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View of buttery roof

Not just hot air: bringing sustainable heating to a 500-year-old College.

Stories from the archive - 2023
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View of the Buttery ceiling

Lattes, laptops and listed buildings: College’s new social spaces combine ancient and modern

Stories from the archive 2023
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Bread and Soup, St John’s College Agatha Catherine Hall Shore (1878–1950)

Gravy protests, coffee houses and corrupt cooks: digesting the history of student eating at St John’s

Stories from the archive - 2023
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The sun shines through the branches of a tree.

Professor sunshine: the blue-sky thinker using solar energy to create green fuels.

Stories from the archive - 2023
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A baby looks at a book being held by his father

Why reading nursery rhymes and singing to babies may help them to learn language

Stories from the archive - 2023
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The beheading of King Charles I, who was convicted of treason and executed outside Banqueting House, Whitehall, in 1649. Engraving with etching. Image credit: Wellcome Collection.

Gunpowder, treason and plot: the 1,000-year history of traitors and faithfuls.

Stories from the archive - 2024
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Photographer Kate Peters with her eight specially commissioned portraits of women which are now exhibited in the College's new Cafe 

Portrait exhibition unveiled in new Café at the heart of St John’s to celebrate the life and work of women

Stories from the archive - 2024
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The avenue

Green award sees College go platinum for fourth time

Stories from the archive - 2024
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Woman using an ultrasound scanner to examine a pregnant woman, who is laying on the ground under a tree in The Gambia. Credit: Leeson/LSHTM.

Impact of climate emergency on pregnant women explored thanks to £2m funding

Stories from the archive - 2024
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Naked Hanging Man Orchid

Rare ‘Naked Hanging Man Orchid’ reveals itself at St John’s College

Stories from the archive - 2024
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Portrait of Lady Margaret Beaufort

Painting of Lady Margaret Beaufort smuggled to Cambridge to protect it from King Henry VIII’s henchmen unveiled

Stories from the archive - 2023
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A look through the open glass doors into a busy Buttery

Buttery, Bar and Café scoop top design award

Stories from the archive - 2024
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Maps on a table

Pivotal role played by St John’s in D-Day landings

Stories from the archive - 2019
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