First-year Engineering student Jamie Megoran grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne, only a short train ride from Durham – but coming to university still felt like stepping into another world. Here Jamie shares with the Chronicle why he chose Durham so close to home, what he’s discovered since arriving, and his advice for other North East students considering following in his footsteps.
Editor Ella Guy reviews the Bailey Theatre Company’s Pygmalion.
Bar Manager, Dolcie Hughes-Penzer, gives an update on all that the bar has had to offer this term, from Frehsers Week to Oktoberfest.
Simeng Wang describes her experience of John’s as a postgrad. As a second-year PhD candidate…
As part of the St John’s Opportunities Fund, Madeline Delaney was attended the first Student Whitewater Leaders Weekend in Llangollen. Read on to find out what she got up to!
John’s is full of opportunities for charity work. Anna Collins-Room, DUSVO and Fundraising Coordinator for the SJCR, describes her experience of the Charities Formal and explains how to get involved in charity projects or roles through John’s and the SJCR.
Alice Condliffe, Welfare Officer, explains her role and the type of support that the Welfare volunteers provide for John’s students.
Olivia Chatterley describes her time co-leading the JMS choir last year and encourages anyone to join the welcoming community.
Dan Bavister, Frep, Captain of the Badminton Team, and last year’s John’s Chronicle Editor-in-Chief, describes the community he has found in John’s as he arrives in Durham, ahead of beginning his master’s in English Literature.
We are delighted to share the runner-up essay from this year’s Brian Darling Memorial Essay Prize Competition, organised by the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France (ASMCF). Written by recent John’s graduate Maisy Hicks, the piece explores artist Sophie Calle’s exhibition d’Aveugles (The Blind), in which Calle asked blind participants what they considered beautiful. Maisy’s essay reflects on the implications of such a project in an ocularcentrist culture, where sight dominates the hierarchy of the senses, and where beauty is often framed through patriarchal norms.
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