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
Poster and programme for the Ball which was held on 25 June 2025.
Copy of a short biography of Edward Digby, who matriculated at Magdalene in 1792 but doesn't appear to have proceeded to a degree. Was tried for a 'Foot-pad robbery' at the Old Bailey in 1802. A transcript of the trial can be read at the Old Bailey Online website: https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18021027-119?text=%22medical%20gentleman%22.
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
Copy of a talk about Major Sir Robert Dalrymple Arbuthnot, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps, who died 30 June 1944 aged 24. He entered Magdalene College in October 1937 to study for the History Tripos. He joined up at the end of his second year and therefore did not complete his degree. The paper includes photographs. The talk was given by Mrs Roberta Matulja, Churchwarden, Nash and Boraston, South Shropshire.
Copy of the speech given by Sir Christopher Greenwood at the lunch to celebrate the 90th birthday of Sir John Gurdon.
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. 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
Names on board:
F. Abu-Bonsrah, R.S. Anderson, E.A. Arguello Gomez, P. Badenhorst, G.E.M. Bosson, A.M. Burling, H.V. Burra, A.T.A. Busuttil, E. Butters, A. Caimi, J.M. Carey, J. Carroll, H.J. Clayton, K.M. Collins, R. Darni, P. Davda, O.J. Dowling, F.C. Emma-Nwachukwu, S. Escobar, A.C. Evans, S. Frystacki
C.S. Godbehere, C.G. Goh, J.A. Gustafson, J. He, C.E. Heighton, X. Hu, S. Kamperou, K.E. Kasperson, E.M. Langer, L. Liebens, N.G. List, M. Lomme, M. Lorek, T.J. Mabuga, Y.L. Mak, S.L. Malcomson, D. Manzoni, G.B. Marras, K. May, P.I. McKarris, A.A. Mentzel, Y. Mu, B.L. Muffett, C.L. Myburgh, W.M. Nabulyato, M.E.S. Negro, L.C. Niermann, S.H. Nip, E.J. Pearmain, B. Oertel
J. Galbraith, G.S. Olanrewaju, E. Paradis, S. Phillips, J.G. Pinfield, N.E. Pritchard, A.O. Raji, E.H. Rees, A.N. Rivera, T. Rizou, S. Ropia, S. Rosen, C. Saelim, A. Satapathy, N.M. Savage, G.S. Spooner, K. Spukas, H.M. Thomas, L.V. Varela Gajewski, A.B. Wastuwidyaputra, S. Weisz, N.G. Wills, T. Wilson, I.J.M. Wojcik, Z. Xu, X.Z. Zabihi Dutton, B. Zhu, C. Asante, Y. Ba, N. Baid
A.H. Baines, E.A. Barrett, J.R. Barretto, J.A.R. Barrett, K.E. Benet, M. Brown, A. Brown, L. Carretero Lopez, M.L. Cascarina, K.L.D. Chew, M.C.F. Choy, C.H. Clarke, S.S. Cowley, S.E. Dauris, H. Deng, Y. Dong, L.A. Drummond, I.J.F. Fee, Y. Gai, S. Ganesh Kumar, A.N.W. Gardiner, R.P. Gavin, J.A. Gibson, D. Goyal, S. Goyal, Z.L. Grimes, J. Gueli, J.B. Haddo, J.R. Hardy, E.H.S. Haszeldine
O.C. Hepworth, B.D. Hewitson, O. Hill, R. Hirai, Z. Hong, S. Hope, L. Ibrahim, K. Ichikawa, F.N. Isoka-Onwordi, J.R. Jing, B.R. Jones, H.H.R. Jones, K.T. Kiew, M. Kudiabor, J.W.L. Lai, C. Lamalle, A.P. Lambe, K.C. Li, A.J.K. Man, G. Marshall, S. Martin, E. Masters-Oca, J.A.C. Mather, N.A. Matthews, A. McCann, L.M. McLean, H.W. Montgomery, T. Morris, D.Y. Ozdenoren, T. Panton, M.A. Peacock, E.I. Pengelley, E.L. Pietroni
