Plastic Pollution

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Josephine Mahony, Geography student at Wolfson College, returns from a successful mission to clean up plastic at the remote island of Aldabra. The project was set up to return the island to its former pristine state, but also to promote more broadly the reduction of plastic waste.

Wolfson College Portraits

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The renowned American fine art photographer Mariana Cook, whose photographs of people and landscapes are held in many private and museum collections all over the world and published in ten books, who works in black-and-white film and makes gelatin silver prints, and whose portraits are famous for catching the essential identity of her subjects, is bringing a collection of fifteen of her recent portraits to Wolfson College.

Opening of the Buttery

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Members and visitors of the College will have noticed that there has been some construction work going on in and about the Buttery. The innovative improvement project, designed by BGS Architects, links the Old Lodge and Buttery to the Academic Wing. The architecture is sympathetic to the original architecture by Powell & Moya, and blends in with the themes of recent new buildings added to the College such as the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium. 
 
The Drugstore

Hello to Berlin

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I first met Isaiah Berlin more than 44 years ago, just before lunch on Saturday 24 June 1972, at a graduate award interview at Wolfson's temporary home in 60 Banbury Road. I had driven down on the same day from Shrewsbury School, where I was working that year, after giving my Latin A Level set their last lesson on Lucretius. Time was extremely tight, and I was worried about arriving behind schedule. I arrived late and flustered.

The Life of Jon Stallworthy

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Early life 
Jon Howie Stallworthy was born in London on 18 January 1935 to New Zealand parents, John (later Sir John) Stallworthy, a renowned surgeon and professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, and Margaret (Peggy), née Howie, who is credited with giving her son his ‘first taste of poetry’ with the nursery rhymes she sang to him as a small child.
 
Education

Prints gifted by Amref to Wolfson College

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The prints by Dean Bradshaw were gifted by Amref - a gesture personified by the CEO of Amref UK, Frances Longley, and Tim Hitchens. AMREF Health Africa has been the College's chosen charity for nearly 40 years, after which the Wolfson/AMREF Group was formed to coordinate fundraising. On the ceremony, Longley commented "It was wonderful to spend time with such loyal and generous supporters - a wonderful partnership and a great day together today".