Known as ‘Commem’ (short for ‘Commemoration Day’), the leavers’ celebration at Magdalen College School, Oxford was a predictable success. Contrary to its name, the day is simply the cherry on a two-week cake of celebration, known as the Oxford Festival of the Arts. The wider event featured such special guests as Mark Ramprakash, Henry Blofeld & Peter Baxter and its scope provides a year-defining challenge for the ancient school’s eight-man grounds team