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THE HARROVIAN
VOL. CXXXIV NO.27 June 25, 2022
BURSTON PRIZE FOR ART celebration of Harrow’s creativity and talent in the Upper Sixth.
This prestigious prize, named after Neville Burston (Moretons
Adjudicated by Dr Kambalu, Associate Professor of Fine Art 1942–46), has been annually awarded to the Upper Sixth artist
and Director of Research at Ruskin School of Art, Oxford who has produced outstanding work in his final year at Harrow.
This year’s Burston Prize adjudicator was Dr Samson Kambalu,
an Associate Professor of Fine Art and Director of Research at
the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, where he is also
a fellow at Magdalen College. Born in Malawi,Dr Kambalu is
an artist and writer working in a variety of media, including
site-specific installation, video, performance and literature. His
writing includes The Museum and the Individual, for the Tate,
which looks at aspects of the gift economy in Meschac Gaba’s
Museum of Contemporary African Art. Kambalu has been
featured in major exhibitions and projects worldwide, including
the Dakar Biennale (2014, 2016), the Tokyo International Art
Festival (2009), and the Liverpool Bienniale (2004, 2016).
Kambalu’s winning commission Antelope, featuring the pan-
Africanist Baptist preacher John Chilembwe, will be displayed
on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth in 2022–24.
Works on display We were very lucky to welcome such an incredible adjudicator,
to whom our Upper Sixth responded with some fantastic pieces
Adam Chambers, Rendalls – The Ephemeral Tempest of art.
Max Ferreira, The Grove – The Voices of the Sublime Despite having the seemingly impossible job of choosing a
Vadim Gurinov, The Grove winner from such a talented group of artists, Dr Kambalu awarded
Jack Hargreaves, Rendalls Max Ferreira the Neville Burston Prize. Ferreira produced two
Yoh Ishikawa, Elmfield oil paintings of commendable artistic sophistication, composition
Tomas Kemp, The Park – Self-portrait and colour, which gave the viewer both an insight into his
Patrick Lehrell, Moretons – London Soup artistic ability but also his psyche.
George Leigh, Elmfield
Nick Martin, The Knoll – Death’s Blossom
Sam McGougan, Bradbys
Jack O’Connor, Druries
Henry Oelhafen, Lyon’s – Graveyards of Nature
Henry Pearce, Newlands – La Muralla Roja
John Richardson, Elmfield
Anton Shashenkov, The Knoll
Alan Tang, The Knoll – Lilies
Marcus Tung, West Acre – Narcissus
Angus Walker, Bradbys – The reverie of Kamala
Benji Xu, The Grove – Self-Portrait
Ferreira said of the work:
‘The human ego fears the infinity of the natural world,
constructing a delusory reality in which man is separated
from all else, glorified to a status of superiority - contempt in
numbness. From here, synergy ceases to exist, the mystic is
out of reach. As humans succeed in the control of the natural
world, they simplify its boundless deity. And so, the search for
the sublime continues.’
The Burston Prize this year proved to be an incredible display
of Harrow’s artistic prowess and creativity. I hope this success
and high level of work that was seen at this thoroughly enjoyable
This term has been a stressful one but, thankfully, the Neville event will be carried on to provide future Harrow generations
Burston Prize provided a perfect escape from it all, as well as a with a great source of cultural enrichment.
June 25, 2022 T H E H A R R O V I A N
SLAVONIC SOCIETY in the demonstration. Finally, a paradox that is in neither class
may be an antinomy, which reaches a self-contradictory result
Daniel Sidhom, The Knoll, ‘Alexander Lukashenko’, by properly applying accepted ways of reasoning. A classic
3 May example of an antinomy is the Liar’s paradox – “I am lying”. If
the liar is indeed lying, then the liar is telling the truth, which
On Tuesday 3 May, Daniel Sidhom, The Knoll, gave a talk means the liar just lied and so on.
to the Slavonic Society on ‘Alexander Lukashenko: A reign The first paradox of the night was the Monty Hall Problem,
through the eyes of a Belarussian nationalist and traditionalist originally posed (and solved) in a letter by Steve Selvin to the
conservative’. Sidhom started with an explanation about the American Statistician in 1975. The question goes as follows:
history of modern Belarus. suppose you are on a game show and you are given the choice
Belarus is one of the newest countries to make its way onto of three doors. Behind one door is a car and behind the other
the world stage, being formed only in August in 1991. Belarus is two doors are goats. You pick a door, say number 1, and the
an overwhelmingly Belarussian nation, with a majority Orthodox host, who knows what is behind the doors, opens another door,
population, with sizeable Roman Catholic and non-religious say number 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do
minorities. Belarus’ formation came out of the dissolution of you want to pick door number 2?" Is it to your advantage to
the USSR, from which Alexander Lukashenko also emerged. switch your choice?
Previously a mere border guard, Lukashenko was able to Most of us here would believe that there is absolutely no
climb his way to the position of president in the chaos after point in switching doors, as the probabilities would both be
his country’s formation, and has kept his power for a period 50%. However, the actual answer is that switching would be
of 30 years, mostly through a series of elections that lacked beneficial. This caused an outrage: more than 10,000 readers,
any real legitimacy. Lukashenko however has embraced this, including 1000 with PhDs, wrote to the magazine in protest
describing himself proudly as “the last dictator in Europe”, that the answer was wrong. In fact, Paul Erdos, one of the
despite Sidhom arguing that this statement was never made. most prolific mathematicians of the 20th century, refused to
Lukashenko’s political ideology, despite Sidhom’s protestations, be convinced until he was shown a computer simulation of
appeared to be a curious one. While being apparently a the problem.
traditionalist, Sidhom explained that Lukashenko opposed the The solution could be easily explained. At the start of the
reinstatement of the Romanov monarchy, and is in support of show, the probability of the car being behind each of the doors
separation between church and state, which I would argue are is the same, at 1/3. Thus, there is a 2/3 probability that the car
two decidedly non-traditionalist beliefs. In fact, Lukashenko is behind doors 2 or 3. After a goat is revealed to be behind
currently supports the reconstruction of the anti-traditionalist, door 3, there is now a 2/3 probability that the car is behind
socialist USSR! In the interest of rebuilding this fallen state, door 2. Therefore, it would be beneficial to switch.
