The fields at Bishops have a historical background. Sport has been played on the fields since the school started at Woodlands in 1850. More...

The historic architect who designed the recently destroyed UCT library in the April fires. We pay tribute to this world-renowned artist. More...

Basil Bey found this amusing piece in the archives - Ian Bekker (1953-56) reflects on his first few days at Bishops. More...

Reminiscences 7 - Claude Brown (CEB) and the choral tradition at Bishops More...

Thanks to Richard King (1974S) for sending in this little snippet from the 1969 Rugby tour to Rhodesia. More...

P154 of March 2012 Archives: The Bishop's 3rd XV rugby team of 1951 achieved a unique record playing some dozen matches scoring 352 points with none a… More...

Celebrating 125 years of a Union this month (April 2021) we take a look back in time to where it all began... More...

OD Vice-president Brian de Kock (1952O) has brought this award to the ODU's attention, which was awarded in 2016 to Hector. More...

Jem Ricketts remembers stumbling upon his first Mauser, back when cadet detachment was a weekly routine, and the story which followed. Taken from The … More...

John, the secretary for the Canada Branch of the ODU in 1976; and in 1989, served in that capacity for an uninterrupted period of 42 years, celebrated… More...

In the September 2011 edition of The Diocesan College Magazine, Basil Bey found a short article documenting Ian Bekker's (1956F) first day at the Coll… More...

Dr Paul Murray takes a walk down memory lane by looking back at the origins of the Woodlans hockey field. First appeared in the June 2015 issue of the… More...

Rev Clarke served as the eighth Principal of St John's College, from 1935 until his retirement from that post in September 1954 after which he came to… More...

Sixty-five years ago, in 1955, much loved Father Leslie Irving (aka Agape), school chaplain, teacher and a friend returned to his home country, Englan… More...

Lieut. Neil Robertson of the Royal Scots Fusiliers was killed in action in France on 2 September 1918. This letter gives a vivid and inspiring picture… More...

The March 2014 issue of the Old Diocesan College Magazine featured an amazing tribute to Frank Sam Butler, one of Bishops' most fond and respected art… More...

On 5 November 2020 a Remembrance Day Service was held in the War Memorial Chapel at Bishops. Remembrance Day, 11 November, marks the signing of the ar… More...

Angus's last letter back home to the parents of the late Lt. George Alexander was considered his best. In the words of Frank Reid (1895-1904), everyon… More...

In June 2013 the 11th Principal of the College, John Gardener, answered a few questions curated by a group of then Bishops students. The Q&A offers gr… More...

Dr Paul Murray gives an account of how the Brooke Chapel came to be by looking at its architect Edward Baldwin John Knox. Taken from the Diocesan Coll… More...

James Henry Greathead (1858-60) is forever remembered as the father of the 'tube' - it was the vision and expertise of this OD that made this extraord… More...