Celebrating 160 years of The Shirburnian

The first issue of The Shirburnian was published 160 years ago in March 1859. It was devised as ‘an outlet for its [the School’s] wit, and also an easy means of printing all its News, both as regards those of us who are here and those who have left’, and today remains the School’s main publication setting out the … Read more

National Poetry Day: Sherborne’s Poet Laureate

Today, on National Poetry Day, we celebrate the former Poet Laureate and Old Shirburnian, Cecil Day-Lewis CBE. In 1947, Cecil Day-Lewis wrote a poem about visiting the annual Sherborne Chrysanthemum Show during his first term at Sherborne School: The Chrysanthemum Show by Cecil Day-Lewis Posted 4 October 2018 by Sherborne School Archives. Visit Sherborne School Archive News for … Read more