Lukashenko has eliminated the hard border between Russia Another interesting paradox covered was the birthday paradox.
and Belarus, and dogmatically approves of Putin’s actions: Imagine a room with a group of people. How big does the
two strange actions for a supposedly nationalist leader to take. group have to be before there is a 50% chance of two people
The audience began to realise that Lukashenko has promoted sharing a birthday?
an incredibly statist method of running Belarus, with politics, 100? 150? 182? The answer is in fact 23. This seemingly
the economy, welfare and culture all being conducted through impossibly low number can be explained by the fact that
the government. Belarus’ economic situation can mostly be the birthdays can be compared across every possible pair of
described as a holdover from the Soviet period. individuals, which means there are a total of 253 pairs with
Additionally, Sidhom went on to discuss the architecture of 23 people in present. In fact, when there are 70 people in the
Belarus. Belarus employs mostly a modernist and minimalist room, there are 2,415 pairs and the probability of two people
architectural style; this seemed to suggest, however, that having the same birthday is more than 99.9%!
Lukashenko’s Belarus was actually a traditionalist paradise. Other paradoxes covered throughout the night included the
After 20 minutes of talking about architecture, and an hour secretary problem, the missing square puzzle, Thomson’s lamp,
after promising the audience his talk would be short, the lecture and the potato paradox. Once again many thanks to Olunkunle
ended with a few questions from the floor. Olowe for sharing his knowledge on paradoxes so eloquently
If you wish to give a lecture to the Slavonic Society, or wish to the society!
to be put on the mailing list, please contact either KAF or the
Secretaries, Archie Powell, The Grove, or Edward Blunt, Elmfield.
RAYLEIGH LECTURE
Professor Lloyd Peck, 4 May
MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
Emmanuel Olowe, The Grove, ‘Mathematical Throughout the past three decades, Harrow School has welcomed
Paradoxes: Falsidical, Veridical or an Antinomy?’ eminent speakers from all over the world to deliver the most
prestigious Scientific Society lecture of the year. In recent
On a breezy summer night, Emmanuel Olowe, The Grove, gave a years, the Rayleigh Lecture has featured names such as Nobel
talk to the Mathematical Society titled ‘Mathematical Paradoxes: Laureate Professor Gregory Winter, renowned epidemiologist
Falsidical, Veridical, or an Antinomy?’. It was one of the most Professor Neil Ferguson and former NASA astronaut Nicholas
interactive talks of the term, with frequent questions being Patrick, to name but a few. This year, the 29th Rayleigh Lecture
thrown at the audience and back again as everyone uncovered was delivered sensationally by Professor Lloyd Peck, leader
the mystery of various paradoxes in maths. of the British Antarctic Expedition: a man of great charisma,
Olunkunle Olowe started the talk by outlining the three knowledge and formidable achievement, who, while engaging
main types of paradoxes: veridical, falsidical and antinomy. and stimulating a packed OH Room, was able to compress
A veridical paradox produces a result that appears absurd, but years of amazing research into a succinct, informative and
nonetheless is demonstrated to be true. As the conclusion is highly entertaining presentation.
correct, veridical paradoxes are often merely called problems. On Lloyd Peck is a scientific trailblazer who pioneered
the other hand, a falsidical paradox establishes a result that not investigations into animal adaptations in extreme environments,
only appears false but actually is false, due to a logical fallacy focusing on freezing polar conditions. He has had 20 field
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visits to Antarctica in his 30 years of research and has been Antarctica, as people in Antarctica go out well equipped for the
decorated with many awards. Additionally, he has published cold, but people on beaches on a cold day may not be wearing
over 340 papers and was selected to deliver a Royal Institution as much to protect them.
Christmas Lecture, an honour highly prized in the international Professor Peck, who has also hosted a number of television
scientific community. series, then played a video of himself from many years ago
As per Rayleigh Lecture tradition, the talk commenced that highlighted the effects of having a low body temperature.
with words said in honour of OH Lord Rayleigh – namesake Peck himself in the video was lowered into a tank of cold water
of the School’s observatory – who, during his lifetime, wrote until his core body temperature was reduced by a few degrees.
over 450 published papers and is still considered by many as During the video, as the water shocked his system, you could
the last great Victorian polymath. He was awarded the Nobel see shivering, but the main issues were the fact that his grip
Prize for his discovery of the inert gas argon, and remains the strength was halved, and his manual dexterity was effectively
only OH Nobel laureate, a statistic that will hopefully change non-existent. If his temperature had continued to fall (and
in the near future! he had not been eased out of the cold-water tank), at a body
temperature 33°C he would have become unconscious; at 30°C
his heart would have arrested, and at 25°C he would have died.
This reduction of body temperature happens very quickly.
Then Professor Peck dived into the main part of his lecture:
the life of the animals themselves. He started by describing how
warm-blooded animals stay warm in these freezing temperatures,
which can fall as low as -57°C, taking the emperor penguin as
an example. The penguins have very dense feathers which act
as a waterproof jacket that can trap air, essentially the same
mechanism as double glazing or vacuum-insulated water bottles.
They live on the continent throughout the winter, so to stay
warm they stay in big groups – penguin huddles. Surprisingly
enough, it is actually very easy to overheat in these huddles,
and in many pictures of such groupings, one can often see a
penguin in the middle trying to get out! “Try it with your mates
and see for yourself,” exclaimed Professor Peck.
Following an eloquent introduction from Secretary Will Tate, Peck further described the challenges of diving works in the
The Knoll, Professor Peck launched into his lecture entitled cold waters of Anarctica. Antarctica is the most isolated continent
‘Life in Antarctic Extremes’. The lecture began with some ‘fun due to the current in the Southern Ocean that goes all the way
facts’ about Antarctica: the ones you know, such as it being the around and comes back. To top it off, Antarctica is subject to
world’s coldest highest, driest and windiest continent, and some 60–80-foot waves. The sea ice spans about 10–15 million square
you may not know, such as the fact that Antarctica is covered kilometres. It is very thick in the winter but slightly thinner in
in 99% ice – 90% of the world’s ice in fact. Moreover, 75% the summer. Characteristics like these are what give Antarctica
of the world’s fresh water is stored in the 3km-deep ice sheets the strongest seasonality on Earth. As one might expect, most
that blanket it. In addition, the ice is punctuated with colossal diving is done in the summer when the sea ice is the thinnest,
cracks due to its plastic properties, cracks so big that you can but it still has to be hacked out by a chainsaw. Every diver is
fly a plane in them. equipped with insulating diving clothes and has a rope so that
Professor Peck then went on to illustrate life in Antarctica they can easily make their way back up. The purpose of these
and its dangers, a concept that many in the audience were deep-sea diving expeditions is to find out how cold-blooded
keen to learn about. First, you are working at an altitude of animals in the sea cope with the temperature, the subject of
about 10,000 feet, which leads to decreased oxygen intake. the next part of Professor Peck’s presentation.
