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‘Medieval Women: In Their Own Words’: An expert talk then British Library Exhibition 28th February 2025
The British Library’s ‘Medieval Women: In Their Own Words’ exhibition offers a rare glimpse into the thoughts of women in Europe during the Middle Ages. Previous visitors have expressed great enthusiasm for this Exhibition!
Professor Susan Doran (Jesus College History tutor who supported our British Library visit to Elizabeth and Mary), has kindly introduced us to Professor Hannah Skoda of St John’s College. Prof. Skoda has generously agreed to join us and speak on this topic: her work and knowledge of this period guarantee us a lively and informative introductory talk over lunch!
You are cordially invited to join our party of 18 for lunch—come and hear our special speaker at an Italian restaurant not far from the British Library on Friday 28 February 2025. After lunch we will walk to the British Library for the exhibition.
Our schedule for Friday 28 February 2025:
12.30pm Lunch at Albertini, 16 Chalton Street, LONDON, NW1 1JH
12.45pm Address by Professor Hannah Skoda
14.15pm Walk to the British Library, 96 Euston Road, LONDON, NW1 2DB
14.45pm Enter ‘Medieval Women: In Their Own Words’ Exhibition
16.00pm Tea (optional) in one of the British Library cafés, if you so choose
Please note: Our JOM party is limited to 18 people and £30.00 per person includes the cost of our special lunchtime talk and ticketed-entry to the BL exhibition.
Lunch (/tea) is NOT included: please pay-as-you-go on the day at the restaurant(/café).
To join us download and complete the booking form here and email to ev****@**mg.org
We look forward to seeing you for a great afternoon!
Jesus Curry Recusants (JCR) – 11th February 2025
It’s time to find out who can attend the first JCR meeting of the new year: 2025. A number which is the first perfect square and sum of cubes since the thirteenth century when the Magna Carta was signed – I think.
After a full turn out at our last encounter in November, we go from strength to strength.
Zin Restaurant has been booked for the next gathering on 11th February. The general concensus at our last gathering was that Zin has improved during our absence and being closer to El Vino is now our favourite diner
5:30pm: El Vino for pre-prandial libations
7:00pm: Zin (formerly India India) for a spicy dish of Indian origin
Good wine and food, and excellent company, guaranteed
Invites and reminders go out a few weeks before that date.
Polite reminder::
a) It is not a requirement to attend both events. It is perfectly fine if you wish to join us just for drinks at El Vino or just for the meal at Zin (8 Crane Court)
b) If you are intending to join us for drinks only, or for the meal only, or for both drinks and meal, then it would be extremely helpful if you would let me know so that everyone can be accommodated. Payment in cash please.
Future dates: Tuesday 8th April and Tuesday 8th July
Chris Hicks
Advance notice of 2024 events: update
Dear All
I hope that you all have a good year so far. As many of you plan your diaries well in advance and disappear off to remote parts of the UK and far-off countries, I thought that you might like to pencil in our events for the rest of 2024:
The next JCR meeting will be on 26th September for drinks at El Vino followed by (or just for) the customary meal now back at Zin (formerly India India) (8 Crane Court)
There will be an event in Windsor, the highlight of which will be a conducted tour of Windsor Castle on THURSDAY 10TH OCTOBER. Booking has now closed
Best Wishes
Paul
JOMG Trip to Chichester: 7th September 2022
The trip is planned for Wednesday 7th September. In the morning we will have a guided tour of the Cathedral for about an hour and a quarter.
We will have lunch nearby at Brasserie Blanc. We will all be eating in the same area of the restaurant. As we have done recently, I suggest people organise and pay for their meal table by table.
In the afternoon there is a choice of activity. Either a tour of a nearby vineyard or a city walking tour.
The wine tour will be at the nearby Tinwood Vineyard (4 miles from Chichester and famous for its sparkling wines). From their own publicity ‘The Vineyard Tour & Wine Tasting takes 1.5 hours. This includes three glasses of sparkling wine and a tour around the estate. After the tour you are welcome to stay for an extra glass or a cold bottle of wine of your choice.
The walking tour by green badge guides, from their own publicity, indicates ‘an easy walk within the city walls which takes you through the ages, from Roman Baths to 21st century architecture via medieval streets, the market cross, Georgian residences, the Cathedral Quadrant and Pallant House gallery as well, as some Norman and Victorian architectural examples. It lasts around 1.5 hours.
The timetable for the day is as follows:
11.00 Meet at the East Door of the Cathedral
11.15 Guided tour of the Cathedral
12.45 Lunch at Brasserie Blanc
14.30 The walking tour group will be collected from the restaurant.
15.00 Vineyard Tour (we will leave the restaurant at 2.30pm)
16.30 End of the organised part of the day.
Costs including additional items (tips etc) are:
Cathedral Guided Tour £7.00
City Walking tour £11.00
Vineyard £23.00
All old members are welcome along with any guests they care to invite.
For those coming by car the best place to park for the day is the Cattle Market Car Park (PO19 1JW) which is the cheapest and closest to the centre.
Closing date: Tuesday 30th, August 2022
Peter May (Chair JOMG)
Visit To Chichester Booking Form
OLD MEMBERS’ DAY – SATURDAY 25th JUNE 2022
We are pleased to say that Old Members’ Day is back to its usual time in June. This year we will be entirely College based. The Principal will open the day and bring us up to date with College affairs. We will then have two very different presentations.
The first speaker will be Dr Simon Townley. He currently leads a team of researchers working
towards completion of ‘The Victorian County History of Oxfordshire’. There have been several volumes of this meticulously researched work of which Dr Townley has edited six and contributed to eight. He will talk about the origins and the development of the Victorian County
History with particular reference to the Oxfordshire County volumes.
