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An exhibition on Conservation of Collections, highlighting the work completed on Johannes Remmelinus' Captoptrum Microcosmicum: 6 February - 27 April 2012.

Where We Fell to Earth is a tribute to Peter Conrad, tutor of English at Christ Church, who retired in 2011

Bettina von Kameke 's book of portraits is now available to purchase for £89.

The Cathedral are currently selling some of their chairs, and are offering them at the special price of £25 to Old Members. 

Christ Church is extremely proud to announce that the following Old Members were awarded New Year honours in 2011. We would like to extend our congratulations to them all and their families!

The Institute of Archaeology is researching the life of Paul Jacobsthal (1880-1957) who was given an academic position as Professor of Celtic Art at Christ Church following his move from Germany in 1937.

If you have any information about him, please contact Dr Megan Price, Education and Liaison at megan.price@arch.ox.ac.uk.

A group of sporting alumni have generously funded a new set of shirts for the Christ Church Rugby Club.  The Old Members who made the gift were: Gwyn Davies (1972), Graeme Rocker (1972), Steve Hnizdur (1972), John Anderson (1972), Tom Dowie (1972), Phil Wright (1972), Paul Fisher (1973) and Mark Perfect (1973).

The Tutor Pages (www.thetutorpages.com) has recently been founded by Christ Church alumnus Henry Fagg (2001). It's an online directory of private tutors with a difference: each tutor has submitted one or more articles on their expertise. This not only helps parents and students decide who to hire, but also makes the site a fascinating one to browse.

For example, there are articles ranging from 'How to Prepare Your Child for a Selective School' and 'Learning Latin GCSE Vocabularly', to 'A Buyer's Guide to British Harpsichord Makers' and 'How to Approach Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (1st mvmt)'.

David Livingston’s book on the Boat Race is now available in paperback.  Since it was released last year the book has been shortlisted for the Best New Writer category at the British Sports Book Awards and David has had several offers for the film option on the book.

David is well qualified to write on the subject of the Boat Race, having been a Blue in ’03 and ’04 and having famously raced his own Light Blue brother in the closest race in history (which Oxford won by one foot!) This account – entitled “Blood over Water” charts the sibling rivalry intensified by that divisive race in the run-up to the clash of 2003 – the first time that brothers had raced one another in over a century. The book is available via Amazon.co.uk

Whilst internationally renowned as a composer in many genres, Richard Pantcheff has established a particular reputation as a specialist composer of Choral and Organ music. Many of his works have been commissioned and performed by the major Cathedral and College Choirs of the UK and Germany, including those of Salisbury, Winchester, St Paul’s, and Glasgow Cathedrals, as well as the choirs of Magdalen College and Lincoln College, Oxford, and the Clerks of Christ Church.