The Twitter account for Magdalen College, Oxford. Sharing news, events and providing an insight into College life.
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Huge congratulations to Professor James Maynard - Fields Medallist and former Magdalen JRF -on being appointed the new Regius Professor of Mathematics at Oxford, succeeding Andrew Wiles. 🎉🧮
Read more here: maths.ox.ac.uk/node/81648
How did nine days in May 1926 change Britain? Professor Jonathan Schneer joins us on 30 April for the Ewen Green Memorial Lecture. Join us at 5pm for the talk and drinks. All are welcome!
Full details: magd.ox.ac.uk/events/ewen-gr…
Huge congratulations to Richard Harper! His book DISPLACEMENT has been accepted into the @wienerlibrary archive.
Richard will be in conversation with Prof Mark Donnelly at the library on 6 May.
Book your place: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/e…
Forty chances to support the next generation of voices at Magdalen.
Next week, Year 10 pupils from across the country take over our stage for the Shakespeare Schools Festival.
Don’t miss this "unforgettable" finale.
🎟️ Book: bit.ly/shakespeareschools26
The last few tickets for our Alumni Dinner on Saturday 21 March are up for grabs.
✨ 3-course Black Tie dinner
📚 ‘The Spirit of the Place’ exhibition
🍸 Drinks in the OKB till 1am
Bring a guest and join us.
Book now: magd.ox.ac.uk/events/alumni-…
Magdalen is heading to the MCR Cuppers Final! ⚽️
Our footballers have fought hard to get here. Now they need you in the stands at Iffley Road this Saturday to help bring the trophy home.
Kick-off is at 13:30. Grab your free tickets here: fixr.co/event/mcr-cuppers-fi…
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Get your tickets now! 🎟️
Lighthouse Productions brings the powerful Things I Know To Be True to Oxford’s Grove Theatre from 4–7 March. It is a story of love, loss, and the Price family.
Don't wait.
Book here: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/…
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Magdalen student Angus Barrett has been highly commended in the 2026 Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize! 👏
This year's competition focused on the theme of 'Music' and featured a fantastic shortlist of poets.
Read the full story: magd.ox.ac.uk/news/magdalen-…
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Magdalen alumna Dr Victoria Nash (1991), Associate Professor and Senior Policy Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, discusses online safety, content moderation, and platform regulation following the recent ban for under-16s in Australia.
Read: ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01-23-exp…
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NEWS: We've got a new podcast out: Addison's Talks
From chatting about 14thC astrology as a medicine with a historian, to discussing going under cover in terrorist groups with an anthropologist Listen here:
magd.ox.ac.uk/addisons-talks…
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For a fantastic opportunity to reconnect with the College, share a meal alongside the Magdalen community, and enjoy the atmosphere of our beautiful Hall, come to our next Formal Hall on Friday 13 February 2026. More at: magd.ox.ac.uk/events/alumni-…
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Magdalen College invites you to a concert for Holocaust Memorial Day on Sunday 25 January.
Introduced by by Professor Shirli Gilbert, the programme features works composed by Krása, Klein, and Performed by the Leonore Piano Trio and Rachel Roberts.
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-for…
How does a man in red velvet defy the laws of physics to visit every home on Earth in a single night?
Find out the truth about Santa with Dr George Dransfield, Magdalen Astrophysicist and presenter on BBC's Sky at Night.
youtube.com/watch?v=ECr0bOZS…
Explore the festive side of Narnia and its creator, with Magdalen's Professor Simon Horobin, writer of the book "Lewis's Oxford", and Professor of English Language and Literature here.
youtube.com/watch?v=FpSf746n…
magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-omid-e…
Huge congratulations to Omid V. Ebrahimi, Senior Demy at Magdalen, who has been honoured with an Early Career Excellent Teacher Award from the University of Oxford’s Medical Sciences Division.
A very exciting event is happening, hosted by Rachel Lloyd (2012) and Simon Akam from the
@takenotesalways podcast! They'll be in Conversation with @HelenFielding8 - author of "Bridget Jones's Diary" - at the Sheldonian. Book tickets here:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/helen-fie…
Magdalen College will be taking on Darwin College, Cambridge, on University Challenge tonight at 8:30 pm. Good luck!
📣 Magdalen alumni! Join us for a fascinating evening with our own Dr. Julia Ebner.
Her talk, "When Extremes go Mainstream," will explore the rising threats to democracy.
🗓️ 24 Nov | 7pm 📍 Conway Hall, London 🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/4hsOpWJ
Dr Julia Ebner from Magdalen is part of a fascinating new series of seminars about the challenges to global security on the 5, 20, and 25 of November. More details: bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/callev…
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