record Label
January 1, 2016
Mike Ajayi got his big break when, in quick succession, he started working for a music industry legend and signed chart-toppers alt-J.
That led eventually to Mike (OE 1998–2005) running his own label imprint, AMF (All My Friends) Records, which is part of the global Universal Music Group led by...
You are among the very best – now go into the world and help others: UCL Provost’s message to QE prize-winners
March 22, 2019
More than 130 prizes were awarded to boys in the top four years of the School at the 2019 Senior Awards Ceremony – one of the highlights of QE’s academic year. Parents, prize-winners, VIP guests, governors and staff assembled in the School Hall for an evening in which the achievements...
Headmaster’s update
April 2, 2019
With next term’s examinations fast approaching, my colleagues and I have been further reflecting on questions of how young people study, of effective learning habits and of the best ways to revise. A recent staff training day focused on how to improve information recall. Research has indicated that reading through...
New country, new career: Hadleigh combines a life in IT with his long-standing devotion to service
July 16, 2019
Hadleigh Rush’s career has taken him from local charity fund-raising to a key role with software giant VMware, from working in Watford to a new life in the deserts of Arizona. Yet throughout his professional life, there is one common thread: “I have found a passion for giving back and...
New country, new career: Hadleigh combines a life in IT with his long-standing devotion to service
August 13, 2019
Hadleigh Rush’s career has taken him from local charity fund-raising to a key role with software giant VMware, from working in Watford to a new life in the deserts of Arizona. Yet throughout his professional life, there is one common thread: “I have found a passion for giving back and...
Beach boys win architectural modelling competition
September 9, 2019
A contemporary take on a beach house took first prize in a Year 10 competition overseen by Cambridge Architecture student Danny Martin. Old Elizabethan Danny, who has completed his second year at King’s College, helped out over the two days of the architectural modelling competition and judged the entries at...