In addition, the wind and snow make it incredibly difficult to Over 20,000 species of animals live on the sea bed in Antarctica,
move around or travel significant distances. At times, visibility making it more diverse than most tropical sea beds. The first
can be limited to less than a metre, and some snowstorms can common phenomenon found in these cold-water conditions is
last for many days. In such instances, scientists may have to gigantism. For example, amphipods, a type of crustacean, are 1cm
stay in a tent for prolonged periods; two scientists some years long in the UK, but the same exact species found in Antarctica
ago had to spend 49 days in a tent no bigger than a bedroom. are 9cm long and are 100 times heavier. Sea gooseberries in
With a humorous touch, Professor Peck emphasised the fact the deep sea of Antarctica are 70cm long, 3,000 times bigger
that you have to do just about everything in the tent – he left than their UK counterparts. But perhaps most fascinating are
the details of that to our imaginations! the isopods. Professor Peck showed two sea spiders, one from
Next, Professor Peck explained how we lose heat, obviously the UK and one from Antarctica. The UK version was about
alluding to the extreme cold and how it may affect scientists the size of a small fly, but the one from Antarctica had about
working in these types of conditions. Using items distributed to the diameter of a Harrow hat and it is not even the biggest sea
everyone in the audience, Peck elucidated this concept of heat spider in Antarctica! These extreme instances of gigantism have
loss. He first demonstrated conduction by having the audience yet to be explained fully, but it seems that the lower temperature
hold a coin, highlighting the difference in temperature before leads to lower metabolic rates, which need less oxygen. This
and after equilibrium (when the thermal energy has been is in contrast with the abundance of oxygen in the cold waters
conducted from your finger to the coin, resulting in them being (gases are generaly more soluble at lower temperatures), leading
the same temperature). Even though your finger is technically to the ability to make much more body fat.
losing thermal energy, it feels warmer after equilibrium. This Cold-blooded animals living in the sea also have another
is due to the fact that nerves do not measure temperature; they ability: they can go without food for much longer periods of
measure energy transfer. He then demonstrated convection time than their counterparts in warmer waters. This is again
and evaporation and their role in heat loss, before mentioning because of the lower temperatures and consequentially lower
hypothermia, the condition of having an abnormally low body metabolic rates, meaning that processes in general just work
temperature. Hypothermia, surprisingly, is less of a problem slower, including the need for nutrition. These lower temperatures
in freezing conditions than one might expect. In fact, there affect biochemical reactions as well as enzyme levels, where
are more hypothermia cases on UK beaches than there are in you can find that chemical reactions go much slower. Curiously
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enough, Professor Peck’s research has showed that it is much He then explained the policy of agricultural collectivisation,
more difficult to make proteins in these cold temperatures, but where landowners (kulaks) were stripped of their ownership
the cause for this has not yet been found. of the land to form collective farms (kolhozy). This reasoning
Finally, Professor Peck described Antarctic fish. All Antarctic was that kulaks were withholding resources from the masses.
fish have antifreeze and some even have no blood pigments: they Consequently 1.8 million peasants were displaced from 1930–31.
do not have red blood cells. This is because low-temperature The next segment of the lecture was the Asharshylyq Genocide.
water carries more oxygen, so they have adapted to not need The collectivisation policy was crucial in controlling Kazakh
very much oxygen. In addition, their hearts are five times society. National elites and charismatic leaders were removed as
bigger, and their capillaries are four times the diameter of any they were branded as kulaks and thus were targets of resentment
other vertebrates. Marine species are further characterised by by the masses. This made Kazakh society more docile and easy
their long lifetimes, slow growth and development, and delayed to control, as Kazakh land was greatly valued as it produced a
maturity. Eggs tend to be bigger as well. lot of grain and was prime land for gulags.
Professor Peck concluded with how climate change can affect He also described the policy of confiscation, as rich Kazakhs
these animals living in extreme conditions. For example, warmer (bais) had property seized, including land and cattle. The
waters will mean that not as much oxygen can be held in the volume of confiscation was astounding, as 96% of livestock was
water, leading to some of the species without blood pigment to deported from Kazakhstan. This caused great protest, but the food
become endangered. The characteristic long generation times shortages prevented successful resistance. He also told a story
and larger eggs means that there is less of a chance of producing of a greedy Soviet official who, instead of feeding a Kazakh
new genetic material, which heavily impedes the ability of the village, used the food aid certificates to have a grand wedding.
animals to adapt to climate change. Unfortunately, with the reduced livestock and corruption within
Following a rapturous applause from the audience and thanks the food aid system, 1.5 million Kazakhs starved to death. 1.7
from Secretary Edos Herwegh Vonk, Newlands, Professor Peck million people fled from Kazakhstan in 1931, with diseases
answered a host of questions. He even stayed behind for 30 greatly affecting the fleeing population (typhus, dysentery and
minutes to explain additional details to those willing to stay! TB being the main illnesses). This resulted in a further estimated
The Scientific Society is immensely grateful and fortunate to death toll of 2.3 million people, 40% of the Kazakh population.
have welcomed such an articulate and erudite speaker, educating
us on such a captivating area of science, and we wish Professor
Lloyd Peck well on his future endeavours and studies.
CASPIAN SOCIETY
Danial Aspandiiarov, Bradbys, ‘Starvation in the USSR:
The 1930–33 genocides’, Part 1 and Part 2, 5 May
On Thursday in MLS, Danial Aspandiiarov, Bradbys, gave an
insightful and thought-provoking Caspian Society talk on the
genocide of Kazakhs in the Soviet Union in the 1930s. This
aspect of Soviet history is rarely discussed, and even now most
Kazakhs are not aware of the genocide, and even fewer are
aware of its true extent.
Above: 1930. An image of starvation in a Kazakh village, a
truly horrific and tragic picture. Even so, it was not the most
disturbing of images in the lecture, which emphasises the true
horror of what happened to the Kazakh people.
To respond to the exodus of Kazakhs, the USSR employed
the “repatriation” policy. Politician Turar Ryskulov wrote a
letter to Stalin, prompting this response. Yet again, Kazakhs
were pulled out of their homes and returned to the USSR.
