
September – a season of hopeful expectations
As autumn looms and we await the arrival of the new students, why not share your memories of the start of Michaelmas term?
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As autumn looms and we await the arrival of the new students, why not share your memories of the start of Michaelmas term?
Christina Faraday (2011) is a historian of art and ideas, Research Fellow and lecturer at the University of Cambridge. In this article she talks about her interest in Tudor and Jacobean art and her career as an art historian.
Sarah Langslow (1999) is an executive coach and founder of her own leadership development business. Here she talks about her career journey and rowing.
On Sunday 19 May, recent donors to the College gathered for our annual Donor Day, which was this year held in the Master's Garden.
This issue of the LMBC Newsletter gives the club's May Bumps results and highlights a few upcoming alumni events.
A deep dive into the College’s food-related archives offered a fascinating look at changing tastes from Tudor times to the modern day.
Tatyana Kalaydjian Serraino (2015) is an Art Historian and content creator. Through her website ‘About Art by Tatyana' and her social media channels she aims to make art history more accessible.
Ryan Wightman (2016) talks about this career journey and gives advice for those looking to work for a start-up.
This issue of the LMBC Newsletter provides an update on the club's progress so far this year and gives LMBC's Lent Bumps results.
Keith Barron (1968) is a member of the Kent & East Sussex Railway and he believes that heritage railways can provide vital havens for nature.
We were pleased to welcome so many Johnians to our Talking Tulips event earlier this month. We enjoyed a wonderful day celebrating the amazing conservation project conducted by Brett Wilson (2013).
Laura Coffey reflects on her time at Cambridge and the unique journey, following in Odysseus’ footsteps, that inspired the book.
Donald Rushton (1942) was a student at St John's during the Second World War. He told us what the College was like during that time.
The Johnian Society Committee welcomes three new members, Dr Anthony Freeling (1975), Bhanu Balusu (2018) and Charley Roberts (2015).