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Christ Church and the Bodleian Libraries are delighted to announce the appointment of the first Lewis Carroll Visiting Fellow, Professor Alison Halsall of York University, Toronto. More...
The Cathedral Choir sang Choral Evensong live on Radio 3 at 3pm on Wednesday 29 April. It was the Choir's first live app… More...
A spooky and whimsical comedy written and directed by Louise Guy (2024), with original songs composed by the author, wil… More...
Michael James (1970, History) reports on delightful combination of 'intellectual stimulation, social excitement and gast… More...
A distinguished gathering of musicians will come together at Cadogan Hall on Tuesday 23 June to celebrate the life of mu… More...
We are sad to inform the Christ Church community that Dr Ron Truman died in hospital on Tuesday 24 March following complications from a fall, followin… More...
One of the Gallery’s masterpieces, Head of a Bearded Man (Head of Joseph of Arimathea) by the Renaissance artist Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, is on … More...
We were sad to hear of the death of Dr Allan Chapman, who was an Associate Member of Christ Church SCR from 2009. Tony Simcock (Museum of the History … More...
Christ Church recently announced the winners of the 2026 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition, the highest-value prize for young poets (16-18) in the … More...
A spooky and whimsical comedy written and directed by Louise Guy (2024), with original songs composed by the author, will be performed in Christ Churc… More...
Christ Church and the Bodleian Libraries are delighted to announce the appointment of the first Lewis Carroll Visiting Fellow, Professor Alison Halsal… More...
The Library acquired a 16th-century devotional manuscript at auction recently which includes a copy of Katherine Parr’s 'Praieres' (1545) and Richard … More...
Laura Jostins-Dean, Deputy Development Director (Philanthropy), will be leaving to take up a new role in Cambridge in September. Development Director … More...
This year, I had the pleasure of organising the 12th Annual Oxbridge Women in Computer Science conference, held on 9 May at the Mathematical Institute… More...
Dr Kaibo Hu has been awarded the prestigious international The Stephen Smale Prize for mathematics by the Society for the Foundations of Computational… More...
Alumni recently gathered in Grape Britannia, Cambridge’s wine bar dedicated exclusively to English wines, for an evening of conversation and discovery… More...
Neil Yeoh (2015, MBA) recently ran the Paris marathon. Despite various challenges – having not raced for over a decade – Neil talks about feeling 'the… More...
Pitshill House provided a magnificent setting for our 1546 Society event, on 17 May, offering guests a rare opportunity to experience one of West Suss… More...
Recently San Francisco alumni came together in the Northern California sunshine to celebrate our shared connection to the House. Layla Stahr (2017, Ne… More...
Breakwater, directed by Max Morgan (2021, English), recently completed a nation-wide cinema run that included Oxford’s Ultimate Picture Palace. The fi… More...
Last year saw many overseas celebrations to mark the 500th anniversary of Cardinal College. We are pleased to share a talk by Prof A. David Smith (195… More...
This March we held our annual telethon campaign. Our student callers enjoyed two weeks of conversations with over 350 alumni! More...
When Antonia Heng (2016) arrived at Christ Church, she was moved by how many students back home would never get to experience the education she receiv… More...
Michael James (1970, History) reports on delightful combination of 'intellectual stimulation, social excitement and gastronomic indulgence' at this ye… More...
Members and friends enjoyed gathering for dinner at Banjo, in St Helier (Jersey), on Thursday 14 May. More...
Thomas Ridenour, the new Development Manager for Christ Church Cathedral and Cathedral Music, reports on a special Evensong from the Cathedral Music T… More...
We are delighted to invite you to a special anniversary concert celebrating 500 years of the Christ Church Cathedral Choir on Saturday 20 June (7.30pm… More...
We are pleased to share details of Cathedral services for Easter. More...
The Cathedral Choir sang Choral Evensong live on Radio 3 at 3pm on Wednesday 29 April. It was the Choir's first live appearance on Radio 3 since 2018. More...
Christ Church Cathedral School hosted the 2026 Choir Schools’ Association Conference from 29 April to 1 May. This theme of this year's Conference was … More...
Save the dates! We are delighted that Frideswide Voices will be undertaking a tour of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in late July. Further details w… More...
On 15 June, Revd Canon Andrew Davison will explore how Christian Theology has been animated in musical settings of the Creed from the renaissance to t… More...
The 2026 Andrew Chamblin (1991, Physics) Memorial Organ Recital will be performed by David Halls FRCO on 29 September at 8pm. More...
At the end of September, the Cathedral Choir will tour the East Coast of the United States – culminating with a performance at Carnegie Hall on Sunday… More...
Organist Peter Holder will be performing in Regensburg on 22 July as part of their 750th anniversary celebrations. The concert series includes other a… More...
The Picture Gallery's current exhibition: 'Secrets of the Sibyls — Sandro Botticelli, Filippino Lippi and artistic practice in Florence' runs until Mo… More...
Dr David Fletcher's book on Christ Church’s estate map was published back in the 1990s. His second book: 'The Queen’s Atlas: Saxton’s Elizabethan Mast… More...
Christ Church's next Special Interest Event, 'Thomas Hardy, Art and Culture', will be held from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 April. More...
The Library has lent ten gold Mohurs and one Moghul gold coin, with Emperor Jahangir and a Persian inscription on the reverse, to 'Great Mughals: Art,… More...
Members of Convocation will elect a new Chancellor of the University of Oxford in Michaelmas term 2024. To make the election accessible to the global … More...
The Varsity Matches, organised by Oxford University Rugby Football Club, will be held on Saturday 8 March at the StoneX Stadium, home of premiership s… More...
'Oxford’s Astrophoria Foundation Year – What, Why, and Who'? Learn about the one-year fully funded programme for UK state school students at a Webinar… More...
The programme for the University's 'Meeting Minds 2024', from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 September, is available. The weekend offers a variety of talks, p… More...
A new exhibition – 'Sacred Spaces' – features the work of David Stumpp, Rare Books Librarian at Christ Church. More...
The Library has recently acquired a rare book from the collection of its former Librarian, scholar Robert Burton (1577–1640): a copy of Michael Scot’s… More...