They travelled in trains in the winter and unfortunately only
70% of the passengers survived. Those who survived were sent
to factories to work, but many died due to frailty and, again,
starvation. The horror of the conditions of this repatriation were
documented by Ella Maillart, a Swiss reporter. She was shocked
by the infants who were “devoid of muscle” and by a mother
“in tatters”. She was confused as to what they were doing and
Above you will find a useful map to illustrate the various places “where they were going” as it seemed entirely inhumane to
to which Kazakhs fled. travel in such conditions.
Aspandiiarov started by recounting the events in the USSR Finally, Aspandiiarov told of what has become of the legacy of
region in the 1920s. By 1920, the USSR already absorbed this genocide. Two-thirds of Kazakhs had become sedentary as
the lands of modern Ukraine and Kazakhstan, then called the the nomad lifestyle was destroyed and livestock was decimated.
Kazakh Khanate and Alash Orda. This absorption into the The Kazakhs now only made up 38% of the Kazakh SSR. The
newly formed USSR resulted in the formation of the Kazakh information about this genocide was supressed, resulting in very
SSR and Ukrainian SSR. Aspandiiarov stressed the ruthlessness minimal discussion and no education about it.
with which this occurred, as any resistance was met with I found the talk greatly insightful. Ironically, only the
execution. The Kazakhs’ nomadic lifestyle was destroyed as “uneducated” Kazakhs who grew up in villages without formal
policies implemented by the USSR resulted in 20% of the education knew of this, as most of Kazakh history is passed
Kazakh population starving to death. on through speech. It was also incredibly painful to hear this
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story, and painful to learn that it has been ignored for so long. I collectivised in the next two months. People were unhappy with
hope that, in the future, great strides can be made in educating this policy, but any revolt was met with execution or deportation
people about this genocide, and Aspandiiarov’s talk was a great to gulags. By 1931, 78% of the land was collectivised.
opportunity to shed light upon it. Meanwhile, requisition was also happening on a mass scale,
as 27% of the USSR’s grain was Ukrainian. The harvest fell
by 6 million tonnes, but as quotas remained the same, Ukraine
had to export a larger proportion of its harvest to the USSR
(1/3 of this harvest was exported). In addition, Stalin approved
searches for hidden grain in households, but the Communist
brigades abused this power, leaving homes ransacked and
households starving.
In 1933, Stalin decreed the Law of Spikelets, which essentially
punished anyone who “stole” government property. In this case
the property was land and grain, and anyone who did not give
it up to the state was punished. Around 14,000 Ukrainians
were sentenced under this law and, in the USSR as a whole,
5,000 people were shot by a rifle squad for breaking this law.
Moreover, a black list was created, which contained
“underperforming villages”. Those villages had all their supplies
Above: a memorial to the victims of the famine - a monument confiscated and were cut off from trade. Also, many villages
commemorating the victims of the famine. that had a history of resistance were put on the list. Over 400
Ukrainian farms were blacklisted, causing huge issues within
The Slavonic and Caspian cultures contain a huge amount the country. Some regions even reported a death rate of 40%.
interesting topics to talk about, and if you are interested in “He who shall not work, shall not eat”: this quote by Stalin
giving a lecture, please get in touch with KAF to organise it. perfectly symbolises the attitude in the USSR at the time.
If you wish to learn more about the two societies you can in Unfortunately, Ukraine was considered as underperforming
touch with the Secretaries of the Slavonic and Caspian Societies. due to the low harvest. No one took the time to think that
the weather was responisble for this issue. In 1933 alone, 3.5
million Ukrainians died, out of 5 million total across the USSR.
Danial Aspandiiarov, Bradbys, ‘The Ukrainian Famine Cannibalism, looting and mass graves were commonplace as
in the 1930s, called Holodomor’, Part 2 people struggled to cope.
Despite numerous calls for aid, the Ukraine SSR received no
During the Russian Civil War, Ukrainians had to supply the Red aid at all. At the same time, the RSFSR and the Kazakh SSR
Army with food and grain. Any sort of capitalist features of the received some aid at least. Eventually, Kyiv was granted 80,000
economy, such as free markets, were completely dismantled by tonnes of aid, but even this was not enough. Mismanagement
socialist economics. The impact of the Russian Civil War, as well among authorities resulted in appropriation of food for their
as World War I, left the Ukrainian economy reeling, as grain personal benefit.
production only recovered to 25%. Similarly to Kazakhstan,
Ukraine was absorbed by the bolsheviks and subjected to the
same collectivisation and industrialisation policies.
Above: a Ukrainian village in the famine (1930s)
During this period of the early 1930s, Ukraine was subject
Due to a low level of development, Ukraine was very dependent to extremely harsh conditions. Quotas had to be met, leaving
on the weather for their grain yield. In 1931, they were hit with the locals starving. Many villages were blacklisted, preventing
a drought, resulting in a vast reduction of production in 1932. development, and people trying to flee the famine were repatriated
The weather remained unfavourable through to 1933, leading (190,000 people were repatriated). As in Kazakhstan, influential
to mass starvation. Stalin did not change the quotas for food to Ukrainians were arrested and 80% of the elites were “eliminated”.
make allowances for the change in production, and much of the During the Soviet era, Holodomor was never discussed and
food produced was requisitioned. This led to mass starvation was denied and banned. Nowadays, 16 countries recognise it as
and people “picked apart soil” to find food. Despite famine at a genocide, and six countries describe it as a “criminal act of
home, Stalin wanted to keep up the image of the USSR, and Stalin’s regime”. Ultimately, around 7–10 million died across
Ukraine even exported much of its high-quality flour to the West. Ukraine and Kazakhstan. This is a huge historical tragedy,
The collectivisation policy was naturally hugely unpopular in and it is unfortunate that few people are educated about it.
Ukraine, and thus the rate at which it was being enforced was We must remain aware of the past, not only to prevent it from
low. Only 5.6% of Ukrainian households were collectivised by happening again, but to pay respect to the victims. This talk
1929, leading Stalin to push for collectivisation to be completed was very thought provoking, as we often only focus on the
by 1931. This led to 50% of farms and 60% of land being popular news cycle, leaving many important topics unexplored.
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OPINION
it is the recently chosen motto of another (less honourable and
well-known) publication that “democracy dies in darkness”.