Our second speaker is Professor Paul Riley, the Professorial Fellow in Medicine at Jesus. Many of you may have heard his recent excellent presentation in the Jesus Futures series on ‘The Future of Regenerative Medicine’. His presentation will be around that theme and the genuinely ins-piring work being done.
As always there will be the chance to ask questions of our speakers.
Lunch is an important part of the day when we have a chance to catch up with friends old and new. Drinks will be served before lunch, and we hope both our speakers will be able to join us then and over lunch.
After lunch we will have a guided tour of the splendid new buildings in fourth quad.
The programme for the day, which is open to all old members and their guests, is organised
by the Jesus College Old Members’ Group (XL Network) and is as follows:
10.15 Arrival and coffee in Ship Street Centre
10.40 Principal – welcome and update on College matters
11.00 Dr Simon Townley from the Victorian County History Oxon Trust
11.50 Professor Paul Riley (Professorial Fellow in Medicine)
12.35 Pre-lunch drinks
13.00 Lunch in Hall
14.30 Tour of the new buildings
The cost is £28.00 per person for the full day including lunch.
To download the Booking form click here
Please book as soon as possible, but by Thursday 9th June at the latest
We look forward to seeing you on 25th June for what we are sure will be a thoroughly
enjoyable day.
P J May (Chair of JOMG) George Reah (Treasurer JOMG) (email: ev****@**mg.org)
William Morris Gallery visit 13th May 2022
Jesus Old Members’ Group
Visit to William Morris Gallery:
‘From Oxford Back Alley to Fame on Stage & Screen; Women’s Social Mobility in Victorian England’
13 May 2022
An opportunity to visit the house where the young William Morris grew up, with a guided tour of the museum displaying all aspects of his life’s work. Plus a talk on the extraordinary character Jane Burden who became Morris’s wife and a muse for the whole Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood.
Location: William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow, London E17 4PP
As usual, we aim to make this a good social occasion with the opportunity to meet aMerwards, for those who would like to, in the nearby pub The Bell at 617 Forest Road, London E17 4NE
On this occasion we are limited to a select number of 15 participants on the tour, so book early to avoid disappointment.
Timetable for the event:
11.00
Latest time to arrive for the museum tour (which will take about 45 minutes)
12.00 noon
Convene in the Acanthus Room for an illustrated talk about Jane Burden and her remarkable life and influence beyond it. Maybe you know her better than you think.
1pm
Tasty café lunch available to buy in the gallery
2pm
Further self-guided tour of the gallery and surrounding park is possible for those who wish
3pm
Repair to The Bell pub for further chat and conviviality.
The cost of the gallery guided tour and talk is £21 per person
Bookings to be made on this link to the accompanying form by Monday 9 May
There is no parking available at the gallery or in the surrounding streets. You are advised to
arrive by public transport: The gallery is about 12 minutes’ walk from Walthamstow Central tube
station (Victoria Line) and 18 minutes’ walk from Walthamstow Queen’s Road Overground station. Check Google maps for directions. The area is also well served by National Rail and buses.
hWps://www.wmgallery.org.uk/visit/geang-here
Andy Simpson
Newsletter editor JOMG (XL Network)
Jesus Curry Recusants (JCR) – January 2020 Meeting
Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 is the official date of the next gathering of the JCR, to which College Alumni are cordially invited. Those familiar with the JCR Ritual will not need reminding that the event will comence with libations at El Vino from 5:30pm onwards followed, after a very short perambulation at around 6:30pm -6:45pm, by a feast of authentic indian cuisine at the nearby India India Restaurant.
Please note: While formal booking is not necessary, places at both venues are limited so if you are wishing to attend on January 28th it is politely requested that you click HERE to let Norman Wright know that you are hoping to be present on the 12th. Thanks.
Jesus Curry Recusants (JCR) – November 2019 Meeting
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 is the official date of the next gathering of the JCR, to which College Alumni are cordially invited. Those familiar with the JCR Ritual will not need reminding that the event will comence with libations at El Vino from 5:30pm onwards followed, after a very short perambulation at around 6:30pm -6:45pm, by a feast of authentic indian cuisine at the nearby India India Restaurant.
Please note: While formal booking is not necessary, places at both venues are limited so if you are wishing to attend on November 12th it is politely requested that you click HERE to let Norman Wright know that you are hoping to be present on the 12th. Thanks.
Foundling Hospital – 13th November 2019
Foundling Hospital, Brunswick Sq. 2.30pm on Wednesday 13 November.
We have arranged a double headed visit to the Foundling Museum in Brunswick Square, five minutes walk from Russell Sq. underground. The Museum derives from the Foundling Hospital, founded in 1739, which cared for babies at risk of abandonment.
The Museum founded by Thomas Coram has a great history and a most interesting collection including paintings by its early supporters including Hogarth, Gainsborough and Reynolds. We shall learn about the development of social attitudes to women since its founding. Alongside this, we shall see the special music exhibition based on Handel’s legacy to the Museum includ-ing the original of The Messiah.
The plan is to be in two groups with the Museum’s head guide for the art and artefacts while others start with the music exhibition. With luck we shall gain an insight into both historic and current links to our College.
The Museum closes at 5.00pm so that we can move to The Lamb in Lamb’s Conduit St. and then on to dinner at CiaoBella a couple of doors away at 6.15pm.
The cost for the Museum is £25 per person, ( or £15 for Art Fund members).
The Museum has a Coram Cafe next door for those wishing to eat beforehand.
For further details, and to book places, you can download the Booking Form by clicking here