Hoots from the Archive - Norman Swallow: "Yours, Leni (et M… This blogpost is a follow-up to a post originally sent out on November 25th 2021, which presented an overview of the school archive's collection of items relating to the late, acclaimed OM, televisio… 0 2024 27/06/2024
Hoots from the Archive - The Norman Swallow Collection The family of OM Norman Swallow, the celebrated BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning TV producer/editor/director, have over recent years generously donated a sizeable collection of archive material to the sc… 0 2022 25/11/2021
Hoots from the Archive – A Brief History of the MGS Film So… Francis Minns, Founder & Chairman of MGS Film Society & Head of Biology 1945-71 The MGS Film Society was founded in 1947 – and subsequently cha… 0 2019 19/11/2019
Hoots from the Archive – MGS at the Cinema What do the celebrated but seemingly disparate films Citizen Kane, Ghandi (pictured above), Hobson’s Choice, Dracula (1958 version), Tommy, Dr Zhivago, The Madness of King George and Prick Up Your Ea… 0 2019 18/08/2019
The History of MGS in 50 Objects – #43 Footage of the Queen… The visit of Elizabeth II in 1965 was not the first visit by a member of the royal family to MGS. In 1920, the then Prince of Wales (later to become Edward VIII) visited Long Millgate. However, the Q… 0 1965 12/02/2015
The History of MGS in 50 Objects – #7 One Day Forward This silent film was created in 1965 by the Film Society to celebrate the school’s 450th anniversary, and depicts “A day in the life” of MGS. In spring 1965, the society noted that to help with the p… 0 2015 07/01/2015
