Congratulations to the two winners of this year's Eugene Lee-Hamilton Poetry Competition: Katherine Knight (first place) from University College, Oxford and Bonnie Samuyiwa (second place) from Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
Molly Gibson-Mee, a fourth year Classics and English student at Oriel, is a vlogger with over 5K subscribers on YouTube. Her videos offer a unique student perspective on what studying at Oxford University is like, and have been a great source of information for prospective students. A Student Ambassador actively involved with outreach work for Oriel, Molly talks to us about how her own experience with applying to Oxford served as her inspiration to make videos to help others.
Tickets are now on sale for this year's Oriel Garden Play, a production of Shakespeare's As You Like It. The play will run for three nights from Tuesday 18th to Thursday 20th June.
Summer Eights 2019 was a historic success for M1, who took back the Head of the River title, making this their second Headship of the year after the Torpids win in March. This year also saw the most women’s boats entered since 1992. All eight crews demonstrated incredible Oriel spirit and treated supporters to a spectacular display of rowing prowess.
Online booking is now open for the last Oriel Talks of Trinity Term 2019, which will take place on Tuesday 4th June at 5.30pm in the Harris Lecture Theatre, and will be on the theme of 'Reevaluation'.
Congratulations to Oriel Departmental Lecturer in Ancient History, Dr. Aneurin Ellis-Evans, on the publication of his first book, The Kingdom of Priam: Lesbos and the Troad between Anatolia and the Aegean.
In weeks 3 and 5 of Trinity Term, two pre-evensong music recitals will be held in the Oriel Chapel, with performers including Visiting Musician Craig Ogden.
