WE REGRET THAT OUR THIRD PLANNED TEA TALK, SUNDAY 9TH MARCH, HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES.
We are pleased to be holding our usual series of Winter Tea Talks in 2025. These will be at 3pm in St John’s on Sundays 12th January, 9th February, and St Mary’s Kidlington on 9th March. Each talk is followed by tea and cake and plenty of time to chat.
For the first of these, we were delighted to welcome back William Whyte, once associate priest in the parish. William is Professor of Social and Architectural History at St John’s College, Oxford and has many other activities, including Oxford Preservation Trust, Oxford Historical Society, English Heritage, Blue Plaques Panel, Westminster Abbey Fabric…… His talk on 12th January was entitled “The Accidental University – a short(ish) history of Oxford”.
On 9th February we heard Dermot O’Hare, Professor of Organometallic and Materials Chemistry at Oxford University, speaking on “Chemistry for Tomorrow’s World”. Tomorrow’s Chemistry seeks to minimise environmental impact while maximising societal benefit. Prof O’Hare demonstrated the transformative potential of Chemistry in shaping a sustainable future.
On 9th March, back in St Mary’s Kidlington, our very own David Hewett, Director of Music at St Mary’s and Professor of Mathematics at UCL, will be speaking on “Mathematics and Music” – with demonstrations.
