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Hace 3 días · To mark the end of his tenure, Dr Vitaliev gave a captivating talk presenting his upcoming book, Britain’s Utopias, Trucks in the Garden of Eden, where he featured Magdalene College as one of his top ten utopias (extract below). In his new book, Vitali takes stock of Britain today, investigating the nation’s various attempts to create ...
Hace 4 días · Magdalene College in the 15th-century foundation was the only house of regular studies in Cambridge provided at first exclusively for Benedictine monks; the buildings of this period survive although to some extent obscured by later refacing and refitting.
Hace 2 días · Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802-1874) served as Belgium’s prime minister from July 1845 to March 1846. However, he lived for the majority of his life in London and Windsor, and held the ambassadorial role of Belgian Minister at the Court of St. James’s under Queen Victoria. Van de Weyer was famous as a bibliophile in his day.
Hace 4 días · Houses are appearing on the castle slopes and the space behind Magdalene College is losing much of its garden ground.
Hace 3 días · A boy from a school at Islington was admitted to Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1644. Peter Vowell; schoolmaster at Islington, appeared before the House of Commons in 1643, and was hanged in 1654 for plotting against Cromwell.
Hace 5 días · He was the son of Sir Arthur John Tedder and was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in the Royal Flying Corps during World War One and thereafter pursued a career in the air forces which eventually saw him becoming commander of the RAF Far Eastern Forces in the 1930s.
Hace 5 días · We are delighted to invite former choir members to a Reunion on Saturday 22nd June 2024. 2.00pm: Tea. 3.00pm: Rehearsal. 4.30pm: Choral Evensong.
