Dictionary of Medieval Latin – begun 1913, completed 2013
The British Academy completed the final part of its Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, bringing the project to an end under its final editor Dr Richard Ashdowne, a......
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Vera Brittain among those named as Liberty turns 80
As the campaigning group Liberty turns 80, authors and campaigners have been paying tribute to those who have supported the group’s work down the decades, among them H G Wells,......
New year, new honours
Two Somervillians were recognised in the New Year’s Honours List while several Somerville alumni and Fellows have received awards or other forms of recognition in 2014 as well. Baroness Onora......
And then there were four – the University Challenge campaign
Oxford Colleges can look from the outside like monastic retreats and, while this helps to provide strong internal community, it can appear as though they simply wish to evade the......
Hilary Spurling features in Matisse documentary
Hilary Spurling, Somerville alumna, Honorary Fellow of the College and award-winning biographer of Henri Matisse, has been featured in a documentary about the French artist’s later works. Henri Matisse: A......
Radio 4 – Somervillians on Spartacus
Two Somerville alumnae have featured in a BBC Radio 4 programme about Spartacus, aired on 6 March. The programme, which forms an episode in Melvyn Bragg’s ‘In Our Time’ series,......
Somerville alumna to discuss the Trinity on BBC Radio 4
Janet Soskice will become the third Somervillian in eight days to feature on Melvyn Bragg’s popular Radio 4 programme ‘In Our Time’. Soskice, Professor of Philosophical Theology at the University......
Alumna to head National Theatre
Tessa Ross (1980, Oriental Studies) has been appointed Chief Executive of the National Theatre in London. Ross has been Controller of Film & Drama at Channel 4 and was responsible......
New Somerville SRF wins Gairdner Award
Sir Marc Feldmann, who was recently appointed a Senior Research Fellow at Somerville, is one of the recipients of the 2014 Canada Gairdner International Awards, often seen as a predictor......
Fab Four through to University Challenge final
Somerville’s Fab Four won a semi-final bout against the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS), University of London by 195 to 105 points to book their place in the......