Crossing continents by rickshaw and Ford Fiesta
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.
Reinventing places for work
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.
Climate entrepreneurship
Satowa Kinoshita (2013) is a self-described climate entrepreneur. In this article she tells us about how she came to this role and why it is so important.
A Lebanon to come back to
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.
A festival year marking 40 years of women at St John’s
Activities in College marking the anniversaries of the admission of female undergraduates, postgraduates and Fellows.
A life volcanic
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.
Music outreach trip to King’s Hedges Educational Federation primary school
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.
Johnian Winter Olympians
Fiona Colbert, the College’s Biographical Librarian, has been checking the treasure trove of biographical records to find information about past Johnian involvement in the Winter Olympics.
New Year Honours List 2022
Three Johnians were recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours List 2022.
In vino veritas: the story of Niew Vineyards
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.
Keeping the water flowing
Alison Wedgwood (1992) is co-founder and CEO of eWater Services, a company providing affordable, pay-as-you-go access to clean, sustainable water across Africa.
Since St John’s: Kate Reid (2013)
Kate Reid (2013) is a writer, actor and producer and is currently working towards an Off-West End transfer of her play ‘The 4th Country’.
This Place: Lara Weaver on composing a site-specific work for the College Chapel
Lara Weaver (2016) has created a sound installation for the Chapel of St John's, exploring architecture and acoustics through spatial composition
The Edward Showler Foundation launches Clear Cell Sarcoma Research Programme
Alumnus Dr Edward Showler ('Ed')(2007) died at the age of 28 from clear cell sarcoma. The Edward Showler Foundation has just launched a new programme of pioneering research into the cancer.