Enduringly popular in England since the 12th century, political prophecies were verse or prose texts that commented obliquely on current affairs. They affected a spurious antiquity, posing as the admonitory…
…after the war, followed by reflections from the UK Government Special Envoy for post-Holocaust issues, Lord Eric Pickles. President Dinah Rose KC will then lead a panel discussion. This event…
An online concert-lecture with songs and readings, Tuesday June 15th 2021, 6pm Given by Dr Annelies Andries, Fellow by Examination in Music Hosted by the President, Dinah Rose QC With…
Our community extends far beyond the College walls. Whether you are a former student, the family of an undergraduate, a friend of the Choir, or someone who just loves Magdalen,…
…Germany, like the Christmas tree, to England, where they were eagerly copied by the public. Part of it also arose from the breakneck changes which English society had undergone in…
…for Maldon and then Devizes, and was responsible for bringing King Edward the news of the English victory against the Scots at the Battle of Pinkie. He soon rose in…
…of the Year, and in 2017 was awarded the British Academy’s Rose Mary Crawshay Prize. In 2023 I decided to write and research full time, while remaining very attached to the…
…popular literature, specifically colloquial poetry, satirical prose, and caricature in the Egyptian press at the turn into the twentieth century. What links all of these topics is my concern with…
…aiming for eventual malaria eradication. The talk will be hosted by Dinah Rose KC, President of Magdalen, and will include a Q&A as well as a reception with canapés. This…
…his origins; the red lion symbolises Pope Leo X, showing his loyalties to the Church; the rose is for King Henry VIII, his great patron; the Cornish choughs are from…
…Maidens’, Wilde’s earliest published poem, appeared in the Dublin University Magazine in November 1875, signed Oscar O’F. Wills Wilde, Magdalen College. Soon after—in Trinity Term 1876—‘The Rose of Love’ was published in Kottabos….
Professor Laurie Maguire, Tutorial Fellow in English Literature at Magdalen, has been awarded the Calvin and Rose G Hoffman Prize for a Distinguished Publication on Christopher Marlowe. The prize is…
…Team has been busy pruning and training wisterias, roses, and hydrangeas to maximise their flowering potential and has begun lawn care for the demands of the new season ahead. Shrubs…
…in Pieces was published by Jonathan Cape in 2023. TV and radio work includes ‘Mrs Dickens’s Family Christmas’ (BBC1), ‘Lingua Franca’ (ABC Radio National Australia), ‘The Charlie Rose Show’ (PBS)…
…September at 1pm. May the memory of Her Majesty The Queen be a blessing. May she rest in peace and rise in glory. God Save the King! Dinah Rose The…
…College-taught Greek literature papers for LitHum (Classics) and its joint schools, and the Faculty-taught Lyric Poetry paper. In past lives I have taught Greek and Latin language (syntax, translation, prose…