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It was with great sadness yesterday that we learned of the passing of our much loved and long-standing Head Porter, Mr Gerald Meade. The College flag will be flying at half-mast for three days to mark his passing
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End of an era! Don't miss the interview with Martin Bond a.k.a. @acambridgediary in the Guardian following the end of his 13 year daily photo challenge. Includes an iconic photograph of the late Mr Meade, Head Porter to generations of Petreans.
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An arresting photo to celebrate the start of Lent Term 2022: the Hall in winter sunlight, courtesy of Quentin Maile, one of our butlers and a talented photographer
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Outrageous flouting of the "keep off the grass" rules this week in Gisborne Court by this early morning visitor.
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✨Congratulations✨ to all our Peterhouse students graduating today! We wish you all the best in whatever comes next🥰🎓
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Congratulations to the Master @Bridget_Kendall on being chosen for the David Crystal Award, presented annually to an individual "for whom languages have been a constant in their work and life and who has used that knowledge to help or inspire others".
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Go House! A huge well done to our alumni team for winning Christmas University Challenge 2018!.
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We are delighted to learn that we have 3 Petreans in the @theboatraces this year! Congratulations to James Cracknell, Sam Hookway and Natan Wegrzycki-Szymczyk
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Congratulations to @LeaMundi on winning this prestigious prize for her dissertation “Ancient Philosophy within a Global Purview: Parmenides and Zhuangzi on Expressing what Can (and Cannot) be Known”. 🔗
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Beautiful photo showing the tulips flourishing outside of the Porters' Lodge.
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Mr Meade, as he was known to most, prided himself on never forgetting a face, and in turn he will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by the generations of Petreans, Fellows and staff who knew him.
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The recently restored Brewhouse has been recognised as Highly Commended in the 2023 Civic Trust AABC Conservation Award @CTAwards both for the eastern area, and nationally. 🔗
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On Friday afternoon, the Fellows and staff of the College paid their respects to the Former Master, the late Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas. By custom Fellows followed his coffin as it was carried round Old Court, before the private funeral took place in Little St Mary's.
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The College is delighted to announce that Professor Andy Parker has been elected as the next Master of Peterhouse from July 2023. Full details on our website:.
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Following the successful selection of four Petreans for the Cambridge Men’s Crew last week, this week sees another Petrean, Brigid Kennedy, selected for the Cambridge University Boat Club Lightweight Women’s Crew. Congratulations Brigid!
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Beautiful shot of the flowers outside of the Porters' Lodge 😌.
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Many congratulations to all of our students who graduated today!.
Cambridge 30 June 2021 - First in-person graduations today since February 2020. Peterhouse graduands making their way to the Senate House.
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It is raining steadily over the College this morning as we mourn the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We offer our heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family and pay tribute to Her Majesty's devotion to duty, and lifetime of public service to the nation during her reign.
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We love this! Thank you for sharing😊.
Today's #paintacambridgediary is from Juliet Roche who chose my photograph of Gerald Meade, Peterhouse Head Porter which appeared in my 2021 Calendar. It's a pencil and watercolour which Juliet questions is good enough to show him. I think he'll be delighted!. @Peterhouse_Cam
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Season's greetings from all of us at Peterhouse. We hope you enjoy this festive treat 🕯️.
Wishing all our followers a very happy #Christmas We hope you enjoy this new recording of #SilentNight arr. Philip Moore (@encorepubs) . Full recording available over on youtube: @Peterhouse_Cam @Peterhouse_SLO @Cambridge_Uni @CamChapels @CamChoralAwards
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Congratulations to Professor Mari Jones (@MariCatrinJones) who has been awarded @LabexEFL International Chair. The International Chair, which Professor Jones will hold in Paris in 2024, is awarded to an academic of high international distinction in their field.
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We're extremely proud of three of our PhD students, Victor Parchment, Jennifer Ward George and Alex Tsompanidis, for being awarded funding for their innovative project to help refugee camps contain Covid-19. More info here 👉
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Can you hear the leaves crunching underfoot? A beautiful atmospheric shot of the College as seen from Coe Fen this morning. Bravo, @camdiary!.
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How to rebind a Medieval manuscript a fascinating look at conservation work in Peterhouse's Libraries
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The Development Office would like to send HUGE congratulations to our students who officially graduate today. Welcome to the alumni community! 🥳
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It's a beautiful end to the term in the Peterhouse Deer Park. The daffodils are in full bloom, and it's even warm enough to work outside!
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We are delighted to share the news that our Peterhouse Research Fellow in Mathematics, Dr Julian Sahasrabudhe, has been awarded the 2021 European Prize in Combinatorics. Congratulations Julian! .
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Congratulations to @JohnFinnemore (m. 1997) for solving the fiendishly difficult Cain's Jawbone literary puzzle - only the third time it has been solved in its almost 100 year history!