Running through the rich history of journalistic tradition
that follows The Harrovian as the oldest continuous student
newspaper in the world are, of course, reports of society
THE ODYSSEY OF RMT & MJT meetings, pieces of constructed literature and results from the
Yearlings F’s tiddlywinks competition. However, it is also a
forum for debate, discussion and dissent. Out of the hallowed
Those of you following Mark and Rima Tremlett’s extraordinary
columns of The Harrovian have come some of the great ideas
odyssey from the southern tip of Spain to the Arctic Circle will
that define Harrow’s identity: the Lord’s match, Songs and
know that they have completed their challenge! They have done
the Rifle Corps to name but a few. The opportunity for boys
so just as the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster
to make their criticisms and suggest improvements in a free,
was observed on 15 June. As you will be aware, they have
unrestricted (traditionally but not currently because of the whims
undertaken this cycle ride in aid of the Harrow Club, which has
of the current Head Master, anonymous) manner is something
had a major role in the aftermath of Grenfell and has featured
that is powerful in and of itself. Out of The Harrovian, more
on The One Show very recently in that capacity!
learning about the nature of good communication can come
than in any timetabled lesson or lecture.
Therefore, in my traditional role as the well-intentioned
yet cynical epitome of youthful journalistic arrogance, I must
finish with an impassioned cri de cœur. It is up to the literate
at Harrow (sadly, a dying breed) to decide whether this great,
historical paper can continue to exist. In the internet age, it is
up to readers to continue to contribute to stop The Harrovian
from dying. In the age when society-tie creation is spiralling
out of control, it is up to the founders of other publications to
carve out a different relevance, rather than trying to replace
The Harrovian for the sake of personal ambition. Perhaps most
importantly, in the age when the School is increasingly paranoid
about its image, it is up to the censors at No 1 to ensure that this
paper can be free enough to be interesting. It is up to members
of the School not to “take offence” at constructive criticism
The Harrow Club was founded in 1883 by Monatagu Butler as
and to attempt to block free speech, as IT have done through
a kind of precursor to Shaftesbury Enterprise. Lord Shaftesbury
their recalled issue and as beaks have done through intimidating
was instrumental in raising the funds for its foundation.
writers. Our misbehaviour at the annual Lord’s match partially
It’s work today includes wider community development
destroyed its character (and along with it, it seems, the gate
and working with some of the most deprived young people in
receipts) and arguably has led to its cancellation. I pray that the
London. It’s outreach work brings it into regular contact with
School will not swallow up The Harrovian out of blind fear too.
gang issues and the Metropolitan Police have long recognised
Finally, I would like to thank the man who has worked so
the value of the club’s work on this area. The Harrow Club
hard to ensure that The Harrovian survives and is of such a
now manages five satellite clubs across Kensington & Chelsea
high quality relative to other school papers. Despite receiving
and Hammersmith & Fulham. Their journey made international
articles from a confusion of Monty Python with Monty Powell
headlines – appearing in the Swedish rags:
(OH) to submitted smut from Lower Sixth boys in the Jonathan
“NORDMALING. Rima och Mark Tremlett är lärarefrån
Head Barrow Short Story Competition, SMK has been relentless
London som påbörjade sin cykeltur den 30 mars från Europas
in his ability to remain upbeat and efficient. Given the records
sydli gaste punkt, Isla de Tarifa, vid Gibraltar. Målet är att nå
of some of my colleagues, his patient and forgiving nature, too,
kontinentens norra utpost Nordkapom ett par veckor. “I natt sovvi
is a subject of extreme gratitude.
i skogen och i morgon ska vi sova på camping i Vännäs”, säger
Rima. “Vi cyklar i protest mot Brexit,jag är så arg och vill se
heladen vackra kontinent som Storbritannien lämnat”, säger Mark. William Wauchope, The Knoll
Foto: Fredrick Bjärnesand.” The very first email sent from my Harrow account was sent to
[Can anyone translate this from the Swedish newspaper!? – Eds my parents. The first email sent to someone not named Wauchope
was a response to a whole-School email sent by Vlado Vasile
(Bradbys 2018), asking if anyone would be interested in writing
for The Harrovian; it simply read “How can I get involved?”
(apparently Shell me had not yet learned the basic decency of
EDITORS’ VALEDICTORY a proper “best wishes”). My first article was entitled ‘A day in
the life of a Shell’ and the first draft was awful. It was around
Dylan Winward, Lyon’s 300 words long, contained numerous spelling and punctuation
When I look back at my time at Harrow, there is no doubt that I errors and, perhaps most unforgivably, was entirely unfunny.
have mixed feelings about my time at the School. In evaluating my After being assured by my brother that no sane man would ever
time here, I am somewhere between an ideological schizophrenic publish such an entry (which has never entirely disqualified
and a sufferer of institutional Stockholm Syndrome. On one Harrovian articles during SMK’s tenure as Editor in Chief), I was
hand, there are elements of the time I have spent at Harrow that forced to rewrite it, making it longer and actually adding what
I deeply and bitterly resent and serve as some of the reasons I thought to be jokes. In preparation for writing this editorial,
why I asked to leave it on multiple occasions. However, there I had the pleasure of rereading the adapted version and I have
are also elements of the School for which I have a deep love. arrived at the conclusion that it perhaps needs another draft.
It is out of this strange equilibrium that the “Dear Sirs, let me After I had finished mentally strangling my 14-year-old self
whine about my beef with management” column emerged. in a Homer Simpson-esque fury, the article prompted some
However, I do think that there is a more sober point to be thoughts. The world that I described as a Shell was completely
made about it. Constructive opposition is the bedrock upon different from the one I currently live in. I had waxed lyrical
which a person, policy or institution is able to improve. Indeed, about the ignominy of having selfish Sixth Formers push in
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front of me in the Shepherd Churchill; now, as a busy adult, We were invited back by the Director of Music to hear the
I know that we simply have no time to wait. Younger me had 2022 Concertos Concert on 14 May, as the programme again
complained about the vast distances between lessons; older me featured Rach 2. We were truly astonished at the talent on display
knows that, with a little determination, I can make it to period and have been looking out for a review of the concert in The
3 in Old Schools after leaving at 2.23pm (don’t fact check that Harrovian, a newspaper that usually never fails to impress with
JPM). The article complains that I had no idea who the beaks its wide coverage of events and opinions at Harrow. I hope this
are, especially SMK; honestly, I’m looking forward to knowing is omission is not an oversight and that one will appear soon.
