| Tower Poetry 2017 |
Peter McDonald, Vahni Capildeo and Sarah Howe discuss the 2017 Tower Poetry competition. |
Peter McDonald, Vahni Capildeo, Sarah Howe |
17 May, 2017 |
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| Tower Poetry 2017: Qianling Stele' |
Annie Fan, second prize winner in the 2017 Tower Poetry competition, reads her poem Qianling Stele. |
Annie Fan |
16 May, 2017 |
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| Tower Poetry 2017: rosetta |
Ella Standage, first prize winner in the 2017 Tower Poetry competition, reads her poem rosetta. |
Ella Standage |
16 May, 2017 |
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| Tower Poetry 2017: I am a river |
Freya Gray Stone, commended prize winner in the 2017 Tower Poetry competition, reads her poem I am a river. |
Freya Gray Stone |
16 May, 2017 |
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| Tower Poetry 2017: Snowdrops |
Flora Barber, commended prize winner in the 2017 Tower Poetry competition, reads her poem Snowdrops. |
Flora Barber |
16 May, 2017 |
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| Tower 2017: If I Gave You a Stone |
Rachel Oyawale, third prize winner in the 2017 Tower Poetry competition, reads her poem If I Gave You a Stone. |
Rachel Oyawale |
16 May, 2017 |
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| Tower Poetry 2017: The Millstone |
Sofia Al-Hussaini, commended prize winner in the 2017 Tower Poetry competition, reads her poem The Millstone. |
Sofia Al-Hussaini |
16 May, 2017 |
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| About the Tower Poetry Summer School |
Find out more about the Tower Poetry Summer School - 2012 tutor, Alan Gillis, talks to participant, Camille Ralphs about the value of the summer school and how approachable it is. |
Alan Gillis, Camille Ralphs |
17 June, 2016 |
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| So, how does it feel to win? |
Ashani Lewis (winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition) talks to one of the judges, Katherine Rundell, about how it feels to have won first prize. |
Ashani Lewis, Katherine Rundell |
17 June, 2016 |
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| The most amazing experience |
Ashani Lewis (winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition) talks to one of the judges, Katherine Rundell, about the experience of winning in 2016. |
Ashani Lewis, Katherine Rundell |
17 June, 2016 |
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| From being unplaced in the 2015 competition to winning in 2016. |
Ashani Lewis (winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition) talks to one of the judges, Katherine Rundell, about how she went from being unplaced in the 2015 competition to winning in 2016. |
Ashani Lewis, Katherine Rundell |
17 June, 2016 |
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| Let the poem come to you |
Ashani Lewis (winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition) talks to one of the judges, Katherine Rundell, about she went from being unplaced in the 2015 competition to winning in 2016. |
Ashani Lewis, Katherine Rundell |
17 June, 2016 |
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| If at first you don't succeed' |
Ashani Lewis (winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition) talks to one of the judges, Katherine Rundell, about how she went from being unplaced in the 2015 competition to winning in 2016. |
Katherine Rundell, Ashani Lewis |
17 June, 2016 |
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| Tower Poetry 2016: Driving Lesson |
Commended winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Ed Pryor, reads his poem 'Driving Lesson'. |
Ed Pryor |
17 June, 2016 |
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| Tower Poetry 2016: Nine Days |
Commended winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Natasha Blinder, reads her poem 'Nine Days' |
Natasha Blinder |
17 June, 2016 |
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| Tower Poetry 2016: The Awakening |
Commended winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Sophia West, reads her poem 'The Awakening'. |
Sophia West |
17 June, 2016 |
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| Tower Poetry 2016: UFO Beach Abduction |
Commended winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Grace Fraser, reads her poem 'UFO Beach Abduction'. |
Grace Fraser |
17 June, 2016 |
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| Tower Poetry 2016: Flowers From The Dark |
Winner of the 2016 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Ashani Lewis, reads her poem 'Flowers From The Dark' |
Ashani Lewis |
17 June, 2016 |
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| On Closer Inspection: placing Hooke's Language under the Microscope |
Dr Anna Camilleri English Fellow, Christ Church give a talk on the use language within Hooke's writings. |
Anna Camilleri |
9 October, 2015 |
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| Atomic-resolution Electron Microscopy for Chemistry: From Brain and Fancy to plainness of Observations |
Professor Eiichi Nakamura, Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo talks about innovations in microscopy. |
Eiichi Nakamura |
9 October, 2015 |
