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Queen’s now
Laurence Binyon Prize awarded to current student Tom Greany
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Sung Eucharist at Westminster Abbey
Have your garden and eat it!
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What’s for lunch?
- weekday lunch it is a set two course meal
at midday prompt, by sign on
💡 From the lab to the start-up world
Old Member Olena Didenko (Neuroscience MSc, 2022) is a co-founder of BioFragment, a start-up that demonstrates how science, sustainability, and entrepreneurship can come together to change lives. With support from EnSpire Oxford and entrepreneurship programmes across the University, they are pioneering a greener, faster way to speed up drug discovery.
🔗 Read the blogpost to discover more: ow.ly/fIZF50WMGJ2
#sciencestartups #SustainableScience #WomenInSTEM #oxfordentrepreneurs #drugdiscovery #GreenInnovation ... See MoreSee Less
🖋️Pressing Matters: Rare Book School and the Making of Books
Imagine a world where every book begins not with a click of a mouse but with the tearing of rags, the sting of sweat, and the thud of type being locked into place.
This summer, librarians Lauren and Sarah stepped into that world at London Rare Book School and discovered just how much human effort lies behind every early printed book.
📖 Paper thickened by the strain of pulling moulds from vats
💧 Vatman’s tears, literal drops of sweat, captured in the fibres
🔠 Type picked, letter by letter, from heavy cases and set upside-down into a stick
💪 Pressmen forcing ink evenly across the page, page after page, for hours on end
What struck them most wasn’t just the skill, but the sheer physical labour behind each volume, reminders that these objects, which now sit so quietly in our Upper Library, were born of back-breaking craft, long days, and the occasional mistake left in place to save time and money.
Read more on our blog: ow.ly/OFgM50WLvm6
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Queen’s and the Decadents
The word 'decadence' might conjure thoughts of luxury and indulgence today, but in the late 19th century it described a bold literary and artistic movement that challenged Victorian values.
📚 A new Library exhibition explores the College's connections to this world, spotlighting two Old Members:
Walter Pater (1839–1894) whose writings inspired Oscar Wilde and helped shape aestheticism.
Ernest Dowson (1867–1900) poet of the ‘Tragic Generation’, remembered for his haunting verse
🔗Read the blogpost: ow.ly/pqTT50WHwGC
#Decadents #WalterPater #ErnestDowson #OscarWilde #LiteraryHistory #yellownineties #DecadentMovement ... See MoreSee Less
🎶 Queen’s Choir at Westminster Abbey 🎶
This Friday, 15 August, at 5pm, join current and former members of Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford Queen’s College Choir for a special Eucharist at Westminster Abbey, marking the anniversary of the death of Queen Philippa, in whose honour the College was founded in 1341.
Join in person or online - the service will be live-streamed here: ow.ly/j73v50WF4NR
📷 John Cairns ... See MoreSee Less