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Blackheath High School
Blackheath High School is an independent day school for girls in Blackheath Village in southeast London, England. It was founded in 1880 as part of the Girls' Day School Trust; the Senior School occupied a purpose-built site in Wemyss Road for over 110 years. History The school was set up in 1880 by the Girls' Public Day School Company. Sarah Allen Olney was the founding head. During her short leadership the school's role grew by a factor of four. Onlney resigned in 1886 to found another school with her sister Rebecca. Location The Senior Department is located in the former Church Army Wilson Carlile Training College (opened in 1965) in Vanbrugh Park after moving from the Wemyss Road site in Blackheath in 1993/4. The school building in Blackheath village then became the Junior department. The Vanburgh Park site includes the Church Army Chapel, a locally listed building (designed by architect Ernest Trevor Spashett) now used as a music room and dance studio. It was a state-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise, Princess Royal And Duchess Of Fife
Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar; 20 February 1867 – 4 January 1931) was the third child and eldest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom; she was a younger sister of King George V. Louise was given the title of Princess Royal in 1905. Known for her shy and quiet personality, Louise remained a low-key member of the royal family throughout her life. Early life Louise was born on 20 February 1867 at Marlborough House, the London residence of her parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales. Louise's father was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her mother was the eldest daughter of Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark. From birth, as the granddaughter of the British monarch, she had the title ''Her Royal Highness Princess Louise of Wales''. She spent much of her childhood at Sandringham House in Norfolk. She was baptised at Marlborough House on 10 May 1867 by Charles Longley, Arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Boynton
Lucy Boynton (born January 17, 1994) is a British-American actress. Raised in London, she made her professional debut as the young Beatrix Potter in '' Miss Potter'' (2006). She starred in television productions '' Ballet Shoes'' (2007), '' Sense and Sensibility'' (2008) and '' Mo'' (2010), making guest appearances on ''Lewis'', ''Borgia'', '' Endeavour'', and '' Law & Order: UK''. Boynton portrayed writer Angelica Garnett on ''Life in Squares'', which aired on BBC. She appeared as an isolated popular girl in ''The Blackcoat's Daughter'' (2015) and starred as a bold aspiring model in ''Sing Street'' (2016), which met with critical acclaim. She appeared in horror films '' I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House'' (2016) and '' Don't Knock Twice'' (2016), receiving praise for her performance in the latter. Boynton portrayed J. D. Salinger's wife in ''Rebel in the Rye'' (2017), which had a negative reception. She played Countess Andrenyi in '' Murder on the Orient Express'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Maddocks
Fiona Maddocks is a British music critic and author who specializes in classical music. Described as "one of the UK's leading writers and commentators on classical music", Maddocks has been chief music critic of ''The Observer'' since 2010. She held a central role in founding three media companies: ''BBC Music Magazine'', Channel 4 and ''The Independent''. Previously arts feature writer for the ''Evening Standard'', Maddocks has also written for ''The Guardian'' and ''The Times''. Her publications include a survey on the Medieval composer Hildegard of Bingen, a collection of interviews with Harrison Birtwistle, an anthology of 100 pieces recommended pieces, and a guide to 20th-century classical music. Life and career Fiona Maddocks was born in London, studied English literature at Cambridge University and then attended the Royal College of Music. In 1997, she succeeded Andrew Porter as the chief chief music critic of ''The Observer''. She stayed there until 2002, leaving due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liv Little
Liv Little (born Olivia Little) is the founder of ''gal-dem'', an English online and print magazine run by women of colour. In 2016, she was listed as one of the BBC's 100 Women (BBC), 100 Women. Life Little was born in January 1994 to a Jamaican-born father and mother of Guyana, Guyanese descent. She was raised in South-East London and attended Blackheath High School and completed A-Levels at Newstead Wood School, Newstead Wood School for Girls. During a year out between school and university she completed a 12-week placement in India as a Health and Livelihoods Coordinator with Restless Development, a branch within the International Citizen Service. She later studied Politics and Sociology at the University of Bristol, graduating in 2016 with First-Class Honours. ''gal-dem'' Little founded ''gal-dem'' while at university after being frustrated with the lack of diversity at her university. The ''gal-dem'' team consists of more than 70 women of colour, most of whom are based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Lederer
Helen Margaret Lederer (born 24 September 1954) is an English comedian, writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom at the beginning of the 1980s. Among her television credits are the BBC2 sketch series ''Naked Video'' and BBC One's ''Absolutely Fabulous'', in which she played the role of Catriona. In 2015 her comedy novel ''Losing It'' was published by Pan Macmillan. It was nominated for the P. G. Wodehouse Comedy Literary Award and the Edinburgh Book Festival First Book Award. Early life Helen Lederer was born on 24 September 1954 in Carmarthen, Wales to an English mother and Czech-Jewish father.''Sunday Telegraph'' 13 May 2012 Her father was born in 1926 in |
Deborah Lawrenson
Deborah Lawrenson (born November 1960 in London, England) is a British novelist and journalist. She was educated at Blackheath High School, The British School of Brussels and Eastbourne College, and read English at Trinity College, Cambridge. She trained as a journalist on the ''Kentish Times'', then worked for ''The Daily Mail'', ''Mail on Sunday'' and ''Woman's Journal''. Her novels ''Hot Gossip'' (1994), ''Idol Chatter'' (1995), ''The Moonbathers'' (1998), ''The Art of Falling'' (2005) and ''Songs of Blue and Gold'' (2008) were all published by Random House UK. ''The Lantern'' (2011) was her first to be published in the United States, by HarperCollins, and by Orion in the UK. It was featured on Channel 4's ''The TV Book Club'' in 2011, and short listed for Romantic Novel of the Year 2012 (Epic category) by the Romantic Novelists' Association. ''The Sea Garden'' was published in 2014, and ''300 Days of Sun'' in 2016. Her novels have been translated into twelve languages. In Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Jeffreys
