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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Professor Alvin Jackson joins Cambridge as inaugural Childers Professor of Irish History and a Fellow @christscollegecam.bsky.social. He brings extensive expertise in modern Irish and British history, particularly the history of home rule, union and unionism in Ireland, the UK & beyond. News link⬇

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Teacher Maddie James, a former student at Christ's, writes the latest 'Miltonic Mill' blog on 'Playing with Paradise Lost in the Classroom'. darknessvisible.christs.cam.ac.uk/playing-para... @cam-english-fac.bsky.social

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Playing with Paradise Lost in the Classroom | Darkness Visible

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Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge @eng.cam.ac.uk · 22/09/2026

#PhDstudent Chris Toavs has turned her own personal experience living with type 1 #diabetes into motivation for advocating for others and tackling single-use #plastic waste in diabetes care ♻️ 👉 www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/how-dia... cc. @christscollegecam.bsky.social #CircularEconomy #PlasticWaste

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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

📢 Faculty of History and @christscollegecam.bsky.social invite applications for a 3-year fixed term Fellowship. The Fellow will contribute to research and teaching in the Faculty and College, specialising in Latin American History. Full info 👉 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/isaac-n...

We're hiring: Isaac Newton Trust and Sir John Plumb Academic Career Development Fellowship in Latin American History, Fixed Term (3 years)

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Sign up for a one day conference to explore the unruly elements of early modern masque bringing together scholars and practitioners of early modern literature, dance, history, fashion and music www.christs.cam.ac.uk/event/disrup... @cam-english-fac.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

On #WorldLetterWritingDay we share a letter written by alumnus and naturalist #CharlesDarwin to his cousin in June 1828 which opens: "My dear Fox, I am dying by inches, from not having any body to talk to about insects ..." www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/darwin-...

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Pick up a copy of 'the mays 34' guest-edited by writer and illustrator Chris Riddell and featuring ‘Abject Weedrat’ by English student Frank Olsen Milne and ‘Held in Common’ by architecture student Eliana Dyer-Fernandes www.themaysanthology.co.uk

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The Mays Anthology

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Don't miss this opportunity co-convened by Christ's postgraduate Madison Bennett 👇

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Fragments of the oldest known #wallpaper in the UK will be on display at Christ's as part of #OpenCambridge. Some fragments are printed on the back of a proclamation for the accession of King Henry VIII dating it to around 1509 www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/tudor-w... #History #Tudor

Text of the proclamation for the accession of King Henry VIII on the back of the wallpaper

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

What is the so-called 'Milton controversy'? Find out in the latest 'Miltonic Mill' blog by Dr Chris Joyce. darknessvisible.christs.cam.ac.uk/journey-thro... 📷 Christ's College Cambridge #ChristsCollegeCambridge #DarknessVisible #Milton350 #JohnMilton @cam-english-fac.bsky.social 6d

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Student builds #lego model of College Boathouse www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/lego-bo...

Person alongside model of Boathouse with minifigures

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

How do we create effective study spaces for students? Inclusion Co-ordinator Prof Jenny Gibson said that the Library+ project will enable students "to find locations with sensory and social properties that work best for them." www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/inclusi... 📷Grafton Architects

A long central desk in a light filled library

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Congratulations to our 112 new graduates! 🎉🎓

People in gowns posing for a formal photograph on tiered seating

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hear from post doc Affiliate Dr Caroline Johnston ⤵️

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Our founder #LadyMargaretBeaufort died #OnThisDay on 29 June 1509 at Cheyneygates, the abbot's lodging at Westminster. She is pictured here in the oriel window in the College Hall alongside her confessor Bishop John Fisher (left) and King Edward VI (right).