him a little less (though I still don’t know who all the House Yours sincerely,
Masters are). Finally, ever the adolescent anarchist, I had raged Douglas Butler, The Head Master’s 1960
against the unfair corridor Monitors, who tyrannically enforced PS – for the online edition you might like to include the
even the most ridiculous of School rules; now, as a corridor YouTube link: https://youtu.be/vrYf3jlD9eM
Monitor myself, I know that we are far too soft on those shrieking
monsters some unlucky mothers call sons. It’s peculiar to think Dear Sirs,
how much Harrow has changed in just five years. I write in tribute to the well-researched and eloquently argued
As I indulge myself for one last time as I leave Harrow, I piece by June Hyun, West Acre, in support of the statement
have one final request: can someone, really anyone, show the ‘words are powerful: we must preserve the precision of the
English Department how to do their job and actually teach English language’ (Vol CXXXIV No. 26, pp 369-370). I am in
people how to use commas? The number of articles that I have complete support of his contention that words are powerful but
trawled through on a Wednesday night, changing 50,000 commas respectfully disagree with his subsequent argument that this is
as I go, haunts my nightmares. We are lucky at Harrow; we due to increasing imprecision in the English language. While
have world-class teachers, top-notch facilities, and every year none of the following should be read as taking away from my
we get people into the best universities in the world. How are respect for Hyun’s masterpiece, I would like to offer a few words
we being intellectually defeated by a glorified smudge on a of my own as to how I have come to form such an opinion.
page? If I ever become notable enough to have a Harrow prize A quick preliminary point: I understand the word ‘precision’
named after me, it will be called the ‘William Wauchope This to describe the extent to which a language (here, English)
Man Knew How to Use Commas What A Genius’ prize and is able to differentiate between subtly different ‘things’ (e.g.
it will go unwon. objects, emotions, theoretical concepts). A language that has
While normal on the Hill, it is important to recognise how only one word X to describe two distinguishable ‘things’ A and
remarkable an institution The Harrovian is. Even ignoring its B is imprecise because it relies on context and the audience’s
storied history, how many other schools in the UK can boast that interpretative capacities to work out in which sense the speaker
they put out a weekly newspaper, read by over a thousand people, had used the word. Precision, if this view is accepted, goes only
written and edited entirely by students? It contains everything to describe the efficacy of the language and is neutral towards
from accounts of hectic life on the Hill, mildly derivate art, the way it is used in practice. Another example here might be
photography competitions that no-one enters, opinion pieces useful. If I used the word X to describe the concept A when I
ranging from the incredibly niche to the fanatical, and Gaffe really should have used the word Y, my usage of the language
and Gown: the only section that people actually read. While (not the language itself) has been imprecise. The language is
some may put the success of the newspaper down to the hard capable of transmitting what I had meant; my failure to use it
work of SMK, the incredible team in Reprographics (who correctly does not take away from its efficacy.
probably should have been snapped up by The Times by now) I now turn to Hyun’s arguments. Hyun first argues that recent
or the countless Harrovians who give up their time to write technological innovations have created new vocabularies that result
in, these people are wrong. It was me – when I remembered in ‘generational gaps’, ‘decreas[ing] the overall communicability
to do my editing. and caus[ing] [the] decline’ of the English language. He gives
PS. I have just googled how to use commas and it turns the apt analogy of Harrovian terminology, such as ‘beaks’ and
out I was wrong; apparently, you don’t always put a comma ‘Shells’. I am in entire agreement with Hyun’s observation –
before ‘which’. I’d like to pass on my apologies to the English on one day I found myself explaining to my parents what a
Department for my earlier outburst – you guys are doing a ‘meme’ is, and on another they were showing me what a telex
great job – and to SMK for all the incorrect edits. For my new machine was. However, I am not sure whether this can be
final request: bring back the Seafood Linguini, you cowards. fairly attributed to the alleged reducing precision of the English
language. In Hyun’s examples, the ‘generational gaps’ are not
Edos Herwegh Vonk, Newlands so much a result of the alleged imprecision of the English
I am the crest of a wave, having been swept through this final language as it is an unfortunate by-product of the bewildering
year. I look warmly at my five years behind me and eagerly speed of technological innovation. Indeed, by introducing
to what’s ahead. I wonder how far the wave will go before the new vocabulary (thereby assigning new labels to ‘new’ things
crest plunges and the wave breaks, spilling forward; I wonder previously unknown to the language), English has been keeping
what the receding wave will uncover on the shoreline. [Like up its precision. Neither is the converse phenomenon – when
most of his editing, this is mostly gibberish. – Eds words become obsolete – on its own evidence to support the
contention that English has become less precise. One must
further prove that (a) the ‘thing’ described by the word has
not also become obsolete, and (b) no new words have sprung
up to fill the gap. We might lament the fact that the Harrovian
CORRESPONDENCE terms ‘tolley up’ and ‘tosh’ have faded into relative obscurity,
Letters from the editors but the precision of our language has survived thanks to the
replacement terms ‘staying up to work’ (in the former) and ‘bath’
or ‘shower’ (in the latter). A similar objection can be made to
Dear Sirs, Hyun’s second argument regarding regional accents/dialects and
In June 1965, Simon Douglas Lane (The Park 1961) and I, social stigma. I find myself again agreeing with his point (that
between us, performed Rachmaninov’s 2nd Piano Concerto the ‘internet-catalysed homogenisation of dialects’ is undesirable)
in the Concertos Concert in Speech Room. To this day we are but unable to make the logical leap to the conclusion that we
neither of us certain how we did it, but the event is amazingly therefore must keep up the precision of the English language.
captured on YouTube if you care to search for it. Moving on to Hyun’s third observation that the English
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language is increasingly facilitating ‘subversive communication’, would like to see elected as Vice President, one I have held
Hyun in my view falls foul of the language-usage of language continued support for since the beginning of my own interest
distinction. Hyun gives two important examples: first, the general in politics. That candidate is Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has
decline in the quality of information through the proliferation served as the US representative for Georgia’s 14th congressional
of Wikipedia use; and second, the susceptibility of the English district since 2021.
