January 19, 2021—In the Sunday New York Times appeared the obituary of Ved Mehta, who died a week earlier.
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Monday, January 18, 2021
DEATH | Ved Mehta, January 9, 2021
January 19, 2021—In the Sunday New York Times appeared the obituary of Ved Mehta, who died a week earlier.
Monday, December 28, 2020
Peter Millican's Thousand Years of Oxford Plagues
Saturday, December 26, 2020
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Thursday, December 24, 2020
OXFORD | How the Vaccine Was Created
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Status of vaccine candidates as of December 19. The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is expected to be the most affordable. Two were approved as of the date of the chart—Pfizer and Moderna. |
We are all waiting for the vaccine that will allow us to escape from the twilight zone of Covid-19 life.
While Americans have started to roll out the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, most of the world is looking to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
It will be sold at cost in poorer countries and does not require ultra-low refrigeration, just normal refrigeration levels.
The Guardian has just produced an illuminating walk-through of the process by which the Oxford vaccine has been generated in double-quick time. It should be a source of pride for any Oxonian.
The Oxford vaccine is expected to be approved in the UK shortly after Christmas. Here is The Lancet's review of the trials so far.
Thursday, December 10, 2020
OXBRIDGE MUSIC | Advent and Christmas Choruses
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Christmas Choruses Kings, Cambridge (much-awaited Christmas Eve service). Preview ("Once in David's Royal City," from the 100th Anniversary chorus in 2018) 👍 Oxford Advent
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Monday, November 30, 2020
OXFORD THREE CAPITALS ZOOM | Dr. Mark Carney, Thursday, December 10
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Governor Mark Carney |
The next speaker will be up Thursday, December 10, from 10 am to noon.
Dr. Mark Carney (St Peter’s and Nuffield, Oxford) is a former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England. He is also a member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum.
Most recently, the Secretary General of the United Nations named him the UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, an honorific position.
He will speak to Oxonians on a topic of high importance: "The UN private finance agenda: How to ensure every financial system takes climate change into account”.
To register, use this link: https://to.oxonian.ca/carney.
Other Oxford news: New Master of Univ, Baroness Amos .
Friday, November 27, 2020
GILLING CASTLE | Where I learned to love coats of arms
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Gilling Castle, Great Hall. Photo by Damian Bramley, Courtesy Ampleforth College. |
November 28, 2020. The Great Hall at Gilling Castle was reconfigured for primary school pupils with specially sized furniture created by Robert Thompson, the "Mouseman" of Kilburn, Yorkshire.
Thompson was so called because all of his furniture at Ampleforth College since the time of the great Headmaster Paul Nevill has the distinctive carved mouse hiding somewhere on it.
When I ate my three meals a day in this dining room it was initially at the table at lower right, then the table at the rear, in the paneled alcove. The teacher at that time was at the head of the table.. I remember being immediately to the left of the teacher in both cases.
The coat of arms over the fireplace is that of the Fairfax family, cousins of the General Fairfax who tracked down Charles I in Oxford and turned him over to Cromwell's government for a trial. King Charles went to his death claiming the divine right to rule without Parliament. Subsequent monarchs have been less less vocal about their beliefs in their divine right to rule independently of Parliament.
On the other hand, the British people did not care for the idea of Oliver Cromwell's children replacing the royal princes. The Restoration under Charles II was welcomed.
More about all of this is on pp. 11-12 of Oxford College Arms.