November 2025 Fellows' update: Dennis Gray
Dennis Gray (CF 1968) has published Essays from the Edge, a collection of twenty-one essays spanning fifty years of his writing on British climbing and mountaineering.
By Dennis Gray,
December 2024 Fellows' update: Bob Shepton
Reverend Bob Shepton has published his fourth book, Wild Preaching: Sermons that Weren’t.
His previous titles include Addicted to Adventure, High Latitude Sailing, and Addicted to More Adventure.
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January 2026 Fellows' update: Dennis Gray
Dennis Gray’s (CF 1968) article “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Yosemite” has been featured in Summit magazine (USA) as part of a new piece exploring the history of British climbing in Yosemite.
By Dennis Gray,
January 2026 Fellows' Update: Alex Donnelly
Alex Donnelly CF 2012 is standing for election as a Conservative councillor in Camden, London and was interviewed by the Camden New Journal.
By Alex Donnelly,
June 2023 Fellow's update: Kathy Hall
Self-employed teacher, presenter and promoter of Chinese opera, Kathy Hall (CF 2004) focused her Fellowship on Kunqu opera, so that she could further her Kunqu performance skills in Hangzhou, China. Kathy was invited by the British Museum to perform an excerpt from the Peking Opera, The Imperial Concubine Intoxicated -The Hundred Flowers Pavilion on June 9 2023 at the close of the 2-day Conference: China's 1800s -Material and Visual Culture. In the same evening, Kathy performed an excerpt from the Kunqu Opera, The Palace of Eternal Youth - the Intimate Feast. This was an informative comparison and contrast between the two major Chinese Opera genres in music, singing, and movements.
By Kathy Hall,