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Unfortunately, we have had to cancel this year’s annual OB Club Dinner, the first time since 1947!  That year, an application was made to the Ministry of Food to hold […]

Each talk will be led by key speakers who will share their career journeys and give practical advice to help you in your job search. 26th November - Focus on […]

Jonno Davies (01-10) will be taking a remote Drama Society lecture on Monday 7th December at 5.30pm which members of the OB community are invited to. Jonno, who is probably […]

This event has been postponed until early 2021 Join us for a workshop with Past Parent, Mike Linsell, who will talk about how important it is to adapt your communication […]

A Tutored Tasting with Christopher Burr (58-69), MW. Become your very own wine connoisseur and impress your friends. Join us for a special wine tasting evening with Master of Wine […]

Between 15th and 18th August 1914 around 17,000 Scottish territorial soldiers arrived in Bedford for training. These were men of the Highland Division (later to become the 51st Highland Division). […]

Join Peter Ganczakowski (64-75) as he talks about Antarctica, the last wilderness - life in lockdown in the remotest place on earth.   Peter worked for The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) […]

Frances Spalding is an art historian, critic and biographer with a specialist interest in twentieth-century British art and first established her reputation with Roger Fry: Art and Life.  She went […]

Bookings close at midnight on Friday 5th February Are you missing getting together with friends at your local pub in these challenging times? Then why not book yourself a 'virtual […]

The title says it all for David Fowler's (47-56) second talk on Bedford.  Those who joined us for his first talk on the history of Bedford will know what a […]

After leaving Bedford School in 2007, Matteo Mastrandrea (97-07) studied architecture at St John's College, Cambridge from 2007 to 2010. He then spent four years making films, completing a Masters […]

Join our ‘virtual OB Careers Fair’, with various ‘break out rooms’ where you can talk to professionals about their careers. The Fair will be held over 3 evenings on the […]

Stephen Laird (73-84) is now a University Chaplain and Lecturer (Theology) and Parish Priest. As a mature student in 2006 he did a Kent PhD in Art History, specialising in […]

This year, we will be holding our first ever OB Club Wellbeing Week (for the BSA community) to help promote an overall awareness for the wide-ranging aspects of wellbeing from […]

This year, we will be holding our first ever OB Club Wellbeing Week (for the BSA community) to help promote an overall awareness for the wide-ranging aspects of wellbeing from physical, to […]

This year, we will be holding our first ever OB Club Wellbeing Week (for the BSA community) to help promote an overall awareness for the wide-ranging aspects of wellbeing from physical, […]

The OB Club office is teaming up with the school as part of the sixth form lecture series to hear a talk from Rick Findler - an award-winning photojournalist who has documented […]

This year, we will be holding our first ever OB Club Wellbeing Week (for the BSA community) to help promote an overall awareness for the wide-ranging aspects of wellbeing from […]

With the Tokyo Olympics taking place this summer, we thought we’d invite John Beresford (59-64) to talk about his father, Jack Beresford (1913-17), our very own Olympic rowing legend, who […]

BT Sport and Channel 5 Rugby Commentator, Sam Roberts (85-96), shows us some incredible insight into his job and the way he uses communication. What you'll learn: How a top […]

Join accomplished art historian and lecturer Peter Webb (54-59) for an evening of art appreciation.  During his talk 'My Print Collection from Michelangelo via Rembrandt to Picasso', Peter takes us […]

  The Ad in the Telegraph simply read:  "Fancy rafting across the Atlantic? Famous traveller requires 3 crew. Must be OAP. Serious adventurers only” Writer, sailor, balloonist and former Tomorrow's World […]

Due to the current COVID-19 situation, we will be holding this year's OB Club AGM virtually via Zoom.  The official paperwork for this year's AGM can be found on our […]