Event Start Date: 23 May 2026
The Penrose Society was established to thank those who have kindly included Somerville in their wills. Events are held annually on the fourth Saturday in May and all legators are invited to attend with a guest.
The programme is as follows:
11:30 Drinks on arrival in the Brittain Williams Room
12:00 A talk by Professor Kate McLoughlin drawing on content from her latest book,
‘Silence: A Literary History’, in Flora Anderson Hall
13:00 Lunch in Hall
14:30 Concert in the Chapel, featuring the Somerville and St John’s College Orchestra
15:15-16:00 Tea and coffee in the Mary Somerville Room