Hoist The Colours: The Old Royals with Oliver J. Bing  is a written history of the Royal Merchant Navy School, later Bearwood College, interwoven with first-hand accounts from Old Royals spanning three centuries. It covers the school’s journey from its 1827 origins in London’s docks, through its evolution into Bearwood College, to its successor, Reddam House Berkshire. The book is available through Amazon, Waterstones, Foyles, Barnes & Noble, The Book Depository, Blackwell’s, WHSmith Online, and Hive.co.uk,  with copies held in the Bodleian Libraries, Cambridge University Library, the National Library of Scotland, the Library of Trinity College Dublin, and the National Library of Wales.