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| Christ Church in the Commonwealth: Hooke’s college |
Judith Curthoys Archivist, Christ Church talks about Robert Hooke's time at Christ Church. |
Judith Curthoys |
9 October, 2015 |
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| Multi-dimensional Super Resolution Imaging |
Dr Steven Lee Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge gives an insight into some modern microscopy innovations. |
Steven Lee |
9 October, 2015 |
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| Concluding remarks |
Professor Dirk Aarts, Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford and Chemistry Fellow, Christ Church gives the concluding remarks to the days talks. |
Dirk Aarts |
9 October, 2015 |
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| Robert Hooke’s Micrographia: 350 years on |
Dr Allan Chapman Science Historian, Wadham College talks about Robert Hookes groundbreaking book Micrographia. |
Allan Chapman |
9 October, 2015 |
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| Tower Poetry 2015: The Forensics of Salt-Licking |
Winner of the 2015 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Isla Anderson, reads her poem 'The Forensics of Salt-Licking'. |
Isla Anderson |
14 May, 2015 |
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| Tower Poetry 2015: Fusion |
Second prizewinner of the 2015 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Max Thomas, reads 'Fusion'. |
Max Thomas |
14 May, 2015 |
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| Tower Poetry 2015: Firewood |
Third prizewinner of the 2015 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Lewis Harrington, reads his poem 'Firewood'. |
Lewis Harrington |
14 May, 2015 |
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| Tower Poetry 2015: Purblind |
Commended winner of the 2015 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Matt Ward, reads 'Purblind'. |
Matt Ward |
14 May, 2015 |
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| Tower Poetry 2015: Closed Door |
Commended winner of the 2015 Christopher Tower Poetry competition, Andrew Wells, reads 'Closed Door'. |
Andrew Wells |
14 May, 2015 |
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| Tower Poetry 2014: Schiamachy |
Runner up to the 2014 Tower Poetry competition, Phoebe Stuckes, reads her poem, 'Schiamachy'. |
Phoebe Stuckes |
3 June, 2014 |
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| Tower Poetry 2014: Current Affairs |
Runner up to the 2014 Tower Poetry competition, Jessica Matthews, reads her poem 'Current Affairs'. |
Jessica Matthews |
3 June, 2014 |
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| Tower Poetry 2014: Voyager |
Runner up to the 2014 Tower Poetry competition, Charlie Holmes, 'Voyager'. |
Charlie Holmes |
3 June, 2014 |
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| Tower Poetry 2014: How to Prepare for Bad News |
Runner up to the 2014 Tower Poetry competition, Alexander Shaw, reads his poem, 'How to Prepare for Bad News'. |
Alexander Shaw |
3 June, 2014 |
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| Tower Poetry 2014: Bat Child Found! |
Third Prize winner of the 2014 Tower Poetry competition, Masha Voyles, reads her poem, 'Bat Child Found!' |
Masha Voyles |
3 June, 2014 |
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| Tower Poetry 2014: Hell-of-an Island |
Second Prize winner of the 2014 Tower Poetry competition, Sam Buckton, reads his poem 'Hell-of-an Island'. |
Sam Buckton |
3 June, 2014 |
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| Tower Poetry 2014: Annunciation |
Winner of the 2014 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition, Dominic Hand, reads his poem entitles 'Annunciation'. |
Dominic Hand |
3 June, 2014 |
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| "How Much is Enough? The Love of Money and the Case for the Good Life" Session 3 |
In this McDonald Centre conference, Robert and Edward Skidelsky debate their controversial book about work, wealth, and human well-being with Rowan Williams, Cecile Fabre, John Thanassoulis, and other theologians, philosophers, economists and journalists. |
Edwina Moreton, Diane Coyle, Donald Hay, Edmund Newell |
16 April, 2014 |
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| "How Much is Enough? The Love of Money and the Case for the Good Life" Session 2 |
In this McDonald Centre conference, Robert and Edward Skidelsky debate their controversial book about work, wealth, and human well-being with Rowan Williams, Cecile Fabre, John Thanassoulis, and other theologians, philosophers, economists and journalists. |
Robin Lovin, John Thanassoulis, David Vines, Rowan Williams |
16 April, 2014 |
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| "How Much is Enough? The Love of Money and the Case for the Good Life" Session 1 |
In this McDonald Centre conference, Robert and Edward Skidelsky debate their controversial book about work, wealth, and human well-being with Rowan Williams, Cecile Fabre, John Thanassoulis, and other theologians, philosophers, economists and journalists. |
Robert Skidelsky, Edward Skidelsky, Cecile Fabre, John Hughes |
15 April, 2014 |
