Season's greetings from Pembroke College
Music: The Pembroke Carol, composed by Pembroke Girls' Choir and performed by the combined choirs. From the album, 'A Pembroke Christmas' (Signum Records, 2022)
Photos:
1) Frosty morning on the Avenue
2) Putting the boats to bed in the morning
3) The Chapel in the Golden Hour
4) A competitor at the James Campbell Piping Competition performs in the Chapel
5) Daffodils in the Orchard
6) Pembroke’s punt the Jo Cox, which was delivered in April. It is moored at Darwin College
7) The Coronation was projected onto the screen in the Auditorium for students to watch – and to test the new AV equipment!
8) Stained glass window, designed by Arden Halter (1975), which has been installed in the mezzanine in the Foyer on the Mill Lane site
9) Bulbs blooming around the trees on the Avenue
10) Artist Alison Turnbull working on one of the two paintings commissioned for the Foyer
11) The design for one of the Foyer paintings
12) Alison with one of the finished paintings (credit: Keith Heppell)
13) And with the other painting (credit: Keith Heppell)
14) The water feature in Chiu Court
15) Plants wait in the Fellows’ Garden ready to be taken across to the Mill Lane site
16) Planting taking place in Chiu Court
17) Beds in Old Court by the Old Library
18) Beds by the wall to Ivy Court
19) William Pye’s sculpture, Triple Loop, installed in a border next to Red Buildings Lawn
20) Mother duck and her ducklings take a break in the pond. Later a group of students ushered the duck and her brood down to the Cam
21) Flower bed next to the Hall
22) Mrs Dagmar Dolby, who officially opened Phase 1 of the Mill Lane site on 16 June 2023 (credit: David Johnson)
23) A crest on the wrought iron gates of the new Gatehouse. Made of anodised copper, the intention is that people touch the crest as they enter. Over the years it will gradually take on a patina (credit: David Johnson)
24) Graduation photo 2023 25) Ridley’s Walk
26) Professor Amanda Prorok delivering a ten-minute public lecture to members of the public as part of the Open Doors Festival on 17 September 2023 (credit: Keith Heppell)
27) Professor Rosalind Polly Blakesley welcoming people to the Engaging Pembroke exhibition. Behind her are paintings by Xinyi Bi (credit: Keith Heppell)
28) Small-scale sculptures in silver representing the Chapel and Library by jeweller and sculptor Rebecca Ilett (credit: Keith Heppell).
29) People looking at ‘Feeling the Way’ (inkjet on plywood and Braille signage), by conceptual artist Idit Nathan (credit: Keith Heppell)
30) Choreographer Lucy Suggate and three other dancers perform ‘Tender Stones’ in the Auditorium (credit: Keith Heppell)
31) This year's members of the Leadership, Enterprise and Adventure in Pembroke (LEAP) Programme, with some of last year's successful cohort. Top right, Rihanna Ilube (2012) talking about her experiences, bottom right, Sir Lloyd Dorfman talks about his experiences as a serial entrepreneur. Read the 2022/23 LEAP impact report: https://issuu.com/mariedevalence/docs/leap_impact_report_22_23_final
32) The Choir waits in Chapel ahead of Evensong
33) The William Pitt Seminar panellists discussing a point. Watch the 2023 William Pitt Seminar, 'Live and Let Die: How will society adapt when we all live longer?' https://youtu.be/dlhgQC_ko5E
34) Medieval crusaders meet modern archaeologists in Negotiating with the Dead, an original play by Pembroke student Amy Brian, performed in the Pembroke Players in Pembroke's New Cellars this November (credit: Pembroke Players)
35) Dame Margaret Drabble with Dr Mark Wormald and Richard Beard (1985). Richard interviewed Dame Margaret about her career as a writer, following the creative masterclass he ran in the Auditorium
36) The 2023 Jo Cox Lecture. Kim Leadbeater MP (sister of Jo Cox) was in conversation with Alastair Campbell (in person) and Rory Stewart (remotely) to discuss 'Collaboration Across Political Divides'. Watch the lecture: https://youtu.be/1-Xlt8NTTqY
37) Ray & Dagmar Dolby Court – building works in progress, November 2023. It is due to be completed in the early summer of 2024.
38) A shortbread house, baked by Head Gardener Sarah Claydon