Detail of stained glass window with Lady Margaret in the centre

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Cambridge Zero @cambridgezero.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌏 and we are extending an invitation to come to the University of Cambridge and hear about the state of Planetary Health from a global expert Professor Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood. 🔗https://buytickets.at/cambridgezero/2218130 #NowForClimate #CambridgeZero

Poster for a public lecture titled 'The Operating System of Life: Why Planetary Health is the Story of this Century' by Prof Tan Sri Dr Jamilah Mahmood. Event details: 26th June 2026, 18:30 - 20:00 at Ray Dolby Centre, Cambridge West. Followed by a fireside chat with Prof Emily Shuckburgh and Prof Bhaskar Vira. Organised by Cambridge Zero. Logos of University of Cambridge and London Climate Action Week are visible.

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

📢Students in years 9-11 Submit a short piece of writing - poetry, prose or other format (including artwork) on the theme 'Are you for Real?' All entries published online and a selection, made by author Ali Smith, in print. Full details & eligibility thelitmus.trin.cam.ac.uk #nationalwritingday

Green lettering with words Are you for Real?

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 22/06/2026

Gotta code 'em all! 💻 @christscollegecam.bsky.social student Marcus Koh is on his way to the Pokémon World Championships, after using computer code inspired by his Cambridge studies to boost his preparation for battles. Catch the full story 👇 bit.ly/43Hlw2X

Marcus Koh wearing a green Pokémon shirt holds up his Nintendo Switch displaying "Pokémon Champions" on the screen. The background features shelves with books. Text overlay reads, "News: Cambridge student's coding skills help him reach Pokémon World Championships".

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

What does alumnus John Milton's Paradise have in common with Disney's Zootopia? Read the latest 'Miltonic Mill' blog by English teacher and Milton scholar Dr Anthony Bromley to find out darknessvisible.christs.cam.ac.uk/milton-and-u... @cam-english-fac.bsky.social

An angel appearing to two people in a wooded landscape

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The restoration of the Finch and Baines monument is complete. Find out what conservators discovered during the course of their work www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/conserv... and more about Fellows John Finch and Thomas Baines www.christs.cam.ac.uk/a-marriage-o... #Heritage @churchmonuments.bsky.social

Conservators sitting on scaffolding working on the monument

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Join us for Festal Evensong to celebrate the restoration of the memorial to John Finch and Thomas Baines on Sunday 7 June at 18:00 in the College Chapel. Sir Ben Bradshaw will speak at the service which will also be attended by the Chancellor Sir Chris Smith www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/celebra... 🌈

Detail of the portraits of Finch and Baines on the monument in the College chapel

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Who can resist a selfie with #CharlesDarwin? One of our newest Bye-Fellows, Prof Mariana Rossi, has been at a conference on nanoscience and nanotechnology in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz – Galapagos. She snapped this photo at the Charles Darwin Research Centre www.nssyconference.org

Mariana Rossi beside a statue of Charles Darwin

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Happy #WorldBeeDay! The UK is home to around 270 species of bees. Here at Christ’s College, we provide a diverse habitat for many of these species including the European honeybee (apis mellifera), seen here at home in our beehives. 🐝

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Thank you to our fabulous choir and chaplain!

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Join us for the traditional Ascension Day service this Thursday - 14 May - when the choir will sing anthems from the top of Great Gate. The 15-minute service begins at 08:15. All welcome in First Court.

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

From James Bond to the Bourne Identity ... the latest #DarknessVisible blog by Dr Edward Allen, Cambridge English Faculty, reintroduces the 2017 book published to mark the 350th anniversary of 'Paradise Lost' by #JohnMilton darknessvisible.christs.cam.ac.uk/p…

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Specialist work is underway to clean one of the most important monuments in the College chapel. Watch this space! 📷 Shared Conservation Service #ChristsCollegeCambridge #Cambridge #Conservation #CulturalHeritage #FinchAndBaines

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

New research on the shape of water by Fellow, Professor Chris Pickard

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Student Charlotte Wood is working with the Natural History Museum to tell the story of an antelope ‘type specimen’ collected by King Rumanika of Karagwe www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/royal-r... She will speak at the NHM on Sat 25 April, 11:30 www.nhm.ac.uk/events/inter... 📷 @nhm-london.bsky.social