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Petrean Sarah Ransome (matric. 1987) has been enjoying the view while cycling through the Fens for her daily exercise. What scenery have you been soaking up? Send us your photos. #keepintouch
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Signs of spring are appearing in the Peterhouse gardens!
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Hoping you all have a lovely Easter and get to soak up some of the good weather - responsibly of course! - perhaps just like Petreans Michael Bushell and John Lloyd Parry did from their Old Court windows circa 1957. (Many thanks to John for the photo!) #keepwell #keepintouch
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Join us online this year for our festive services: the Advent Carol Service will be livestreamed this Sunday, 3:00pm, and the College Christmas Carol Service on Thursday 3rd, 6:00pm. Links and orders of service for both will be available on our website:
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We are delighted to share the news the Professor Richard Holton, Fellow in Philosophy, has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy. We send our warmest congratulations.
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Congratulations to the Peterhouse and Selwyn College Rugby Team for winning the Cuppers Bowl final! Well done everyone! (Regram from curfucollegerugby ) @selwyn1882 #peterhouse #collegerugby
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We are delighted to congratulate the Master today on this excellent news! #britishacademy.
Thrilled to be joining @BritishAcademy_ as one of its new Honorary Fellows - a delightful and unexpected honour.
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A delightful festive short from the Peterhouse Choir. Best enjoyed in full on their YouTube channel. With season's greetings from all of us here at Peterhouse 🎄.
Wishing all our followers a safe and happy #Christmas from all of us at @Peterhouse_Cam. Here’s a snippet of this year’s Christmas film made in Chapel and Hall — full video available over on our YouTube channel . @Bridget_Kendall
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We're gearing up for the arrival of our new students this weekend! Here's our Head Porter, Gerald, making sure everyone gets their post.
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Petrean Sir Frank Whittle born on this day, 1st June 1907.
Happy Birthday Frank Whittle! 20th C engineer & pilot who invented the jet engine. Pic of our Whittle archive which includes a tape of the first ever jet engine speed trials as well as Whittle's original thesis on Jet Propulsion by Rocket.
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Congratulations to alumna Kayla Barron, who graduated as an astronaut on Friday! @NASA_Johnson . watch their rigorous training online:
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Another funded PhD studentship is now available @Peterhouse! The Professors C H Lee & M Perutz Studentship in Medical Biotechnology will award a female graduate student a 3-year studentship. Deadline: 31 January.Find out more:.
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And welcome back to those familiar faces too! #matriculation.
Great to see so many Pet Reps returning to Peterhouse for postgraduate study! We can’t wait to work with these fantastic students again as they continue their academic careers 👏
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Season’s Greetings from all at Peterhouse! With thanks to pet_chapel_choir and our Director of Music, Simon Jackson for the beautiful video
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🤔🤔🤔.
How well do you know @Peterhouse_Cam?👇. 📜 Founded in 1284 by Hugo de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. 🏛️ Formerly known as St Peter’s College until the late 19th century. 👩🏽🎓 Today, the College has a diverse student body with about 475 students
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You may have seen something from us in your inbox over the last few weeks. there is still a few more days to fill in our alumni update form and share your thoughts on our events, plus opt in or out of switching to a digital newsletter. We would love to hear from you!
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Congratulations to all the @CUBCsquad crews for a clean sweep!! 👏👏👏.
Cambridge win The Men's @Gemini Boat Race 2023 over Oxford by a margin of 1 1/3L.
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A beautiful picture-postcard shot of Tunwell's Court 😌.
A portrait picture of Cambridge every day since 2010. (No 4288) Monday 13th December 2021
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Our many congratulations to Honorary Fellow Sam Mendes for winning Best Director and Best Picture at the Golden Globes for @1917.
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Congratulations to Callum Sullivan and Ollie Parish on being selected for the 166th Blue Boat! Remember to stay safe and stay home when cheering on the light blue boats this year - tune in to the live action on Easter Sunday on BBC One, from 15:00-17:30.
📣 166th @CUBCsquad Blue Boat @Gemini 📣. Marcus (cox) @TrinCollCam Taylor @ClareCollege Sullivan (President) @Peterhouse_Cam.Parish @Peterhouse_Cam Holden @StEdmundsCam Richardson @FitzwilliamColl Benzecry @JesusCollegeCam Dyer @CaiusCollege Weinberger @stjohnscam (bow)
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It is with great sadness we note the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh, former Chancellor of the University. As a mark of respect, the College is flying the Union Jack at half-mast.
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Congratulations to the Peterhouse University Challenge team! A close fought match against @St_Catz.
