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Ivo Videnov (Ldr 13) is the first OO to report from Bulgaria to my knowledge. He welcomed James Hunt (Sc 12) in early July for a week’s holiday. James had a great time enjoying the Bulgarian culture, coastline and the stunning mountains. Ivo began a graduate scheme with Kraft Heinz in London in September, which he was really looking forward to.
Neil Wilson (S 78) is living in Paris, where he works as an illustrator. His work appears in advertising, packaging, the press and in the form of stylish dresses on the Parisian catwalks.
Peter Winnington (S 63) has spent a great deal of time editing A History of Music in the British Isles by Dr Laurence Bristow-Smith. It was published in 2017 and is the first such
history of music published in Britain for 50 years and also the first to recognise the role played by women.
Lastly, as always, Giles Woodbridge (B 84) emailed to say that he now has five chalets in Meribel, two in Courchevel and one in Lake Annecy. As a result, he has had to hang up his boots with the Royal Marine Reserves, as he is too busy on the work front.
Oliver (Jock) Seligman (Sc 93) reports that he continues to live in Oslo with his Norwegian wife and stepson, teaching meditation, giving inspirational talks on happiness and having a relaxing life in the North. This year he published his first novel, a dark comedy called No Rest For The Wicked. He says it was tremendous fun writing it and he is intrigued to see what people think of it. He has seen a lot of James Hicks (Sc 93), who is also a meditator, and will spend three months with him in the mountains near Tarragona in Spain. He is on great
USA
By Richard Kunzer (G 90)
Sadly, this year I
have been unable
to get the USA OO
update together in
time. However, I
am happy to report
that we had a very
good turnout in
November in New
York for a drinks
party attended by
the Head, Sarah
Kerr-Dineen. OOs
from across the
years, the Houses and the States were in attendance and such was the success, a follow-up drinks
was organised in October 2018 in New York.
The only news I can report is that in Bethesda MD, Mia Marcus (W 92) and her husband, Jeremy, specialists in internal medicine and nephrology at the George Washington Medical School, enjoy their children Nathan (11) and twins Eva and Lily (8). Mia's father, John Williams (St A 62), visits them regularly.
NEWS FROM ABROAD
Northern Europe
form, laughing and enjoying life as ever.
Florian Henn (C 06) is still in the airline industry, working for Lufthansa as Senior Manager Corporate HR Strategy, and is in charge of a project called The Future of Work. When time allows, he still enjoys playing the violin and is a keen sailor and skier.
Poznan Sorgo (N 49) has moved out of his house in Waterloo and is now living in Brussels city. Last winter he travelled to Thailand for a month to avoid the cold and at the time of writing he and his wife were getting
ready to spend some time in the Swiss mountains to avoid the heat! Considering all things, his health is still good.
Dirk Groten (S 89) has now been living in Amsterdam with his boyfriend, Adalberto, for the past eight years. During this time he was CTO of one of the first augmented reality companies, Layar, which was acquired by the UK- based Blippar. In 2018 he launched his own start-up, Dedico, a platform that connects teachers to people who want to spend their holidays learning their passion.
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