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🐗Step into one of Queen’s quirkiest festive moments…

Each year, just before Christmas, the College gathers in Hall for a tradition that can be traced back to the fourteenth century: the Boar’s Head Ceremony.

Our Choir, directed by Owen Rees and led in this particular performance by bass soloist Ben Watkins, brings the legendary Boar’s Head Carol to life as the procession enters.

The ritual recalls the story of Queen’s student John Copcot, who supposedly survived a charging boar in Shotover Forest by presenting it with the only weapon he had to hand: his copy of Aristotle. The boar, unable to digest Greek philosophy, expired on the spot and the legend became one of our most enduring festive customs.

Filmed live in Hall in December 2022, this recording offers a glimpse of a ceremony that blends myth, music, and centuries of Queen’s history. We hope everyone attending this evening has a wonderful time! 🎶

🎥 Watch the Boar’s Head Carol here: ow.ly/qoH250XLjxh
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🎄Christmas Eve viewing sorted: our Provost, Paul Johnson, will be appearing on the University Challenge Christmas Special…representing his alma mater, Keble.

In the spirit of the season, we’re choosing magnanimity. We trust Queen’s members will find it in their hearts to forgive him…especially if he nails the tough questions.

Watch here: ow.ly/lVr450XLjqu
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After a week of calling, our fantastic team of students raised over £160,000 in vital funds to support The Queen’s Fund and its key priorities: securing core teaching resources, providing hardship support for students, and strengthening our outreach programmes in the North West.

Huge thanks to everyone who picked up the phone, chatted with our students, and gave so generously. Our students loved hearing stories from Old Members across the generations and getting a glimpse of life after College!

If you missed your call and would like to get involved, you can make a gift to The Queen’s Fund here: ow.ly/Rtbi50XKReY. ... See MoreSee Less

New from OUP: a unique volume of multilingual Ptolemaic inscriptions edited by our Fellow in Ancient History, Dr Charles Crowther, and Queen's Honorary Fellow Professor Alan Bowman.

Three centuries of Greek, Demotic, and Hieroglyphic texts, side by side, revealing the human stories, power dynamics, and religious life of Ptolemaic Egypt.

📖 Explore the book in the Peet Library
🔗 Find out more: ow.ly/cN0I50XKLQc

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