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| “If you do not want to see God’s hand in everything, even in the most unbearable, you are lost.” Experiencing the First World War Alongside Kaiser Wilhelm II |
Leeds University's Professor of Central European History, editor of An Improbable War?The Outbreak of World War I and European Politicsl Culture before 1914, views the war through the letters of one of the Kaiser's generals to his wife. |
Holger Afflerbach |
4 March, 2014 |
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| The War and English Religion |
Merton College's Tutor in History, an historian of 20th century Britain, argues that English Christianity survived the First World War rather better than is often assumed. |
Matthew Grimley |
25 February, 2014 |
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| 1914–1918: Was Britain Right to Fight? |
The Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, Canon of Christ Church, and author of In Defence of War (2013) analyses Britain's belligerency in terms of Christian just war reasoning, and concludes that it was justified. |
Nigel Biggar |
13 February, 2014 |
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| Victorious Donkeys? British Generals and Generalship of the First World War Reconsidered |
The Professor of War Studies at Wolverhampton University, a leading British military historian of the First World War, explodes some myths about British generalship and the performance of the British Army. |
Gary Sheffield |
11 February, 2014 |
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| Accident or Choice? The Outbreak of the First World War |
The causes of the First World War have long been controversial and remain so. The Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford, and author of The War that Ended Peace (2013) brings us up to date on the debate. |
Margaret MacMillan |
3 February, 2014 |
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| Tower Poetry 2013: Research |
Luke van den Barselaar reads his entry for the 2013 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Luke van den Barselaar |
10 July, 2013 |
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| Tower Poetry 2013: Swimming in Loch Suili; The Lake of Shadows |
Eva Wallace reads her entry for the 2013 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Eva Wallace |
10 July, 2013 |
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| Tower Poetry 2013: The Devil |
Erin Tunney reads her entry to the 2013 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Erin Tunney |
10 July, 2013 |
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| Tower Poetry 2013: Investigation Details; Echo and Narcissus |
Kathryn Cussons reads her entry to the 2013 Tower Poetry competition. |
Kathryn Cussons |
10 July, 2013 |
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| Tower Poetry 2013: Origins |
Azfa Ali reads her entry to the 2013 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Azfa Ali |
10 July, 2013 |
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| Tower Poetry 2012: Maiden Voyage |
Millie Guille reads her entry to the 2012 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Millie Guille |
8 May, 2012 |
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| Tower Poetry 2012: The Sirens Tell Their Tale |
Hannah Tran reads her entry to the 2012 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Hannah Tran |
8 May, 2012 |
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| Tower Poetry 2012: Papa's Epilogue |
Sarah Fletcher reads her entry for the 2012 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Sarah Fletcher |
8 May, 2012 |
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| Tower Poetry 2012: Postcards |
Lucy Hely-Hutchinson reads her entry for the 2012 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Lucy Hely-Hutchinson |
8 May, 2012 |
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| Tower Poetry 2012: Balloon Song |
Bethan Smith reads her entry for the 2012 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Bethan Smith |
8 May, 2012 |
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| Above All Liberties: Media Freedom in the Digital Age |
Adam Boulton, Political Editor of Sky News, gives the fourth lecture for the Christ Church Gorbachev Lectures on Press Freedom. |
Adam Boulton |
10 November, 2011 |
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| Privacy in an open society: getting the balance right |
Max Mosley, Former President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, give a talk for the Christ Church Gorbachev Lectures on Press Freedom. |
Max Mosley |
28 October, 2011 |
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| The Regulator's Tale |
Sir Christopher Meyer, Former Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, gives the second Christ Church Gorbachev Lectures on Press Freedom. |
Christopher Meyer |
26 October, 2011 |
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| Why Quality Journalism Still Matters in a Digital Age, or, who can you believe these days? |
Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC, gives the first lecture in the Christ Church Gorbachev Lectures on Press Freedom. |
Mark Thompson |
26 October, 2011 |
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| Tower Poetry 2011 Wires |