language to being manipulated to convey misleading, but Marjorie Taylor Greene (also known as MTG) is a woman
technically true, messages. However, neither point seems to who not only reveals the hard-hitting truth in comprehensive,
lend sufficient support to the point of ‘(im)precision’. The traditionalist conservative, principled fashion, but one who
first point only shows that English as a language is capable of wants society to turn away from the woke left. She opposed
spreading misinformation. Even if we were to believe that this a the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as the concept of
problem unique to English (in itself a controversial concession), Critical Race Theory, and has publicly criticised its Marxist
Hyun himself rightly attributes that to the internet rather than ideologies, as well as attacking it for what she believes is a
failing standards of precision in the English language. It is blatantly dishonest narrative on ‘racism’. She has also argued
the declining precision of the information (perhaps more aptly that the modern feminist movement is false both in word
labelled ‘accuracy’ and ‘reliability’ of information), not that and in deed. This is especially true, as there is no ‘tyrannical
of the language itself, that is responsible for this issue. The patriarchy’ when women dominate in industries such as
second point regrettably suffers from a similar weakness. If healthcare, education, acting, cosmetics and fashion. There is
Hyun is correct as to the motives of the Church’s deployment of no ‘tyranny’ just because, on average, men get paid more than
passive verbs, the correct party to blame for this manipulation women, given that, on average, more men enter professional
of information would surely be the Church, not the language. careers such as law and engineering, while women generally
While the language had facilitated this, the mere fact that choose more social work professions.
language was a necessary condition towards that particular
outcome has little to do with the accusation that the language
suffers from imprecision. There is nothing imprecise about the
language that can be criticised as the cause of such methods of
information manipulation. Why we do find such a weakness?
Both of Hyun’s arguments follow the same logical pattern:
English has the capability to spread misleading information;
hence, it is imprecise. It is not obvious that the conclusion
follows from the premise.
One final point should be noted. It appears to me that there is
a more limited version of Hyun’s point that, while intellectually
interesting, equally fails to support his views. Consider the case
where P asks Q where Q is. Q replies, ‘The Park’ (the boarding
House), but P, who lives in central London, thought he meant
Hyde Park. Since there is no verbal distinction between the Likewise, Taylor Greene believes that the United States
capital and the non-capital ‘p’, ‘Park’ and ‘park’ are essentially should have a firmer immigration policy, one that supports the
the same for spoken purposes. This would be a true case of continuation of Donald Trump’s ‘The Wall’ project, of which
misunderstanding due to the imprecision of language. In my much of the public, including myself, are in full support. Not
view, this argument would be tenable, but would no longer only has Taylor Greene rightly stated that “Christians who
support the view Hyun wishes to support. Such problems are support illegal and undocumented immigration are in Satan’s
not novel; to call for ‘preservation’ (implying a recent decay control”, but she is also an extremely devout Christian herself.
into imprecision) would therefore not fix the alleged problem. She is in full opposition to abortion, calling it “the worst scar
Indeed, Hyun has rightly not pursued this line of argument. a woman can carry for the rest of her life”, and has faithfully
Hyun has been astute in pointing out various weaknesses advocated for its full criminalisation. Like myself, Greene
in the modern deployment of the English language and I have also rejects Darwin’s theory of evolution, and identifies as a
nothing but admiration for his persuasive and informed piece. Creationist. Undoubtedly, Taylor Greene is a strong advocate
The objective of this letter has been to enrich the discussion by of traditional Christian values in the Unites States House of
hopefully liberating English from the charges that Hyun has (in Representatives.
my view, unfairly) levelled at it, and I apologise in advance if Moreover, Taylor Greene is a frequent critic of the Biden-
I have made any misinterpretation of his work. The quotation Harris administration, as well as a leading figure in the Stop
appears to me to be a very interesting one: is the precision of the Steal movement, which campaigns for the reinstatement of
the English language at risk? If so, what does ‘preservation’ Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. She
mean exactly? I believe this is something we would all benefit herself condemned the 6 January riots at the Capitol, stating
from reflecting upon. that she “has condemned the violence today, just like I’ve
Yours verbosely, condemned Antifa and BLM riots that have burned our cities,
Long Hei Ng, Newlands 20153 attacked our police officers, and hurt so many people throughout
the year.” Like the majority of conservatives, Greene believes
that Biden is unable to come up with rational solutions for any
of the major issues facing his administration. Biden pulled out
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE of Afghanistan precipitously. He has allowed more people to
For Vice President, by Daniel Sidhom, The Knoll die on his watch from COVID-19 than under Trump. Greene
has also rightfully criticised Biden for pushing unnecessary
On 26 February, 2022, I wrote an article to The Harrovian lockdown measures, which has resulted in a strong opposition
expressing why, as a Trump loyalist, I will fully support his to vaccine and mask mandates. Finally, Taylor Greene has also
2024 presidential election run, should he choose to run. There been a vocal opponent of Biden’s Build Back Better scheme,
has also been a substantial collection of Republican candidates for which he not only failed to get the Democratic party
whom I would like to see as Vice President of the United States, in line to vote, but, additionally, turned the possibility of a
from Steve King and Josh Hawley to Lauren Boebert and Ron massive economic recovery into a huge inflationary spiral of
DeSantis. However, there is one candidate above all whom I approximately 8.6% – the highest in 40 years.
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In conclusion, I believe that Marjorie Taylor Greene embodies Harrison Zhao, West Acre, Skyscraper
what a true Conservative should be in my eyes. She is a
traditionalist both in political and religious principles, and
devoted to her country. She is a proponent of strict immigration
laws to protect the country’s borders, and an ardent combatant
against the leftist woke propaganda that I believe is having a
detrimental impact on today’s youth. It will be Marjorie Taylor
Greene who will be America’s shield and rampart.
SUDOKU
This is done using an digital printing app called procreate,
which I started from scratch. The technical aspect of it is using
tools to adjust contrast and highlight shadows; other than that,
the process is similar to traditional.
ibid, Galaxy
METROPOLITAN
TEAM ENIGMA DIGITAL ART
CHALLENGE SUBMISSIONS
Vincent Song, The Head Master’s, Tern
Omar Ait El Caid, Bradbys, Old Schools
I created this vector graphics art using Adobe Illustrator by
sketching on top of an existing image of the bird. I wanted to
capture its soaring movement in simple geometric shapes and
this is the result of my experimentation. The varying shades
of blue-grey seek to capture the darkening shadows on the
body of the bird.
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Joseph Li, The Grove, Disinfection Arturo Saville Mascioni, Rendalls, Paintings of Plant Life
in Style of Francis Bacon, with DALL·E mini.
Some Francis Bacon style paintings of plantlife that I made
with AI for the Remove Art Trial.
