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Video tour of The Oxford Science Park

On Thursday 27th April, we were joined by the President of Magdalen College, Dinah Rose KC, and TOSP CEO Rory Maw on a video tour of The Oxford Science Park. The video…

Books That Tell Stories: John Fitzwilliam's Library

…prose, poetry, drama, and letters), architecture, botany, classics, philosophy, astronomy, geography, travel, maps and atlases, books, politics, linguistics, medicine. They are in a wide range of languages, including English, Latin,…

Hong Kong Reception

Please join Dinah Rose KC, President of Magdalen College, and her husband Peter Kessler, as well as members of the Magdalen community for a cocktail cruise across the Victoria Harbour…

Dr Stephen Goddard

…in 20th-century French drama. Teaching Stephen teaches French language (prose and unseen translation, grammar and essays) and French literature, especially in the modern period (approx 1715 onwards), but also covering…

Magdalen Wins Swimming Cuppers

Magdalen won the annual swimming competition between the Oxford colleges held at the Rosenblatt swimming pool. Magdalen’s women put in an exceptional performance, winning four out of the five individual…

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022

…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…

Professor Marilyn Booth

…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…

Farewell to the 'Flete!

…the ‘Flete. President Dinah Rose KC delivered a speech on the legacy of the Waynflete Building and the exciting developments now underway. Her remarks acknowledged the affection for the old…

Professor Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

…‘Mrs Dickens’s Family Christmas’ (BBC1), ‘Lingua Franca’ (ABC Radio National Australia), ‘The Charlie Rose Show’ (PBS) and ‘Queen Victoria’s Children’ (BBC2). I write regularly on books and film for the…

Spring garden update

…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…

David Hackett Souter (1939-2025)

We are sad to announce the death of alumnus and Honorary Fellow Justice David Souter, who died peacefully at home at the age of 85. Justice Souter was born in Melrose,

Professor Sue Iversen (1940-2025)

…of the college in 2005. In 2005, Sue was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year’s Honours List. Dinah Rose KC President…

Laurie Maguire wins Hoffman Prize

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…

Magdalen Monday Movies

…introduced by Rose Butler, Programmer for Picturehouse Cinemas Mon 1 Dec, 7pm: Mädchen in Uniform (1931) Mon 8 Dec, 7pm: Die Bergkatze (1921) Plus special features this term… STEPHEN FRY’S DESERT ISLAND…

Mr Bill Emmott

…and then since 2019 as Chairman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (2010-2025). He is now variously Senior Adviser on Geopolitics for Montrose Associates, a trustee of the Chester…

The First Edition of Oscar Wilde’s Poems (1881)

…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….