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Oscar Whitle, #StJohnsCollege, speaks in opposition of the motion that This House Believes #Populism is a Threat to #Democracy.

https://youtu.be/4Iv7sLM_PPw?si=rt_FATtvE1Ep3D_u

#OxfordUnion #political #Academic #debate #politics

@SJLahey How wonderful! Thanks for #GreatAltText, & for drawing my attention to this manuscript: I see there's a catalogue entry & images of 4 other kings at https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/manuscripts/medieval_manuscripts/medman/A_7.htm
#StatutaAngliae #EdwardII #StJohnsCollege #CambridgeUniversity

My #ThrowbackThursday photo this week is a school class photo from the mid-1980s. This was at St John's College, Southsea; an all boys private school at the time, run by the De La Salle brothers. I was in Alan House (pretty much the Gryffindor of St John's) and in this photo you can this year's teacher Brother Gerard there front and centre. I'm middle row, second from the left.

#SJC #Southsea #Portsmouth #StJohnsCollege #DeLaSalle #School

Today is the Feast of the #Annunciation.

This 1270s illustration was inserted into a #14thCentury #psalter now owned by #StJohnsCollege at #CambridgeUniversity - where red is the college colour; hence the name of the #blazer. Note the magnificent red & gold wings of the #ArchangelGabriel in this wonderful depiction!

https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/manuscripts/medieval_manuscripts/medman/A/K26/K26f11r.htm
https://www.ladymargaretboatclub.org/history

#13thCentury #medieval #manuscript #illumination #MedievalArt #medievodons #RedMen #LMBC @medievodons

Someone hold my hand. My senior got into #StJohnsCollege and it's her first choice and I want it for her but it's financially draining on both her and us before she even gets to grad school. If she just did a standard #liberalArts degree and not the #greatBooks program, we have another college acceptance that would get her through undergrad debt free. Yes, I grasp the extent of our #privilege but we still have to choose. #johnnies perspective would be welcome

He was asking me recently why I know so many stories from the Bible when I'm an #atheist (#stjohnscollege, #greatbooks). He also wondered why I seem to really like some of the stories in the Bible and not others. I explained to him that I love all sorts of stories where people stand up for people who are being hurt, and where people care for each other. I don't believe in the "magical" parts, but I do believe firmly in some of the themes in religious stories. (2/3)