Jump to Navigation

News archive 2013

Fellow runs Brighton Marathon for charity

King's Fellow Dr Francesco Colucci ran the Brighton Marathon yesterday to raise money for the Childrens Arthritis Trust (CAT).

15 April 2013

King's 2013 Telephone Campaign begins

The annual Telephone Fundraising Campaign has started and runs until 21 April.

12 April 2013

The Choir releases a new recording of Mozart's Requiem

King's College Choir has just released the second recording on their own label, called Mozart Requiem: Realisations.

8 April 2013

István Hont (1947-2013)

Historian and King's Fellow István Hont died last Friday, 29 March. He was 65.

2 April 2013

Easter Oratorio previewed on Radio 3

This Saturday's performance of Bach's Easter Oratorio was previewed on BBC Radio 3's In Tune yesterday.

28 March 2013

King's students run workshops in North East schools

A group of King's undergraduates has just returned from a tour of schools in North East England.

25 March 2013

Map of young universe revealed by King's Fellow

Cosmologist and King's Fellow Prof George Efstathiou reveals the most detailed picture yet of the early universe.

22 March 2013

King's faces Pembroke in University Challenge quarter final

King's faces Pembroke College in the University Challenge quarter final on Monday.

21 March 2013

The Choir sings at Downing Street

The Choir met the Prime Minister and sang at Downing Street yesterday.

20 March 2013

King's students to show their research in Parliament

Two King's students are presenting their research to politicians and academics on 18 March as part of the SET for Britain competition.

11 March 2013

King's launches an online magazine

King's has just launched a new online magazine called King's Review, which will give an in-depth analysis of current world issues.

28 February 2013

King's Drama Society puts on 'The Gift of the Gorgon'

The King's Drama Society is staging Peter Shaffer's 'The Gift of the Gorgon' on 7-8 March.

27 February 2013

Pianist Susan Tomes wins the 2013 Cobbett Medal

The first woman to study music at King's, Susan Tomes, has just won the Cobbett Medal for services to chamber music.

25 February 2013

Evensong marks 50th anniversary of famous Choir recording

Evensong last Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the celebrated recording of the Choir singing Allegri's 'Miserere'.

21 February 2013

Honorary Fellow Sir Geoffrey Lloyd wins $1 million prize

Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd has just won $1 million for his work on science in the ancient world.

15 February 2013

King's honours librarian and bibliographer 'Tim' Munby

King's College is holding a conference in June to mark the centenary of the birth of A.N.L. (Tim) Munby.

12 February 2013

George the Poet interviewed by The Guardian

King's student George Mpanga, better known as George the Poet, was interviewed by The Guardian last week.

11 February 2013

The Library acquires rare Mozart sonatas

The King's Library has been given a rare early edition of two Mozart sonatas and a piano trio.

5 February 2013

Archive of the month shows the photos of an anthropologist

The latest Archive of the month shows photographs taken by the anthropologist Sir Edmund Leach.

4 February 2013

Former Choir members invited to sing at Sir Philip Ledger Memorial

The Director of Music, Stephen Cleobury, has invited former Choir members to sing at the Sir Philip Ledger Memorial Service on 2 March.

30 January 2013

King's Fellows discuss the history of weeping on Radio 3

King's Fellows Peter De Bolla and Simon Goldhill discuss the cultural history of weeping this Sunday on BBC Radio 3.

24 January 2013

Elizabeth Murchison featured in The New York Times

An article in last Monday's New York Times featured the work of King's Fellow Elizabeth Murchison.

23 January 2013

London schoolchildren to sing with the Choir

Children from The West London Free School will sing with the Choir in a concert at The King's Place on 29 January.

18 January 2013

Specially-commissioned carol to be sung this Saturday

A new carol by King's Fellow Richard Causton will be sung at Evensong this Saturday, 19 January.

17 January 2013

Chapel services booklet for Lent Term and Easter

The Chapel services booklet for the Lent Term, Holy Week and Easter is now available.

8 January 2013

Roger Fry featured in the Archive of the month

The influential art critic Roger Fry is featured in the January Archive of the month.

7 January 2013