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Congratulations to Professor Andrew Lever of Peterhouse and the researchers at his Cambridge lab at the Department of Medicine for their part in the recent breakthrough case reported in Nature which has raised hopes of an eventual cure for HIV
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Congratulations to Peterhouse Fellow, Dr Elizabeth Drayson, whose book 'The Moor's Last Stand' has been included in the @thetimes top books of 2017!
Mussolini's lover, Muslim rule in Spain, and the decade that forged the modern mind. Here are the best history books of 2017.
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Bon voyage, Kayla!.
Lift-off! 🚀. @Peterhouse_Cam and @Gates_Cambridge alumna Kayla Barron is among four astronauts heading towards the @Space_Station for a six-month science mission: @Cambridge_Eng @SpaceX.@GatesAlumni #CambridgeAlumni.
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Members of Peterhouse join in a Cambridge community rendition of "Lean on Me" for the May Week Mega Event grand finale.
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It is with great sadness that we share the news that our former Master, Sir John Meurig Thomas, passed away this morning. A full announcement by @Bridget_Kendall is available on our website .
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Yesterday Channel 4 News spoke to Professor Simon Deakin, Fellow and Director of Studies in Law, about the mental health crisis facing refugees seeking asylum in the UK.
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Good luck to Nick Mayhew (2022), Ollie Parish (2019), and the rest of the @CUBCsquad today for @theboatrace 2023!.
Finally, the Men's Blue Boat race at 1700. Bow: Matt Edge.2: Brett Taylor.3: Noam Mouelle .4: Seb Benzecry .5: Tom Lynch .6: Nick Mayhew .7: Oliver Parish .Stroke: Luca Ferraro .Cox: Jasper Parish
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Don't forget to tune in University Challenge, on Thursday 27 December, to watch @Peterhouse_Cam take on @St_Catz
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Still smiling despite the rain this afternoon! Welcome and happy Matriculation to all of our 2023 freshers👋
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Bye-Fellow Dr James Wade's study of a 15th-century manuscript sheds light on English comic culture in a time between Chaucer and Shakespeare. “Stand-up comedy has always involved taking risks and these texts are risky!”.
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Don’t forget! The Boat Race, live on BBC1 from 13:20. We have four Petreans racing today! James Cracknell, Sam Hookway and Natan Wegrzycki-Szymczyk in the Men’s Race and Sally O’Brien in…
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Congratulations to all our Graduands! Proceeding now to Senate House #peterhouse #peterhousecambridge #cambridgegraduation @Cambridge_Uni @ Peterhouse, Cambridge
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Staff at the School of Clinical Medicine have made a video wishing final year students good luck after they graduated early to help fight coronavirus
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Dr Simon Jackson, Director of Music, Bye-Fellow and Director of Studies in English, is a guest panelist on this morning's episode of @BBCRadio4's 'In Our Time' on the subject of English poet George Herbert. Tune in at 9am or catch up on BBC Sounds.
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Hyfryd! Our students singing a Methodist classic 'Gwahoddiad' and sounding great as usual!🌼🌻🏴.
Here you go @MariCatrinJones and @GeraintLThomas — a little touch of home: I hope we didn’t mangle the Welsh too much….
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We are thrilled to be working with landscape designer Thomas Hoblyn (@talkietom) on this Cosin Court project post pandemic, enhancing our outdoor spaces with student well-being in mind
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Peterhouse student Oluwatoyosi (Toyosi) Oni has won the Edie Hunt Inspiration Award from Forté Foundation for helping women advance into business leadership posts during her MBA.
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This year's festive treat from @PeterhouseChoir is inspired by their tour to Scandinavia in the summer: the Norwegian folk carol 'Eit barn er født i Betlehem' (A Child is born in Bethlehem) arranged by contemporary Norwegian composer Ørjan Matre
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Congratulations to our Peterhouse Bye Fellow Dr Andrew Tanentzap, whose research on how ecosystems respond to climate change is featured in the Permafrost film in the series ‘Climate Emergency : Feedback Loops’, released this month.
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Study co-authored by Fellow Dr Timothy Rittman (@timrittman) finds that AI outperforms clinical tests at predicting progress of Alzheimer’s disease.
Scientists from @CambridgeABL @ai_cam_mission have used #AI to predict the progress of #Alzheimers disease. It can predict more accurately than clinical tests whether someone with early signs of dementia will remain stable or get worse. Go deeper 👇.
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Get ready to cheer on Cambridge at The Boat Race on March 30th! Broadcast worldwide you can watch the race on TV from just about anywhere, or join thousands of others on the banks of the Thames. #TheBoatRace #GoLightBlues
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Congratulations to Professor Mari Jones on publication of her research on a new glossary of Norman French in the Channel Islands.
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Right behind the CUBC in celebrating the hard work of all involved this year. Special mention to our Petreans, Andrew Goff and Ben Freeman (Blue Boat), and Ollie Parish and Emily Erdos (Goldie). We know #lightblues would have won 🤫.