J. Puddicombe, A.Rew, S.J. Richards, E. Ritter, A.B. Selva Sathish, G.E.R. Sharpe, E.J. Shuker, Y.F. Shum, N.A.L. Smith, E.S. Spencer, E. Stewart, A. Stirling, E.E.G. Styles, H.R. Swann, Dr J. Patterson (Praelector), Sir C. Greenwood (Master), Dr S. Martin (Senior Tutor), Prof. P. Dupree (Postgraduate Tutor), S.S. Tarr, Y. Tayyebi, B.J.H. Teh, L. Thiam-Nye, E. Thompson, A. Trifanov, A.M.B. Tufnell, G.Z. Vincze, B. Weidmann, H. Whitwell, W.L. Wong, P.K. Wright, J.T.S. Yeh, Z.F. Zatyezye, E. Zhang Garcia Varcarcel
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. 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
Names on board:
R. Liu, R. Gibson, M.J. Ali, J.H. Anderson, J.G.C. Ball, H.M. Barbosa Triana, T.M.K. Bijaksana, J.H. Blomel, N.J. Boender, H.L. Booton, D.J. Bresgi, C. Payne
W.N. Burns, R.D. Capodilupo, S. Carozza, M. Chalakatevaki, I. Charalampopoulos, S. Chilaeva, M.T.W. Crosland, S.A. Edwards, R.J. Fox, R.M. Geeson, L.H. Gerdes, C. Gordon, L. Gordon, H.M. Goulbourne, C. Halleck-Dube, A.C. Howie, A. Josaitis, Z.L. Kesterton, H. Kim, W.J. Knapp, R. Maulinda, W.P. McCormick, F. Mele, L.T. Mgoduso, J.L. Nelson, I.K. Okorie, C.N. Osuafor, P. Papoutsa, A. Pettit
J. Prummer, V. Purnamasari, P.C. Roland, M. Roussi, M.M. Sheldrake, C.T. Stankey, P.R. Stepan-Rivard, S.Y.J. Tan, L. Vassiliu, R. Visser, Y. Zhang, E. Abelian, A.O.F. Alsawaf, B. Andrew, C.G.A. apThomas, K.H. Bowers, L.S. Britten, M.M. Brooks, S.K.J.H. Campbell, A. Canning, T.H.J. Carlton, Y.C. Chan, K.H.T. Cheung, O.A. Christopher, X.W. Chua, S. Clarke, E.F. Connell, T. Cook
C.J. Corrin, F.X. Coumbe, S.E. Craddock, A.W. Davies, A. Davies, A. Denholm, J. Dhariwal, C.G.E. Dickinson, J. Drake, H. Eastbury, E.V. Ekon, E.M. Evans, A. Fang, H. Fishlock, A. Froud, P. Gamble, M.M. Garner, N.A. Goodman, V. Gautam, W. Gelley, E.I. Greatorex, C.I. Griffiths, A.M. Hallsworth, A. Hamerton, B.D. Hansen, D.J.M. Hart, C. Hart, H. Hawkes, W.J.E. Hayter-Dalgliesh
T. Hemley, S. Hill, M.J. Holland, A. Ismagilov, B. Jiang, A. Jones, A. Konshin, I. Kruger, R.C. Lawlor, L.Li, S. Liu, A.J. Loy, Y. Luo, Y. Lyu, S.A. Maclean, S. Mahmood, F.J. Maier, M.H. McGrory, G. Miller, G. Moran, T. Nankivell, J.A.H. Nicholls, R.A. Ooi, C.C. Reilly, E.G. Rowley, I. Rowsell, R. Scobbie, P. Schrider, B.D.M. Scullion, J.M. Shaw
O. Shelton, L.H. Simpson, S.A. Sitea, A. Sizer, E.R. Songhurst, J.E. Sporn, P. Sunyabhisithkul, C. Swadkins, Y.W.J. Tang, B.J. Thompson, C. Trotter, A. Tsovma, Prof. P. Dupree (Graduate Tutor), C. Brasted-Pike (Praelector), Lord Williams (Master), Dr S. Martin (Senior Tutor), J. Tu, C. Ujah, E.A.M. Wakefield, J. Walker, E.L. Wallis, W. Wattanawanitchakorn, H.R. White, S. Wilson, D.J. Yates, Y. Yuan, X. Zhang, Y. Zhao, Y. Zhou
Contains the records of the admission of Fellows, Honorary Fellows, Masters, and Scholars and includes their signatures.
