GDST Life Alumnae Magazine 2024/25

In our 2024/25 edition of GDST Life alumnae magazine, you will find a whole host of features and articles including stories, tips and viewpoints from a range of alumnae contributors, GDST and school news, our latest alumnae book listings, and how you can keep in touch.

You can download the full magazine or read it below.

Here are just a few of the features to look out for:

• Winner of the GDST Alumna of the Year Award 2023, multiple award-winning journalist, documentary maker and author Ramita Navai shares her story.
• Remembering Dame Mary Quant – British designer and Blackheath High School alumna who revolutionised fashion and epitomised the style of the Swinging Sixties.
• Isobel Stevenson – Formidable and kind-hearted, Isobel dedicated her life to teaching, leaving a legacy that ensures her belief in the power of girls’ education will endure for years to come.
• Brighton Girls’ alumna and Engineering Manager at Google DeepMind Jennie Lees shares her thoughts on AI.
• BBC presenter and Nottingham Girls’ alumna Summaya Mughal discusses her life-changing journey to become a swimmer.
• Multi-award-winning author and journalist, Linda Grant, tells tales of her Belvedere school days, at a time when the world was changing and girls’ heads were full of the Merseybeat.
• The rules that trailblazing pilot Eva Keen lives by, that have taken her so far, so quickly, in her career.
• From opening her bursary letter, writing her first piece of code in Year 7, and gaining a place on one of the most sought after computer science degree apprenticeships, Sharmalyne Joseph is coding her way to success.
• What is on National Poet of Wales and Howell’s alumna Hanan Issa’s bookshelf.

…. and much more!