ICYMI: Yesterday, we acknowledged the athletes who were selected to represent Cambridge University Boat Club but did not get the chance to race @theboatrace . Full details 👉
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We recently held a memorial service in College for our much loved former Master, renowned scientist, and proud Welshman: Sir John Meurig Thomas. You can watch the memorial service here
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The Master @Bridget_Kendall is speaking at the National Archives on 5th September, exploring the Cold War through the eyes of those who experienced it first-hand. More information and how to book here:
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Congratulations to the @Peterhouse_Cam University Challenge alumni team!! The grand final is tomorrow at 8pm on BBC2.
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Congratulations to one of our former Visiting Fellows, the American poet and essayist Professor Anne Boyer, who has just been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her memoir ‘The Undying’.
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Calling all Petrean families📢 Join us on 10th September for our Family Garden Party🥳 a jam-packed afternoon of fun for all ages. We have Mad Science🧪 and magic shows🪄 creepy crawly encounters😱 face-painting🐶 and heaps of garden games🥏. Sign up:
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Many congratulations to Professor Jones on her well-deserved student-led teaching award!.
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Cambridge University Botanic Garden 'wellness wanders' named in the top 10 virtual garden tours. We can see why 😌.
Kick starting another week of #lockdown with some #BitesizeBotanics for our followers - scenes & sounds from around our Lake and Rock Garden this #MondayMorning 💚#MondayMotivation #nature #botanic #spring
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Welcome Holly!.
Really excited to start my research fellowship at @Peterhouse_Cam today! Time to invent new BSM searches at ATLAS, after doing some touristing of course :D
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Tonight on Great British Railway Journeys, Michael Portillo visits Cambridge and talks particle accelerators with Professor Andy Parker, Director of the Cavendish Laboratory and Peterhouse Fellow. 6.30pm on BBC2.
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Congratulations to Petrean, Sam Mendes, for winning Best Direction at last night's Tony Awards
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In case you were wondering where the name came from, @Peterhouse_Cam Deer Park was once home to a herd of deer
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Congratulations to Petrean, the Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder, on being elected as @PembrokeOxford next Master.
We are delighted to announce that the Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder has been elected as Pembroke’s next Master. He will take over after Dame Lynne Brindley steps down at the end of June this year. Find out more here .Photo Credit: Adrian Greenhalgh
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Don't forget! BBC2 at 8p.m. tonight for the grand final of University Challenge alumni special!
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Very proud of our Accommodation and Housekeeping team and members of the JCR who helped make this happen!.
Thanks to the wonderful people of @Peterhouse_Cam for raising an incredible £445 for @wintercomfort20 by selling unclaimed, left behind items from last term to new student arrivals. A pop up charity shop. Genius!.#charitysale #fundraising #cambridgeuniversity
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Congratulations to not one but FOUR Peterhouse rowers who have been selected for the Men's Blue Boat this year. Tune in on Sunday 3rd April to cheer them on #comeonlightblues .
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We are sad to report that Professor Sir Tony Wrigley passed away on the 24th of February. A distinguished historical demographer, Tony came up to Peterhouse in 1949 to study History, and stayed on for many years as a Fellow and Bursar before moving to LSE.
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Despite the terrible weather, we had a fantastic turnout at the Peterhouse London Carol Service. Thank you to our choir, past and present, who sung so beautifully at the #stvedastaliasfoster pet_chapel_choir @ St…
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We 're excited to welcome LSE back to Peterhouse tonight to mark the 80th anniversary of their evacuation to the College in World War Two. Follow @LSEnews for live updates.
TONIGHT: To mark 80 years since the WW2 evacuation of LSE students to @Peterhouse_Cam, we're visiting Cambridge to discuss Academic Impact on World Order. ⏰ Follow @lsenews's live tweeting from 5.30pm.📚 Read more about #LSEatPeterhouse ⤵️.
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Hope you have your mulled wine and mince pies at the ready, the Peterhouse Christmas Carol Service is now LIVE on the Chapel YouTube page: Order of service available on the link below.
Join us online this year for our festive services: the Advent Carol Service will be livestreamed this Sunday, 3:00pm, and the College Christmas Carol Service on Thursday 3rd, 6:00pm. Links and orders of service for both will be available on our website:
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Reminder: tune in to BBC2 8pm on Monday to watch @Peterhouse_Cam defend our #UniversityChallenge title
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The order of service for tomorrow is now on our events page - we hope you can join us!.
Join us online this year for our festive services: the Advent Carol Service will be livestreamed this Sunday, 3:00pm, and the College Christmas Carol Service on Thursday 3rd, 6:00pm. Links and orders of service for both will be available on our website:
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Many congratulations to Emeritus Fellow Dr Jim Greenwood who has been awarded the prestigious Tribology Gold Medal
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