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Our wisteria has bloomed early and is looking fabulous! Thanks to our gardening team for keeping it in such good shape. 📷Geoff Robinson/BAV Media #WysteriaHysteria #Wysteria #ChristsCollegeCambridge #Cambridge #CambridgeUniversity #CambridgeCollegeGardens

Wisteria on the Master's Lodge, Christ's College

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

In the latest Miltonic Mill blog, Pasquale Toscano reflects on disability in Sonnet 19 by alumnus #JohnMilton darknessvisible.christs.cam.ac.uk/milton-blog #Milton350 #UniversityOfCambridge #CambridgeUniversity #Disability @cam-english-fac.bsky.social

Drawing of John Milton after he had become blind

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The annual Cambridge vs Oxford Boat Race on the Tideway is just days away. Christ's Mathilda Kitzmann will compete in the Women's Reserve Race (Blondie vs Osiris) this Saturday 4 April. Watch here www.channel4.com/programmes/t.... First race 14:21. 📷 Nordin Catic and Row360

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Birds, dinosaurs and more from Prof Daniel Field, Fellow and Director of the Darwin-Hamied Centre for Biodiversity 👇

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Don't forget that the clocks go forward in the early hours of Sunday morning (29 March) for the start of British Summer Time (BST). This is our chance to share a photo of our newly renovated clock in First Court.

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Have your say for the chance to win prizes – takes 10 minutes! The survey is open to anyone who uses our libraries and services. Students have the chance to win an iPad Air and everyone could win one of ten £50 Love Cambridge gift vouchers. Survey open now: loom.ly/eK5MWvI

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

There's still time to see our English student Olivia as Red Riding Hood in 'Into the Woods' at the ADC until 28 March www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/into_th... @artstheatrecamb.bsky.social

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Today is #PiDay which is a great time to remind everyone that Christ's has a distinctive circular lawn in First Court. #Pi Day - March 14 - celebrates the mathematical constant which is the ratio of the circle's circumference to its diameter.

An aerial photo of a circular law surrounded by historic buildings

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Jointly authored by Christ's Fellow Prof Jenny Gibson with Dr Emily Goodacre 👇

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

What does Milton's paradise smell like? Sophie Read follows the scent of a soothing substance "somewhere between medicine and magic" through the universe of 'Paradise Lost' in a new blog on the #DarknessVisible website darknessvisible.christs.cam.ac.uk/balmy-milton @cam-english-fac.bsky.social

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Global Talent Fund @globaltalentfund.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

1/3 👩‍🏫 Life after Olympiads can mean turning what you learned into chances for younger students to grow. Neda 🇷🇸 #Serbia is a Class 2 GTF BIG Talent Scholar and European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad Bronze medalist (2024), studying Mathematics at @christscollegecam.bsky.social, @cam.ac.uk

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

As the #MilanoCortina2026 Winter Olympics closes, we remember alumnus David Granger who competed in the 5-man #Bobsleigh event of 1928 held in St Moritz, Switzerland with his US team achieving a #Olympics silver medal 📷Lake Placid Olympic Museum

Black and white image for 5 people in a bobsleigh

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Apes, dragons and medieval figures adorn the 1505 illustrated copy of the statutes of #ChristsCollegeCambridge. Look out for the signature of College Founder, #LadyMargaretBeaufort on the opening page cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-CHRI... 📷 @camdiglib.bsky.social

Illuminated line drawing of man piggybacking a monkey with Latin text

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Check out our newly-updated resource - Darkness Visible - for studying alumnus John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. darknessvisible.christs.cam.ac.uk www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/darknes... #ChristsCollegeCambridge #Cambridge #Milton350 #JohnMilton #UniversityOfCambridge #CambridgeUniversity

Image of the tree of life with a naked figure entwined by a snake

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Christ's College Cambridge @christscollegecam.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Five artworks from the 'Kinsugi People' project are on display in the Chapel antechapel - part of the Lent 'Repair' theme. Dr Carol Holliday who co-created the art with photographer Ryan Davies will speak at Evensong this Sun (15 Feb) at 18:00 www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/repair-... 📷Holliday/Davies

Person sitting in a wheelchair throwing an object up

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