Sherborne Pageant

Celebrating Shirburnians: Clive Carey

The 30 April 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of the baritone, opera producer, composer and folk song collector, Clive Carey (1883-1968). Francis Clive Savill Carey, known throughout his life as Clive Carey, was born on 30 May 1883 at Sible Hedingham in Essex. He attended King’s College choir school, Cambridge, and in September 1897 … Read more

1905 Sherborne Pageant Archive

Material from Sherborne School’s 1905 Sherborne Pageant archive is featured on ‘The Redress of the Past: Historical Pageants in Britain’ website. The project, which is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, is examining historical pageants in twentieth-century Britain.  Dr Tom Hulme of King’s College London has researched 60 pageants and describes the Sherborne Pageant archive held … Read more