Events

Unknown, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Christ Church

Imagining Wolsey: The Invention of an English Cardinal

Marking the 500th anniversary of the initial founding of Christ Church by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in 1525, this exhibition will present a range images of the Cardinal from an anonymous Tudor oil portrait to Jonathan Pryce’s representation of him in Wolf Hall.

Without a firmly-secured contemporary portrait of Wolsey, posterity was given a free hand to imagine a Cardinal whose humble beginnings led to a stellar ascent and ended in a dramatic fall from grace and lonely death.

Oxford Edge Summer Entrepreneurship Programme

30 June–25 August

Oxford Edge, 37 St Giles

Workshop / Course

A summer of entrepreneurship at Oxford Edge – applications closing soon!

StEP Ignite is the University of Oxford’s flagship student entrepreneurship programme – and this year, we're proud to announce it’s being hosted and co-run with Oxford Edge, combining cutting-edge academic insight with real-world venture-building expertise.

Detail from a Portrait of Cardinal Wolsey by Sampson Strong

The Cardinal’s College: A 500th Anniversary Exhibition

8 July–25 September

Upper Library, Christ Church

Exhibition

This exhibition celebrates 500 years since the foundation of Cardinal College and is a unique opportunity to see some of Christ Church’s oldest and rarest items along with items generously lent by other institutions including a beautiful manuscript Book of Hours which is said to have belonged to Wolsey himself.

Tudor Fayre

13 July

Christ Church Gardens

Visit

Experience the Tudor times of Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII in 1525. There will be sword fighting, falconry, music and dance. See how the Tudors viewed the world through astronomy, mathematics, and medicine. Try your hand at spinning and carding fleece, play Tudor games and make your own pilgrim medal.

Pigment identification on progress on a Wolsey Lectionary

The Pigments of Wolsey’s Manuscripts

23 July

Upper Library, Christ Church

Talk / Lecture

Professor Andy Beeby (Durham University) and Professor Richard Gameson (Durham University) will talk about the scientific identification of the pigments used in a pair of beautiful illuminated manuscripts produced for Cardinal Wolsey.

Both manuscripts be on display together for this very special event.

Choral Evensong of Commemoration for Victory in Japan Day

15 August

Cathedral

Cathedral Service

We warmly invite you to come together with the city, county and Diocese to join us for this special service of Choral Evensong to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two.