Come to the Haldane room @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social at 6.00pm tonight to hear all about our founder Isaiah Berlin at this term’s President’s Seminar.

Term kicks off @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social . Speakers include the great Irish political commentator Fintan O’Toole; the Financial Times editor and journalist Gillian Tett; senior Russian creative figures on Putin’s theft of Russian culture; the May Ball is round the corner;our rowing teams are ready.

The ultimate keep cup.

Join us on Monday @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social to discuss multiple realities…

Join me and Shaharzad Akbar this Thursday at 6.00pm in the Wolfson auditorium for a conversation about accountability in a world of apparent impunity.

Join us @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social each Thursday for Scottish dancing (22 Jan), debate on how we hold those responsible for violations of international law to account (29th Jan), and my own tour of the College’s new art works.

Testing the river water @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social in collaboration with @thames21.bsky.social to ensure we have the evidence if the illegal rubbish dumped at Kidlington leaches into our river water.

A great week ahead @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social : a discussion in the state of the state on Monday evening; a tour of the new art collection on Thursday, and Oxford’s best (and free) fireworks display on Friday evening. Enjoy your week!

Five years ago exactly Marcus Banks, a long term member of @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social, died suddenly and tragically. He is still sorely missed. We planted a tree in his memory, and in yesterday’s evening sun it was glowing brightly.

Welcome, and welcome back to Wolfson College in Oxford as term starts. Plenty of dates for your diary, including the best free fireworks in Oxford on Friday 31st October. And thanks to Christopher le Brun’s wonderful modern art which backdrops the video - part of our outstanding collection.

Punt racing @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social this afternoon. There was something in the Pimm’s.

Each year @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social welcomes a scholar from sub-Saharan Africa to spend summer with us: do join Sarah Mlambo and collaborator Nicole Votruba talk at College at 6.00pm this Thursday about women’s mental health in low income settings. All welcome.

Join us @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social this coming Thursday for a concert by our Creative Arts Fellows Kate and Lekan (two time Grammy award winner). “Spiritual Music which has journeyed from West Africa to the world.” The Sacred Funk Quartet.

Please join us @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social this coming Thursday for a performance by our Creative Arts Fellows Kate and Lekan (two time Grammy award winner). “Ancient spiritual music which has travelled from West Africa to the world.” The Sacred Funk Quartet.

Ferns, wild strawberries and a single Welsh poppy in the Oxford garden this morning @wolfsoncollegeoxford

Visiting the Arboretum of Oxford University, and came across this splendid chap.

@wolfsoncollegeoxford celebrates VE Day, 80 years on.

A date for the diary: “Soldiers, sailors and spies” a seminar next Monday at 6.00pm with Wolfson’s own researchers. In the Haldane Room.

A warm welcome to Trinity Term at Wolfson College Oxford. In the bright sunshine…

Farewell to San Francisco - here, the Transamerica Pyramid - as I travel back across the Atlantic.

I was in Dallas yesterday; here’s a photo (OK, trick photo - this is the George W Bush Presidential Library, where his Oval Office is replicated).

Join Dame Professor Ottoline Leyser, Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation, as she talks at Wolfson College at 6.00pm this Thursday about how science must ditch its elitist image. Part of our contribution to British Science Week britishscienceweek.org.

One of my favourite views @WolfsonCollege - the harbour from the new Common Room on a sunny March day.

Do join us at Wolfson College at 5.00pm on Thursday 27th February for talks on photographing the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and on the musical links between West Africa and the Caribbean.

Delighted to welcome William Hague, admitted today as our new Chancellor @wolfson.college @ox.ac.uk

Do join us @WolfsonCollege for a concert this Sunday by our artists in residence - free for students. 5.00pm in the Auditorium.

As a long dark January closes, join us on Monday at Wolfson College for a seminar on misinformation, malignancy and waste.

New year, new term @ Wolfson College @ox.ac.uk

Ho Ho Ho

Choirs, carols and K-Pop bring Michaelmas Term at Wolfson College to a close. Have a great break.

Join us for cakes on Monday, General Meeting on Wednesday, and Christmas lights on Friday!

18th November 2024, Wolfson College, Oxford. Heaven.

Will you join?

Term in full flow here at Wolfson College. See Lidija Antanasijevic’s exhibition “Fine Line” on until Xmas in the Levett Room; music recitals every Friday lunchtime in the Auditorium, including today; and Guest Night dinners every Thursday. Please do take part in the community.

Pretty special views of our river and meadows at Wolfson College this morning.

Pink agapanthus in the garden this morning.

Welcome to the new year at Wolfson College in Oxford: the floods have receded, the College is looking great, and we always love to meet our new students.