Robin L. D. Rees
Leisure Interests

Railways

• Member, Lynton & Barnstaple Railway;
• Member, Welsh Highland Railway.

Music

• Founder (1979), chief administrator (until 2006) and now member, the St Hugh Singers;
• Member, Oxford University Gilbert & Sullivan Society (Musical Director, Ruddigore, June 2000);
• Member, Royal School of Church Music;
• Regular guest soloist, Reading Concert Singers.

See also fifth item of Voluntary Appointments.

Walking . . .

• . . . especially with a dog.

Araucariae

• A passion since early childhood.

Academic dress

• Designer of the official gowns and hoods adopted in the 1970s by various academic institutions.
• Fellow of the Burgon Society (also a member of its Council, 2001–2003).

MInstP
hood worn by its designer
Lincoln Cathedral, 1981