The College held a tea party on Wednesday 20 May to mark the 99th birthday of its former Master, Owen Chadwick. Professor Chadwick was Master from 1956 to 1983, and his distinguished career included being Regius Professor of Modern History and Vice-Chancellor of the University.

First-year Selwyn student Lola Olufemi has been cast as Othello in a production of the Shakespear

Former Selwyn students had mixed fortunes in the General Election on May 7^th. Two of our alumni were elected to the House of Commons. Graham Stuart (below) won for the
Conservatives in Beverley and Holderness, his third victory in that seat. Graham was chairman of the select committee on education in the last parliament, and he
hosted a reception at the Commons for the college’s boathouse appeal in the Spring of this year.

The BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall gave the Selwyn College Ramsay Murray lecture on Friday May 1^st about Vladimir Putin, Russia and the West. Ms Kendall is a former Moscow correspondent, and she has interviewed Putin and many other world leaders for the BBC. There was a capacity audience for the event, and much praise afterwards for the range and ambition of the lecture.

The Master of Selwyn, Roger Mosey, has been writing a weekly column for the New Statesman magazine about media coverage of
the general election campaign. They are now online:

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/04/paxman-and-other-traps-how-should-media-tackle-election

Selwyn College's 2015 Ramsay Murray lecture will be given by the award-winning BBC broadcaster Bridget Kendall. She will speak about President Putin and Russia, sharing her extensive experience of the country in recent decades.

 

 

The College congratulates three of its alumni on recent prestigious appointments.

Dr Nicolas Bell, who matriculated at Selwyn in 1991, has been named as the new Librarian of Trinity
College Cambridge. He will take up the position on 1 October, succeeding Professor David
McKitterick. Dr Bell is currently Curator of Music Collections at the British Library.

Selwyn is welcoming back students for the Easter term with its trees in blossom in a wonderful display across the College gardens. Our cover photograph shows the Prunus TaiHaku Cherry Trees outside Ann’s Court along the walk towards West Road, and the trees are at their best too outside the main entrance in Grange Road.