The Johnian Blog

Joanne Flitcroft (1989) is Founder and Director of legal consultancy Opallios Limited. She has a passion for travel and her charity work has taken her on some wild adventures all over the world.

Charles Armstrong (1990) is Founder and CEO of The Trampery, a company providing workspaces, venues, training and management services based in London. Here he tells us about its social aims and impact, and his ambitions for the future.

Aya Majzoub (2010) is a researcher for Human Rights Watch in Beruit. Here she tells us about her work investigating human rights abuses in Lebanon.

Professor Tamsin Mather (1995) studied Natural Sciences at St John’s specialising in Chemistry and then returned in 2001 to do a PhD in Earth Sciences. She is now a Professor of Volcanology at the University of Oxford. Her work has taken her all over the globe in a quest to understand more about the world’s volcanoes.

Alumna Rachel Addison (2000), music teacher at King’s Hedges Educational Federation, invited students from St John’s to play live music for the school children.

Three Johnians were recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours List 2022.

Dr Tai Ran Niew (1988) left a career in investment banking to pursue a journey in wine and has established his own vineyard in Oregon, USA.