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Welcome to the 2025 edition of the Selwyn
Helen Arnold retired in May 2025 after more than three decades at Selwyn.
Robert, one of Britain’s most successful novelists, talks with Roger Mosey about the construction of the story, his relationship with faith — and how the transformative power of Cambridge is changing.
One of our fellows — John Morrill — is a Catholic priest; but it wasn’t an easy path for him. He tells us about his academic and spiritual journey.
Christopher Wadibia (SE 2019), took his PhD at Selwyn and went on to a fellowship at Oxford. As an American citizen, he voted for Trump — and he explains why.
Life within American institutions of higher education is marked by tension, uncertainty and a feeling that the very integrity of these institutions is under threat.
My status as Trump’s bargaining chip feels especially surreal as a Kennedy Memorial Trust Scholar. The dissonance between the meaning of my place at Harvard and the toxic political environment I find myself in is not only bitterly ironic, but tragic.
In May, Mary Beard enthralled an an audience at Selwyn with an account of her life and how her views have evolved. We collected some of those thoughts from that session.

Artificial intelligence could be one of the greatest opportunities for humanity – but is it also our biggest threat?

Chris Parker (SE 1988) has spent his career writing for some of the most familiar voices on British television. In an industry where budgets are tightening and AI tools are on the rise, what does the future holds for the television writer?
We profile three of our fellows to find out more about what brought them to Selwyn, and we discover that their starting points were Italy, Malaysia and Iran.