Taylorian

Introduction

An introduction from the Head Master:

I start this year’s Taylorian with a thought, prompted by a conversation I had with our school’s Head Gardener. We were looking at a flowerbed in front of the Great Hall - I was praising the beautiful allium that he had planted. They were explosions of vivid purple, standing proudly out amongst the other flowers. They were more like fireworks than plants. He thanked me and told me that he grows each flower from seed, and it takes between 5 and 7 years before each plant becomes ready to produce such impressive flowers. I take that as a metaphor. It is more than just allium that we grow from seed at Merchant Taylors’; other things take from 5 to 7 years to grow to the point where they can flower fully; not just plants impress with

our wonderful facilities and will soon be enjoyed by many. Each year, the school renews itself, just as the flowers in the garden do. Long may it continue, and long may our flowerbeds flourish. Mr S. J. Everson

their display and their bearing. The analogy is with the wonderful pupils at our school. Jesus may have told his disciples that he would make them ‘fishers of men’; here at Merchant Taylors’ we are gardeners of men. And the young men you will find between these pages are very much in flower – in the flower of their youth, their talent and their achievement. There is much here to impress. They have produced their own fireworks over the year. We have enjoyed another successful year at Merchant Taylors’, in which we celebrated 90 years at Sandy Lodge. We bade farewell to a much loved Queen, and welcomed a new monarch to the throne. The Julian Hill Cricket Centre rises to join

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Taylorian 2023