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No. 62

Articles
The unlikely hero of Everest: the other side of George Mallory by R. Hyam

'Good discourse among the old men - of Islands now and then rising and falling again in the sea': Samuel Pepys and fantastical islands by M.E.J. Hughes

'Stuck in reverse': the disappearing Suffolk coast by T. Spencer and Susan Brooks

Return to Valhalla: The portrait of Professor William Farish by Henry Perronet Briggs by J.M. Munns

Natural disasters by E.K.M. So

No. 63

Articles
A note on the tapestry room: 30 Thompson's Lane by R. Hyam

Nicholson's portrait of Benson: An unusual piece of College art history by R. Hyam and J.M. Munns

Global Science, National Horizons by S. Dubow

Turbulent Water: The Irish Sea in culture by C. Connolly

Margaret, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sawawak by Susannah Roberts

No. 64

Obituaries
Simon Barrington-Ward
Jeffery Lewins
Finbarr Livesey
Michael Keall
Sir John Tooley
Henry Lumley

Articles
Adventures in Ancient Writing and the Cypriot Teardrop by P.M. Steele

Developing Automated Acoustic Diagnosis of Dysphagia by A. Gregory

Painting the Master [Rowan Williams] by Lorna May Wadsworth

No. 65

Obituaries
John Field
Richard Luckett
Martin Hughes

Articles
Looking at new ways antibodies can protect us from viruses by S. Caddy

A Master of Magdalene founder of the NHS? by R. Hyam

Pavlov's maggots by L. Masuda-Nakagawa

The School of night: Courtiers, poets, and scientists in the age of Shakespeare by J. Jarrett

Magdalene College flora by Jonathan Shanklin

No. 66

Obituaries
Bill Cornish
Bamber Gascoigne

Articles
New light on old stones: The Chapel Floor by C. Casey

The causes of ageing by A. Baez-Ortega

Early modern Chinese books by C. Brokaw

The Dunster stone by R. Chartener

The Cambridge seamstress by R. Chartener

C.S. Lewis by Tony Spearing

No. 67

Obituaries
Duncan Robinson

Articles
Magdalene's cooks and their plates by T. Licence

Politics, economics and sex: The making of Nevada's legal brothels by Barbara G. Brents

Planning for success? Law's contribution to a controversial topic by A.E.J. Mills

The conviction of things not seen: The Lady Margaret Sermon 2022 by D.M. Doyle

The Fellows' Butler by Andrew Ruddell

No. 68

Obituaries
Tony Cockerill
Sir John Boardman
Helen Vendler
The Rt Hon Lord (Igor) Judge

Articles
Bibliotheca Pepysiana 1724: The Library arrives at its new home by M.E.J. Hughes

Young Men's Perspectives on child criminal exploitation and their involvement in drug dealing by H.J. Marshall

Life in distant oceans by F. Rigby

'An extremely naughty boy': Robert Keable (1905) and Magdalene by Simon Keable-Elliott

The Head Gardener by Mark Scott

No. 69

Articles
Minute - and mass - observation: On being painted by M.E.J. Hughes

Arthur Benson diarist: Extracts from the A.C. Benson centenary lecture, 12 March 2025 by E. Duffy

A new look for an old friend: Restoring the Pepys Building by T. Spencer

Harnessing the power of the immune system to fight cancer by K. Okkenhaug

Lessons from the landscape of Morocco by A.K. Bennison

Evolution's struggle for existence by A. Baez-Ortega

Framed view of Magdalene College from the street.

A copy of Magdalene College. A little view of its buildings and history by A.C. Benson, Master.

Includes a handwritten letter dated 12 July 1954 to 'Fredo' [Alfred de Ledesma] from Colin Methven gifting him the copy and commenting on it and Benson's knowledge of farmers.

Methven's bookplate is on the inside front cover.

George Mallory was an undergraduate at Magdalene College between 1905 and 1908 and studied history under A. C. Benson. He was secretary and later Captain of the Boat Club, a member of the College's Kingsley Club, the University's Fabian Society, and the Marlowe Dramatic Club. He was the College's representative on the committee of the University's Women's Suffrage Association. His circle of friends included many members of the Bloomsbury Group including Lytton and James Strachey, Duncan Grant (who painted several nude studies of him 1912-1913) and Maynard Keynes.