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
Photos of the Rugby XV for 1911, 1933-1934, 1935-1936, 1947-1948 see MCPH/3/1
Photo of the Rugby XV for 1905-1906 see MCPP/AE/1
Photos of the Rugby XV for 1907, 1910 see MCPH/3/2
Photo of the Rugby XV 2000-2001 see MCPH/3/5
Colour photograph. Names on the board:
M. P. M. Alderton, T. Ingldew, A. T. Josaitis, S. S. H. Robson
H. E. Wantsit, J. E. Girling, M. S. Rowlands, G. Hart, K. C. Baker, H. H. B. O’Neill, O. A. Kontkanen, Y. M. Maait
H. S. M. Begley, A. J. Veale, S. C. Lewis, A. Courtaulo (Captain), B. Smith (Hon. Secretary), S. C. Atkins (President), T. D. Bilclough, J. S. Chapman, A. D. W. Cross
Colour photograph of the Darts Club.
Poster for the Ball which was held on 19 June 2017.
18th century translation of part of the Letters Patent of Henry VIII founding the College.
Petition to the Crown for a rent of £20 to support two Fellows on the Crown's nomination.
Notes made in the 18th century about the powers of the Master as laid out in the Statutes.
Names on board:
M.L. Anderson, H. Barends, T. Byrne, S. Cara, C. de la Poer Beresford, D. Taylor, T. Tunley
F.P. de Vita, M.J. Dicks, S.G. Dixon, C.J.G. Dodge, B.W.C. Eastwood, F.J. England, Z. Fang, F.L. Fardin, N. Froman, S. Galli, I. Giatsos, Y-T. Hsu, S. Kakpovi, K. Khojasteh Abbasi, S. Koplev, T. Kosuge, G. Koulovasilis, R. Kuang, E.S. Kwan, N. Laing, S.T. Mlambo, T. Mosienyane, S.K. Pandian, G. Politi, A. Rolo Duarte, R. Scowen, G.C.M. Skinner, L. Smith, E.M. Soldatou
T. Taralli, K.B. Turton, S.O. Williams, A.T.C. Wong, H.E. Yager, K. Zivas, K.M. Ahuja, E. Antoniou, W. Appleby, O. Bardsley, A. Barker, E. Barker, J. Barnes, A. Baxter, E.K. Bhangu, T.D. Bilclough, R.S. Buchanan, L. Butterworth, J.M. Byrne, L. Carey, A. Carrington, Y.M.D. Cheah, B. Cheikh, T. Chen, Y.Y. Cheng, B.P. Ciacli, S.M. Cobb, A.D.W. Cross, J. Curson
M.J. Davies, C. de Leyser, A. Dhuga, B. Dileto, A. Exall, C.E. Flesher, H.L. Fong, C.L. Foreman, L. Gardner, M. Gong, G. Goyal, E. Guild, W.R. Gullock, A.E. Haigh, M.P. Handler, E.F.W. Harratt, G. Hart, H.M. Hens, R.J. Highnam, A. Hirata, C.E. Hocking, L. Huang, A. Humphreys, J.W. Hunt, L.W. Hunt, A.P. Iyer, A. Jain, F.C. Jiang, J.N. Keisner
N. Kotecha, R.J.D.D.S. Lasserson-Rossiter, Y. Li, X.R.R. Lim, C. Liu, Z.R. Loi, A. Ma, I.A. MacDonald, C. Mak, A. Makhzoum, H.S.E. McGarry, O.F. McLuskie, J.T.L. Mo, A.J. Moen, P.J. Moore, C.M. Murdock, A.O.E. Newman, G. Ojo, H.H.B. O’Neill, J.W. Onions, G. Papamichael, D.G. Quigley, A. Roberts, M. Ryall Thomson, A. Sakthivel, J. Schulz, M. Seymour, R. Shah, E.M. Sherlock, A. Shtyrov, S. Singhania
K. Slutsraya, E.B.Y. Soh, J. Soni, I. Stewart, Y. Sun, A. Sunil, M. Takahashi, G.H.Y. Tam, T. Tapia Costa, T. Tee, N. Thomason, K. Thompson, Prof. P. Dupree (Graduate Tutor), Dr J. Patterson (Praelector), Lord Williams (Master), Dr S. Martin (Senior Tutor), L.E.C. van Steene, S. Vishnubhotla, J. Wang, X. Wang, E.M. Weatherup, W. Webster, C.D. Wittmann, M.S. Woodier, T. Xie, C. Yazdanpanah, C.C.X. Yeo, S.M.Z.R. Zaidi, Y. Zhao
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
Academic Committee Minutes Books, agendas, and supporting papers.
