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Christ’s during WWI at History Today

September 8, 2011

On September 6th, 1915, Geoffrey Claye, a lieutenant in the 7th Cheshire Regiment wrote from Gallipoli: ‘At present we are out of the trenches & we are in a rest camp down by the sea. It is a most peaceful spot except when the Turks take to shelling us. I & the other officers of my company have a comfortable little dug out on the side of a sandy cliff.’

Feature in Cambridge News

August 31, 2011

Ella Walker uncovers the highlights to hunt out.

‘Picture This #4’ – John Speed Map of Cambridgeshire, University Library.

August 31, 2011

John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine is one of the world’s great cartographic treasures.

‘Picture This #3’ – ‘The Blimp’, Christ’s College.

August 24, 2011

‘The Blimp’ is one of the items telling the story of Christ’s College during the First World War.

‘Picture This #2’ – Lady Margaret’s Prayer Book, St John’s College.

August 17, 2011

In the second of a new series of short articles exploring images from around the University, we look at the 15th-century prayer book owned by Lady Mady Margaret Beaufort, mother to Henry VII and foundress of St John’s College.

‘Picture This #1’ – The Bury Bible, Corpus Christi College.

August 15, 2011

In the first of a new series of short articles exploring images from around the University, we look at the 12th-century Bury Bible from the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College.

Coming soon

July 6, 2011

Bookings for Open Cambridge 2011 will open on Monday 18 July.

Booking will be available through this website or by phone on 01223 766766.