Brandon Tam, The Park, AI-Generated Rick Roll
William Wang, The Head Master’sAirwalker’s Helmet
I created this with the app Paint 3D with my stylus. I used a
variety of media available on the app, mainly pencil, crayons
and spray paint. Starting with pencil sketches of the contour
of the helmet, I then filled it in with spray paint and crayons
for the metallic texture
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SPORT Brij Sheopuri
Charlie Nelson
5
2
0
0
13
7
Harrow travelled away to Radley for their fourth Cowdrey
1
0
Cup match of the season. The cold, wet conditions weren’t
CRICKET ideal for cricket, but the team was keen to play the game.
Radley won the toss and sent us in to bat, which worked in
Junior Colts B v St Paul’s, Away, Won by 200 runs, County our favour because the Radley pitch has a reputation of being
Plate Round 2 a good batting wicket. Sadly, the rain continued, forcing the
umpires to take an early lunch and having to reduce the game
The XI v Middlesex CCC Academy, Lost by 43 runs, 20/20 to 45 overs for each innings.
Harrow (121/9) stumbled in their chase against Middlesex After a long morning, George Cutler, The Knoll, and Charlie
CCC Academy (164/6) on a gorgeous sunny day down on Nelson, Bradbys, walked out to bat. The pair started well and
the Sixth Form Ground. Shrey Rawal, Rendalls, 2-19; Brij put pressure on the Radley opening bowlers with multiple
Sheopuri, Lyon’s, 31 fours through cover and square leg. After they put on 45 runs
against the new ball, spin was brought on where Nelson fell on
Colts A v Fulham & Roehampton CC, Won by 110 runs 18 (49). The cool, calm, and collected Veer Patel, The Knoll,
was brought to the crease with plenty of time for him to bat.
Yearlings A v Merchant Taylors’ School, Lost by 7 wickets Cutler and Patel did a very good job in putting the pressure
County Cup Round 4 back on the Radley bowlers but rotating the strike very well.
Yearlings A (184-7) lost to Merchant Taylors (185-3) by seven Against the spinners, the pair used their feet very well to hit
wickets. Despite a high-class 66 off just 42 balls from Monty many fours through cover and mid-wicket. Short balls didn’t
Morgan, Rendalls, Harrow were unable to restrict a powerful seem to be too much of a problem to Cutler as he pulled them
Merchant Taylors’ batting lineup. in between fine leg and square leg for multiple boundaries.
Harrow reached 157 off 35 overs, but still had 9 wickets in
hand which meant we could really push on from there. Both
The School v Radley College batsmen played very positively with Cutler hitting a beautiful
R B check drive over mid-on for six and Patel hitting fours over
C Nelson ct R Acheson-Gray b D Rugg 18 49 extra cover. They had a 153-run partnership before Cutler
G Cutler† ct G O’Connor b R Harrap 88 95 mistimed a drive to extra cover for a very well-played 88 (95).
V Patel lbw b T Mushonga 90 108 Karan Zaveri, Elmfield, who normally opens, walked out to bat
K Zaveri ct J Cotterell b T Mushonga 8 5 with the license to take on the bowlers. His innings was short
C Ellis ct B Tucker b T Mushonga 2 5 and sharp, hitting a four through cover but eventually getting
Kit Keey not out 15 7 caught on the deep mid-wicket boundary for 8 (5). Cam Ellis,
Connor O’Flaherty did not bat Rendalls, and Kit Keey, Druries, did very well to bring the total
Brij Sheopuri did not bat up to 240/4 with one ball remaining. On the last ball, trying
John Richardson* did not bat to access the gap in square leg, Patel was struck on the front
James Nelson did not bat pad for a wonderful knock of 90 (108).
Shrey Rawal did not bat With the weather forecast showing rain the Radley innings
Extras 19 was reduced to 35 overs with a minimum of 30 overs for the
Total 240 for 5 game to be completed. The captain John Richardson, Elmfield,
bowled the first over with no runs coming off it, a very good
O M R W start to the innings. Shrey Rawal, Rendalls, joined him at
Tino Mushonga 9 2 39 3 the other end, maintaining the pressure which put Radley on
George O’Connor 9 0 44 0 the backfoot. Richardson struck the next over with a wicket
Benji Tucker 3 0 15 0 maiden, and another wicket maiden coming the over after. The
Declan Rugg 9 0 53 1 opening bowlers worked well together but needed to make sure
Henry Redmayne 4 0 24 0 they kept their line and length. Richardson ended with figures
Rollo Harrap 7 0 43 1 of 2/6 (5), which consisted of four maidens. James Nelson,
Edward Horsfield 4 0 20 0 Bradbys, came on to bowl from the pavilion end, and bowled
a tight spell, taking three wickets in his seven overs. Connor
R B O’Flaherty, The Head Master’s, bowled some very good balls
Jack Cotterell b John Richardson 7 18 which troubled the left-handed Radley captain, with a couple
George Reynolds lbw b John Richardson 1 9 edges falling short of the slips. The rain started again, and it
Rory Wooster lbw b James Nelson 11 19 was clear Radley were just going to back the overs as they were
George O’Connor* not out 42 67 68/5. Brij Sheopuri, Lyon’s, was given the ball and continued
R Acheson-Gray† ct B Sheopuri b J Nelson 9 14 the amazing efforts from the two other spinners. He picked up
Henry Redmayne b James Nelson 1 3 another wicket, ending with the figures of 1/13 (5). The rain
Benji Tucker ct Charlie Nelson b Brij Sheopuri 8 21 thundered down as Radley were 90/6 needing another 151 runs
Rollo Harrap not out 2 11 to win. After a couple slips in the outfield the umpires called
Edward Horsfield did not bat it a day and abandoned the match.
Tino Mushonga did not bat It was a very good effort from the team, and it was clear we
Declan Rugg did not bat were on top for most of the day. Cutler (88) and Patel (90) were
Extras 26 two very good innings and Richardson (2/6) and Nelson (3/28)
Total 107 for 6 did very well to dominate the bowling innings. Next week we
take on St. Edward’s Oxford and Mumbai CC, both at home.
O M R W
Shrey Rawal 4 0 19 0 2nd XI at home v Radley College Draw
Connor O’Flaherty 4 0 24 0 Harrow School 2nd XI 264-9 declared (45 overs) (Max
James Nelson 7 1 28 3 Shirvell, The Head Master’s, 64, Oli Newall, Druries, 37,
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