Names on board:
A. Athanasopoulou, E. Balaoura, M. Barton, T.C. Bergman, N.R.F. Bernstein, I. Bicci, C.M.D.C. Bourne Swinton Hunter, A. Brennan, M.J. Burke, M.J. Carvill, I.A. Craft
B. Craft, C.B. Davidson, J.T. Deasy, P.D. Drissen, D.A.C. Gaffney, Z.B. Goodwin, A.S. Grieve, M.J.A.S. Grodecki, R. Grover, X. Gu, A.J. Hannay, J. Harrison, M.W. Howe, B.M. Jille, E. Karayiannides, B.G.B. Langhorne, M. Lewis, P. Mavrogiannis, E.G.M. Michell, D.J. Minister, C.D. Molteno, J. Monis, M.M. Nishida, A.M. Nije, K.N.L. Nwagbo, T. Papadogiannis Varouchakis, M.J.C. Parvin, B. Petursson, A.R. Purnama, M.E. Sarantopoulos, F. Schaff
S.H. Schulze, Z.A. Vickery, J. Sinai, C.A. Still, J.P. Tollestrup, J. Tum Wesige, T. Voigt, S. Winkelmann, T.Y.A. Wong, R. Xiao, W. Xing, D. Yue, K. Zhu, M. Abbate, W.J. Adamczyk, T. Alabi, M. Alderton, H.M. Aldridge, N. Balakulendran, L.H. Baliman, A. Banerjee, L. Belt, K. Bielena, H. Blondel, J. Brooks, H.N. Bryant, D.F.P. Caddick, E.R.O. Carr, F.B. Cazalet, M.E. Chapman
J.S. Chapman, H.Y.H. Cheung, W. Chin, I. Coats, S.E. Cook, A. Courtauld, B.C. Davidson, A. Davies, L. Dhingra, I.R. Dolphin, J. Elms, W. Fan, L. Farmer, H. Fong, D.M. Fraser, A. Goldsmith, R.D.A. Grubb, K. Haralampiev, F. Hassan, H.H.B. Ho, A.D.S. Howard, H.C. Hudson, J. Hughes, S.L. Huskisson, C. Iddon, R.M. James, H.J.C. Jennings, T. Joashi, B.M.W. Jones, M.R. Kelly, H.M. Koo
A.H. King, Z.Y. Koh, B. Korprasertsri, T.L.Kwok, L.Y.S. Kwok, K.S.K. Lam, N. Leach, J.M.S. Lee, I. Lewis, S. Longworth, D. Luo, M.C. Lupoli, Y. Maair, F. Marchetti, D.J. Mayfield, R.A. McHale, H. McNamara, V.P.Y. Molloy, T.M. Morrison, P. Moulik, D.J. Neave, S. Olivier, T. OngKah Yong, G.R. Parker, A. Partelides, J.A.G. Petter, I. Prabhakar, L. Qi, R. Reiff-Musgrove, J.P. Rose
W.J.B. Ross, L.K. Russell, D.J. Scoines, J.L. Smith, H.D. Solomons, A. Souly, O.S.R.P. Stupart, C. Swallow, M. Taketani, S.L. Tamblyn, K.Y.T. Tang, E.J. Tattersall, T. Razvan, T.H. Turtle, Dr J. Munns (Admissions Tutor), Lord Williams (Master), Dr S. Martin (Senior Tutor), S.A. Turzo, A. Urmos, J. Walji, Z. Wang, Y. Wang, S. West, F.R. Willcocks, H. Williams, I. Wilson-Scott, C.V. Worsley, K.M. Yu, J. Yuan, I. Zamet, R. Zhou
Description of prizes and funds available in 2017. Gives the name of the prize, criteria, and description.