St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College, in Notting Hill, west London, found itself in the headlines for the wrong reasons when, on 25 March 2010, a group of its pupils carried out an attack on a rival gang of youngsters which left a 15-year-old dead. So it is understandable that the college has been on the lookout for some positive publicity.
It has now been helped by one of its old boys, the actor and director Femi Oyeniran, who stars in and co-directs the new film It’s a Lot, to be released next week. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends programme on Saturday, he praised the college, explaining that “Every time I go there, they say ‘You never talk about us’, so there’s your plug, St Charles.” Oyeniran explained that he was given his break into
19 October 2013, The Tablet
Old boy network
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