Category Archives: Old Girls’ General News
London City Drinks 2016
10th November 2016 On a crisp autumn evening, over 120 people called in at this year’s London City Drinks event held at The Merchant Taylors’ Company Hall. For some, it has become a regular, informal meeting point with school friends,
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Faye Cook 2008 Leaver
Congratulations to former student Faye Cook who has gained her Masters Degree from Liverpool University in Modern Languages (Hispanic). Faye is now going on to do a PhD.
However did we manage without the internet? Catriona Smith (née Carmichael)
…and where idle googling can lead you…be careful! Like many of you, I received an email in February or early March about the weekly archive items which would be featured on the Merchant Taylors’ Schools website from 2016 to 2020
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Helen Releases First EP as ‘Gazelle’
Since leaving MTGS in 2010, Helen Gaskell has embraced her creativity, turning her attention to music in pursuit of a dream career. Helen sang and played piano throughout school, having been captivated by jazz from an early age. On leaving
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Old Girl Sian ‘Wins her Wish List’
Old girl Sian Stephens (nee Evans) 1980-87 was sitting at her desk one Monday morning opening emails to the busy careers enquiries mailboxes she managed as the national Recruitment Manager for a UK luxury boutique hotel chain when an email
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Brendan King Visits to discuss Old Girl Beryl Bainbridge
Last week we welcomed author Brendan King into school to reveal the real woman behind the popular novelist and MTGS Old Girl, Beryl Bainbridge and discuss his recent biography of her. Beryl was at MTGS from 1942-47. Brendan talked about
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Caitlin O’Brien – A Career in Medical Physics
Pick up my UCAS personal statement today and you’d be forgiven for thinking I’d booked a flight to CERN and was halfway to a career in particle physics. Instead, when I arrived at Nottingham to study Physics, the breadth of
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Nicky Swift (1991-98) – A Career in Musical Theatre
It’s been eighteen years since I left MTGS, though in some ways it only feels like a few! I went straight to Birmingham University and got my music degree, followed by a post grad year at The Royal Academy Of
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An Annoyance of Neighbours by Angela Lightburn (née Trench)
I’ve always had a secret desire to be an author. Even after writing academic papers, a PhD thesis, had letters and articles published in newspapers and magazines, I’ve yearned to be a Proper Author with my name on a book.
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Top Industry Accolade for Anna Ratcliffe (1999 Leaver)
Former pupil Anna Ratcliffe (1999) and Director of The Michel Roux Jr Cookery School in Clapham, London, has been honoured with a top industry accolade for her work at Cactus Kitchens. The school works with a number of male chefs
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