Elizabeth Jeffreys FAHA (born 22 July 1941) was Bywater and Sotheby Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, 1996–2006. She is now Emeritus Professor, and Emeritus Fellow of Exeter College. Career Elizabeth Jeffreys was educated at Blackheath High School and Girton College, Cambridge. Later in her career she gained a Bachelor of Letters (BLitt) degree from St Anne's College, Oxford. Jeffreys taught at Mary Datchelor Girls' School (now closed), London, 1965–69, then became senior resident fellow at the Warburg Institute, University of London, 1969–72. She was a visiting fellow at the Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies, 1972–74, then resident fellow at the University of Ioannina, 1974–76. She then moved to Australia as lecturer at universities in Sydney, Australia, 1976–86; Resident Fellow, University of Melbourne, 1987–89; and resident fellow then senior resident fellow, U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay Of Paddington
Margaret Ann Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, (née Callaghan; born 18 November 1939), is a British politician for the Labour Party and former BBC television producer and presenter. Background Her father was James Callaghan, a Labour politician and prime minister, and she was educated at Blackheath High School, Blackheath and Somerville College, Oxford. Between 1965 and 1977 she held production posts within the BBC, working on current affairs and further education television programmes. She then became a journalist on the BBC's prestigious ''Panorama'' programme, and Thames Television's '' This Week'' and presented the BBC 2 series ''Social History of Medicine''. She has a strong interest in health issues, notably as a campaigner on HIV and AIDS. She was a founder director of the National Aids Trust in 1987 and is also a patron of Help the Aged. Between 1994 and 1997, Baroness Jay was the Chairman of the charity Attend (then National Association of Hospital and Community Frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Fellowes
Jessica Fellowes (born 1974) is an English author and freelance journalist. She is the niece of Julian Fellowes (Baron Fellowes of West Stafford). Career Fellowes was assistant editor of ''Marketing Business'' from October 2000 to July 2001; co-ordinating editor of "Night & Day" for ''The Mail on Sunday'' from November 2001 to January 2003; and deputy editor of '' Country Life'' magazine from June 2004 until March 2008. She was a columnist for ''The London Paper'', and also writes for the '' Daily Telegraph'', ''Telegraph Weekend'', '' Psychologies'' and '' The Lady''. The Mitford Murders is her debut series as a novelist. Books *''Mud and the City: Dos and Don'ts for Townies in the Country'' (2008) Book Guild Publishing *''The Devil You Know: Looking Out for the Psycho in Your Life'' (2011) with Kerry Daynes, Coronet *''The World of Downton Abbey ''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchill College, Cambridge
Churchill College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It has a primary focus on science, engineering and technology, but still retains a strong interest in the arts and humanities. In 1958, a trust was established with Sir Winston Churchill as its chairman of trustees, to build and endow a college for 60 fellows and 540 students as a national and Commonwealth memorial to Winston Churchill; its Royal Charter and Statutes were approved by the Queen, in August 1960. It is situated on the outskirts of Cambridge, away from the traditional centre of the city, but close to the University's main new development zone (which now houses the Centre for Mathematical Sciences). It has of grounds, the largest area of the Cambridge colleges. Churchill was the first formerly all-male college to decide to admit women, and was among three men's colleges to admit its first women students in 1972. Within 15 years all others had followed suit. The college has a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Denington, Baroness Denington
Evelyn Joyce Denington, Baroness Denington DBE (née Bursill; 9 August 1907 – 22 August 1998) was a British politician. She served as chair of the Stevenage Development Corporation from 1966–80 and chair of the Greater London Council from 1975–77. Early life and career Denington was born Evelyn Joyce Bursill on 9 August 1907 to Philip Charles Bursill and Edith Rowena Montford. She was educated at Blackheath High School, Bedford College and Birkbeck College, where she attended evening classes. In 1927, she became an editorial assistant at ''Architecture and Building News'', leaving in 1931 to retrain as a teacher. Denington became secretary to the National Association of Labour Teachers (1938–47), and taught in London junior schools until 1950. Marriage She married Cecil Dallas Denington, a stockbroker's clerk but later a schoolteacher, in 1935. Politics She, and her husband, were elected to St Pancras Borough Council in 1945, serving until 1959. She was also electe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saffron Coomber
Saffron Marni Coomber (born 15 November 1994) is an English actress, best known for her role as Sapphire Fox in ''Tracy Beaker Returns'' from 2010 to 2012. She also portrayed Alexa Smith in ''EastEnders'' from 2012 to 2013. Early and personal life Coomber was born on 15 November 1994 in Greenwich, London, to an English father and mother of Jamaican descent. She attended Blackheath High School and Theatre Street Performing Arts. She has a sister named Saskia, who is also an actress. Coomber also trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Career Television In 2003, Coomber provided the voice for the PlayStation 2 video game, '' EyeToy: Play''. She began her acting career in 2008 when she starred in the television movie adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's ''Dustbin Baby'' as Cathy. She also played Molly in three-part children's drama '' Runaway'' in 2009, as well as guest roles in ''The Bill'' and ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors''. In 2010, Coomber began playing the role o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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