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Over 70 people gathered at the College to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the Malawi Expedition. We had multiple generations of OLs and current and former staff, and we were also joined by the High Commissioner of Malawi, Thomas Bisika, and his wife, Mrs Chawona Bisika. After a delightful reception in the War Memorial Cloister and a wonderful group photo, guests made their way up to the Megarry Room for a Malawian-inspired buffet lunch. There were four speakers, all travellers from different years of the expedition; Head Master Dominic Oliver, Hon Secretary of The Friends of Lancing College Chapel, Jeremy Tomlinson, Bishop John Inge (Common Room 1979-1986) and Matt Smith (Senior House Master – Gibbs', Director of Drama and Dance).
Matt remarked, “Today is testimony to the impact the Lancing-Malawi link – a union between two very special places – has had on many lives, over many years: the warmth of welcome and deeply generous hospitality extended by a people of indomitable spirit; the tremendous fun had; the immersion in another culture wrought by the longevity and familiarity of a relationship nurtured and sustained; the opportunities seized and created; the directness of challenges encountered; the enrichment and reward experienced across that precious month where, as one expeditioner wrote, “time stood still at a million miles an hour”.
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