The Johnian Blog

St John's has just welcomed the latest intake of freshers to the College. We look back 100 years to see what life would have been like for new students in 1925.

A former Captain of the Lady Margaret Boat Club has returned to College to oversee the installation of his gift of a painting. 

For the past 18 years, the Telethon has brought together Johnians from across generations, offering a glimpse into the diversity of our College community.  This September, our team of student callers spoke with 640 alumni worldwide, discussing student life from supervisions to sports clubs.  

Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of Johnians and friends, the Professor Sir Christopher Dobson PhD Scholarship has reached its endowment target of £1.9 million, ensuring that outstanding scientists from anywhere in the world can pursue doctoral study at St John’s in perpetuity.  

We welcomed supporters and friends of the College on Wednesday 24 September to Lambeth Palace in London for the Dobson Free Places Drinks Reception.

A new Economics residential for A-level and equivalent students funded by Bob Parker (1970, Economics) of the St John’s Development Board was a resounding success this September. 

Johnians of all ages enjoyed Ben Macintyre's fascinating lecture on espionage, a talent-packed classical concert by current students, and a bubbly reception followed by dinner in Hall.

A sea of red blazers descended on St John’s College for the final event celebrating the Bicentenary of Lady Margaret Boat Club. 

Author Mark Wells (1981) reveals the secret of how to write the perfect ghostly tale ahead of our Halloween storytelling event.

When Michaelmas Term starts, the organ will be installed and 'voicing', the process of fine-tuning each of the organ's several thousand pipes, will begin

Jim Wocha, Wines and Provisions Manager at St John's, takes us on a tour of the College's wine cellars.

Rob, who gained a PhD in maths from St John’s, has developed strategies for his poker matches based on Game Theory and mathematics that he believes have set him up for success. 

From going undercover as housemaids to searching the petticoats of light-fingered ladies, the secret lives of female Victorian detectives have been little documented until now.

Filmmaker Sheena Sumaria (2003) has a new documentary about a court battle brought by a fishing community in India