Congratulations to Sandy Rich (Tr 1987) on winning the Antiques Master BBC series in the final screened last night. It was by all accounts a nail biting finish.
He writes
Since leaving University I've been in insurance, but have always had an interest in art, antiques and history. My wife spotted a call for contestants for the series, which was billed as “a cross between Mastermind and Masterchef... but for antiques”, and she and our children encouraged me to apply. My "Chosen Specialised Subject" in the heats was "British Commemorative Objects 1750-1900" (a nice, concise period) which saw me through as highest-scoring-runner-up to this week's Semi-Final and from there to the Final. Unfortunately, we now have to drop specialities, so it's wits alone (Eric Knowles seems to take great pleasure in throwing googlies into the mix so expect the unexpected).
Of course the OH blazer is at the cutting edge of modern fashion, so not sure how the BBC let that into the publicity shot along with all the old fashioned stuff.
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