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Victoria Sands - a young woman with long brown hair and a floral dress - seated infront of shelves of books, a projector and drop down screen with the Charterhouse, University of Oxford and Open-Oxford-Cambridge visible
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Collaborative Research in Action: A DPhil at the London Charterhouse

“My aim is to bring new voices into the narrative” As I outlined in my previous blog, I am undertaking a DPhil, another...

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The Life of Simon Raven, Novelist and Brother
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6th December 2016

The Life of Simon Raven, Novelist and Brother

Simon Arthur Noël Raven (28 December 1927 – 12 May 2001) was an English novelist, essayist, dramatist and raconteur who, in a writing career of forty years, caused controversy, amusement and offence....

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The Charterhouse
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10th April 2016

A Brother at Brocton Prisoner of War Camp

Pictures from camp life: R. Boulger, who later became a Brother of the Charterhouse, handing out “dibs” at Brocton Prisoner of War Camp in 1918. The above pencil-sketch was found in the Old Charterhouse...

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Sketches of the Charterhouse (1939)
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15th December 2015

Sketches of the Charterhouse (1939)

This post is devoted to series of sketches made in 1939. They were found in the Old Charterhouse Scrapbook, our archive of press clipping and images, and can be credited to two former Brothers of the...

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Charles Dalmon, Poet and Brother
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16th June 2015

Charles Dalmon, Poet and Brother

Charles William Dalmon (1862-1938) was a British poet who, in retirement, became a Brother of the Charterhouse. He published many poems during his lifetime, many of them about Sussex, the county in which...

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