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10/09/2026

We're looking forward to welcoming visitors to tours of the Bodley Library tomorrow as part of Open Cambridge.

Open Cambridge is a celebration of community, heritage and history which takes place 11-20 September 2026.

https://www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events

📷Helen Ho**er

09/09/2026

Dr Fran Eastwood, supervisor in English, is organising a one-day conference on 17th-century masques. She said:

"Masques combined flamboyant costume and jewellery with novel design and moving mechanical sets provoking wonder among the spectators. Think Olympic opening ceremony as a rough modern-day analogy!"

'The Disruptive Stage: Stuart Masques and Court Entertainment’ takes place on 22 April 2027 and includes an early evening performance by a trio from Dowland's Foundry.

Speakers include:

Anne Daye, The Historical Dance Society
Alison Findlay, Lancaster University
Tamsin Lewis, The Courtauld
Harry McCarthy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Susan North, Curator of Fashion before 1800, Victoria and Albert Museum
Barbara Ravelhofer, Durham University
Emma Whipday, Newcastle University

More at
https://ow.ly/oZ7b50ZJhuq and to book a place for the conference and/or the performance https://ow.ly/IoGm50ZJhup

📷 Inigo Jones, costume design ‘Satyrs’, Ben Jonson, Oberon (1611) © Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth.

06/09/2026

On students and Fellows tell us what they last read:

📚Jim - 'The Lego Ideas Book'
📚Lea - ‘America’s First Daughter' by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
📚Dr Anna Protasio - ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ by
📚Dr Helen Orchard - ''Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise' by Katherine Rundell
📚Dr Miles Kempton - 'World War Zoos' by John Kinder
📚Neo ‘The Maid of Orleans’ by Friedrich Schiller

Hear more from them at
https://www.youtube.com/

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04/09/2026

Christ’s has a long association with the visual arts. Visitors to the gardens and grounds will see many sculptures.

This sculpture is of alumnus Jagadis Chandra Bose who was born in present-day Bangladesh and studied Natural Sciences in the 1880s. He was a pioneer of wireless transmission by electro magnetic waves. The sculpture was commissioned by the Bose Institute Calcutta in 2008 and is on the approach to the Yusuf Hamied Lecture Theatre.

✨ The College also runs a picture loan scheme for students who can choose artwork from the collection to hang on their walls during the time that they live in College.

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03/09/2026

We're delighted to welcome signwriter Robin Taylor back to College for the annual task of filling in the staircase name boards ready for our new and returning students in October.

🎨 Thank you, Robin!

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01/09/2026

1 September is World Letter Writing Day.

Charles Darwin, alumnus, wrote and received thousands of letters. This example (MS 53 Fox 1) written to his second cousin William Darwin Fox, also an alumnus, reminds us of his passion for entomology - the study of insects - which began while he was an undergraduate at Christ's.

On 12 June 1828, he wrote:

"My dear Fox, I am dying by inches, from not having any body to talk to about insects ..."

https://ow.ly/cCww50ZHAUX

Darwin's letters are catalogued at the Darwin Correspondence Project https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/

📷 Christ's College Cambridge

27/08/2026

The 2026 Pokémon World Championships take place in San Francisco from August 28-30.

We wish student Marcus Koh the best of luck!

Marcus said:

"I'm thrilled to be competing in my second World Championships. I feel that I've learned and improved so much as a player since last year, so I'm really hoping to give it my best shot."

Read more https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clywvwn9l7jo

📷Lloyd Mann/University of Cambridge

26/08/2026

Students at Christ’s enjoy many different clubs and societies in College and at the University. These range from aikido to ultimate frisbee, and from Kpop to Jazz.

https://www.cambridgesu.co.uk/opportunities/societies/

Students who are joining College in October, look out for details of the Christ's Freshers' Fair to find out more about in-college activities.

📷 Photo by Stefano Zocca on Unsplash

25/08/2026

Are you visiting Cambridge or staying at Christ's College this summer?

If so, take time to explore the gardens and grounds with our new Guide and Map.

Pick up a paper copy at the Porters' Lodge or download a copy on our website https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/about/visiting-christs

🌻Gardens and Grounds 09.00-12.00, 7 days a week
🌻Fellows' Garden 09.00-12.00, Monday to Friday

Christ's is open all year around apart from during Quiet Period (May-June) and at Christmas.

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21/08/2026

The latest edition of 'Pieces', our alumni magazine, is published online. It includes:

• Head Coach and Boathouse Manager, Kate Hurst, on life on and off the water
• An interview with Emeritus Fellow, Dr Vis Navaratnam.
• 'The future of carbon capture' by postgraduate, Cerys Walsh
• Fellow, Harriet Lyon, on time in early modern England

And more …

https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/alumni/publications/pieces

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Website

http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/

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