In the limelight – Fiona Stafford to talk trees on Radio 3
Fiona Stafford was brought up in largely rural areas, but it was only as she read Hardy, Wordsworth, Clare and Heaney that trees began to dominate the view. That, she......
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BBC Radio Oxford – Somerville Principal says India election under-reported in UK press
Dr Alice Prochaska was featured in an overview of the Sunday papers on BBC Radio Oxford this weekend, as she discussed some of the major stories with Presenter David Prever......
Marjorie Boulton celebrates 90th birthday at Somerville in English and Esperanto
Marjorie Boulton (1941, English) celebrated her 90th birthday at Somerville today with a talk delivered in a mix of English and Esperanto. Boulton taught English literature for many years before......
Inaugural modern languages award to fund Occitan research
Anna Branford (2012, Modern Languages) has been awarded the first Rhabanus Maurus Travel Grant to conduct research into modern languages. The fund was generously established by Catherine Hughes (College Principal,......
Scottish Herald profiles novelist Maggie Gee
Somerville alumna Maggie Gee (1966, English) has been profiled in Scotland’s The Herald for the launch of her latest novel Virginia Woolf in Manhattan. Gee first had the idea for......
Hong Kong connection – alumni profiles
Three remarkable Hong Kong Somervillians have been profiled on the College website in recognition of the continued strengthening of ties between the College and its Hong Kong alumni. In March......
New Somerville JRF Jane Dyson launches Himalayas short
Dr Jane Dyson, who will begin a two-year Junior Research Fellowship at Somerville later this year, has co-directed a new short film about life in a village in the Indian......
Alumna Jo Vellacott delivers conference talk on WW1 peace campaigner Catherine Marshall
Dr Jo Vellacott (1940, History) delivered a talk on Friday 4 July entitled the War Work of an Anti-War Activist: Catherine Marshall, 1914-1918 at Senate House in London. The talk......
EVER GREEN – Robert Washington celebrates 30 years at Somerville
Somerville’s gardens cover almost half a square kilometre and rely on the work of a team of gardeners to keep lawns mown, weeds at bay and herbaceous borders in bloom.......
Principal’s Thatcher letter published in Daily Telegraph
A letter composed by Dr Alice Prochaska, Somerville College Principal, was published in the Daily Telegraph on 20 June. The letter was written in response to an article by Charles......