Elizabeth Johnson, winner of the 2011 Tower Poetry Competition, reads her poem Wires. |
Elizabeth Johnson |
3 October, 2011 |
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| Tower Poetry 2011 Simple |
Abigail Richards reads her entry for the 2011 Tower Poetry competition. Simple. |
Abigail Richards |
3 October, 2011 |
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| Tower Poetry 2011 The Breaking Day |
Molly Underwood reads her entry for the 2011 Tower Poetry competition, The Breaking Day. |
Molly Underwood |
3 October, 2011 |
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| Tower Poetry 2010 - Introduction |
Kathryn Grant, the Christopher Tower Poetry Administrator, introduces the 2010 Tower Poetry Competition entries. |
Kathryn Grant |
14 June, 2010 |
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| Tower Poetry 2010 Love has no Larynx |
Emily Harrison reads her entry for the 2010 Tower Poetry Competition 'Love has No Larynx'. |
Emily Harrison |
14 June, 2010 |
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| Tower Poetry 2010 A Portait Painted Scarfless |
Julia Goroszeniuk reads her poem 'A Portrait Painted Scarfless', her entry for the 2010 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Julia Goroszeniuk |
14 June, 2010 |
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| Tower Poetry 2010 Selkie |
Katie Woods reads her poem 'Selkie', her entry for the 2010 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Katie Woods |
14 June, 2010 |
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| Tower Poetry 2010 Sign Language |
Hugo Havranek reads his poem 'Sign Language' for the 2010 Tower Poetry Competition. |
Hugo Havranek |
14 June, 2010 |
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| Tower Poetry 2009: Introduction |
Kathryn Grant, the Christopher Tower Poetry Administrator, introduces the 2009 Tower Poetry Competition entries. |
Kathryn Grant |
1 October, 2009 |
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| Tower Poetry 2009: Grey Mile |
Second Prize winning poem for the 2009 Christopher Tower Poetry Prize Competition, written and read by Iona Twistan-Davies of Matthew Arnold School, Oxford. |
Iona Twistan-Davies |
24 September, 2009 |
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| Tower Poetry 2009: Three Guesses |
Third Prize winning poem in the 2009 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Paul Merchant of Tonbridge School, Kent. |
Paul Merchant |
24 September, 2009 |
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| Tower Poetry 2009: Villanelle |
Runner-up poem in the 2009 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Sophie Stephenson-Wright of St Paul’s Girls’ School, London. |
Sophie Stephenson-Wright |
24 September, 2009 |
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| Tower Poetry 2009: Evidence |
Runner-up poem in the 2009 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Emma Jourdan of St Paul’s Girls’ School, London. |
Emma Jourdan |
24 September, 2009 |
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| Tower Poetry 2009: Contact |
Runner-up poem in the 2009 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Bethany Aitman of St Paul's Girls School, London. |
Bethany Aitman |
24 September, 2009 |
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| Tower Poetry 2008: PDF of all shortlisted entries |
A pdf file of all shortlisted entries for the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition. |
University of Oxford |
9 June, 2009 |
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| Tower Poetry 2008: We Beasts |
Runner-up poem in the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Charlotte Geater of Northgate High School, Ipswich, Suffolk. |
Charlotte Geater |
8 June, 2009 |
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| Tower Poetry 2008: Sestina 102 ; 26 |
Runner-up poem in the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Anna Savory of Fort Pitt Grammar School, Chatham, Kent. |
Anna Savory |
8 June, 2009 |
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| Tower Poetry 2008: Quickening |
Runner-up poem in the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Competition written and read by Amelia Penny of South Hampshire High School, London. |
Amelia Penny |
8 June, 2009 |
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| Tower Poetry 2008: Texting In Church |
Runner-up poem in the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Prize competition, written and read by Richard O’Brien of the Bourne Grammar School, Lincolnshire. |
Richard O’Brien |
8 June, 2009 |
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| Tower Poetry 2008: Journey to Hilly Country |
Second Prize winning poem for the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Prize Competition, written and read by Ashley McMullen of The Sixth Form College, Colchester, Essex. |
Ashley McMullin |
8 June, 2009 |
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| Tower Poetry 2008: The Five Stages |
First Prize winning poem for the 2008 Christopher Tower Poetry Prizes Competition written and read by Emily Middleton, The King’s School, Macclesfield, Cheshire. |
Emily Middleton |
8 June, 2009 |
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