Maria Casares (1922-1996), star of Cocteau’s Orphée When I was an undergraduate at Somerville College, Oxford, in the early 1950s, there...

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Will Durant (1885-1981), author of Outlines of Philosophy When I applied to Somerville College, Oxford for my undergraduate degree, I t...

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The motto of the Ursuline convent schools I want to write about my interview with my father, after he had been summoned to see the Rever...

Writing about Christine Fulcher has reminded me of how difficult it is, and always has been, to say anything about our position. In Christ...

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Recently we have been making contact with various undergraduates. The impression most of them give is that they are determined to make thing...

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The belief system associated with the egalitarian ideology has been increasing in influence for a long time, and is now overwhelmingly domi...