Thank you and the Knights so very much for this generous award for a second year. I am enormously grateful for your support as it has meant I can continue my studies at City & Guilds, where I have changed course to the Graduate Diploma in Carving part-time over two years. This has been due to financial reasons - I have returned to work in the NHS in order to cover costs. It has been a successful and rewarding year at City & Guilds. As it was necessary to change course, I grad

Dear Knights of the Round Table I would like to start by thanking you for a lovely evening on 13th of June at the House of Lords which was incredibly memorable and a wonderful way to begin the summer. Throughout the summer, I was fortunate to attend two festivals. The first was the Budapest festival Academy where I participated both as a soloist and with my trio; the second festival took place in Majorca centred around the Torre de Canyamel a 13th century tower transformed in

Isabel has led the double bass section of the RCM Symphony Orchestra on numerous occasions, most notably at the 2024 BBC Proms with Sakari Oramo conducting. She has also performed under the baton of renowned conductors including Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir Andrew Davis, Vasily Petrenko, and Kirill Karabits, frequently playing as principal bass. She has also gained early professional experience, including performing with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Isabel has been select

Imogen Sharp I began my professional career in musical theatre at a young age, performing in productions such as Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and in a variety of pantomimes. Alongside my stage work, I am a voiceover artist for Paramount Pictures, where I voice characters in television shows including PAW Patrol.   I am currently in my third year of the BA Musical Theatre course at Arts Educational Schools London (ArtsEd), where I will be performing as

I studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Queen’s University Belfast followed by a Finance MSc at Trinity College Dublin. Prior to...