After graduating he stayed in Cambridge for a year to write an essay which he later published as Boswell the Biographer (1912).

Black and white photograph of the crew on the river. No names are given.

Mounted colour formal photograph with names and an informal black and white photograph.

Names given:

E. Zaayman, J. Dresvina, T.J. Kuryuzawa, S. Gluck, A. Stevens, E.H. Reynolds, J.J. Bulman, J.M. Gee, W.I. Smith, G. Georgopoulos, P.G. Vick, N.F.B. Daley, A.C. Morgan

D.M. Gould, T.D. Daff, N.J.T. Gill, A.K. Ward, M.T. Doris, J.M.D. Ballard, J.E. Powell, T.O.M. Evans, D.C. Brass, P. Dickson, S.D. Strauss, C.L. Scates, E.A.M. Hartnett

T.N. Walsh, J.C. Walker, K. V. Shah-Tanna, J.M. Bosten, K.A. Matthews, C. Ardid, M.Y. Lim, K.H. Peel, A.C. Storey, S.S. Sadigh, C.M. Morley, C.S. Harris, V.C. McGregor

M.P. Firth, S.J.G. Burton, A.P. Peevor, E.J. Costar, W.J. Boddy, M.L. Broadstock, E.S. Fulton, W.A. Hanson, H.A. Nash, K.J. Walker, J.R. Groves, E.E. Martin, H. Storhaug, L.E. Coggins, J.R. Rosales

S. Ng, M. Hastie-Oldland, M.C.J. Malins, J.J.H. Heffer, C.V. Northridge, A.M. Claxton, Master, Praelector, L.M.M. Coiffait, F.E. Fawcett, J. Sumoy, F.Fulminante, B.P.M. Lam, L.E.I. Webber, J.R.H. Morton

Mounted colour photograph. No names given.

Framed black and white photograph of Lord Michal Ramsey (Archbishop of Canterbury).

Documents relating to the following property in Longstanton - Farm, house, buildings, 2 cottages and 109 acres, 1 perch, 2 roods of land and the Advowson of the Rectory of St Michael.

Recorded in the Muniment Book pages 64-73.

Annual accounts for receipts and payments listing all members of College in order of seniority.

Receipts are recorded under the headings Annual Payment; Commons; Sermons; Exercises; Arrears. Expenses are recorded under the headings Library; Pavement and Lighting; Disbursements; Poor; Steward’s Stipend; Butler’s Stipend; Stamped Circulars

‘Caterer’s Book’ is written on the first page.

Copy of a College order dated Nov. 14th 1836 is written out on the next page and reads:

"At a College meeting called by the Master for the purpose of taking into consideration the responsibility of the Steward and other matters.

It was agreed:
the Caterer be no longer responsible for the Masters of Arts annual payments for keeping their names on the boards
that the Caterer’s accounts be kept separate and submitted to the College at the Peckard audit
that he receive a salary out of the said account of £50
that the accounts be kept by the Butler with a salary of £20 from the same fund and overlooked by the Caterer
that the resident Bye-Fellows and Sizars and the non resident Bas be exempt from any payment to this account

Copy of a College Order dated May 18th 1837

At a College meeting called by the Master it was agreed…..to confirm the following rate of Composition in lieu of the annual payment of £2 3s 6d for members of the Senate retaining their names on the boards viz:

For commencing Master of Arts £25
M.A. (or other degrees of more than 10 years standing) £20
M.A. (or other degrees of more than 20 years standing) £15
With a deduction of £5 in each case when the party is not in orders.
Annual accounts for receipts and payments listing all members of College in order of seniority:

Local Search for 25 and 26 Bridge Street.

List of the papers read to the Kingsley Club between 1906 and 1985. Gives the date, subject of the paper, and name of the speaker.

List of documents sent to H.M. Land Registry in relation to the sale of 25 and 26 Bridge Street to Magdalene College.