Chronicle

From leading worship in Chapel to teaching New Testament, taking the emergency phone and fitting in a Saturday parkrun, the role of the Warden of Cranmer Hall is wonderfully varied. In this interview, Nick Moore reflects on the path that brought him to Durham, what makes St John’s and Cranmer Hall so distinctive, and the […]

Katherine and Andrew Miller return to St John’s College, where they met in 2009. Andrew and Katherine enjoyed the sun in St John’s grounds during their visit. Katherine Miller and Andrew Miller first met in 2009 at St John’s College, Durham, and they returned this spring to visit. At the time, Andrew was in his […]

The Senior Common Room (SCR) brings together staff, academics, alumni and friends as part of the wider St John’s community, playing an active role in College life through events, conversation and engagement across the year. Led by its Executive Committee, and chaired by the President, the SCR offers opportunities to connect, contribute and take part […]

Oliver, 2025-26 SJCR President, has been at the heart of student life at St John’s throughout his time in College. From turning up to a meeting on a rainy evening as a first year biosciences students, to leading the SJCR, he reflects on his journey to John’s, what the role involves, and why getting involved […]

The Senior Common Room (SCR) brings together staff, academics, alumni and friends as part of the wider St John’s community, playing an active role in College life through events, conversation and engagement across the year. In this series, we introduce members of the SCR Exec and their role in shaping the SCR today. A member […]

Toby Donegan-Cross, Resident Tutor 2024-25, offers an honest reflection on his time in the role. St John’s often repeats the idea and nurtures the belief that it does things differently – a conviction shared, paradoxically, by almost all other institutions. Everyone wants to be an exception; this is something of a rule. Yet after several years at the College – as a student and this past year, Resident Tutor […]

Simeng Wang speaks to St John’s postgraduate students about their experiences at the college. While St John’s is well-known for its vibrant undergraduate community, our postgraduate student body (the MCR) is equally dynamic, bringing diverse perspectives from all over the globe to the Bailey. But what is it really like to experience John’s as a […]

Rachel Goodman reflects on her time as Etchells Fellow at St John’s. In 1978, a girl arrived at Durham Station on a foggy November day for an interview at Trevelyan College.  She was nervous, having had a bruising interview at Cambridge (who subsequently rejected her). She got a taxi to Trevs, and was warmly welcomed by Acting Principal […]

Hannah Woodford describes her experience of racing for St John’s on the Tideway at WEHoRR, the largest women’s rowing race in the world, thanks to the support of the John’s Opportunities Fund. This March, I had the opportunity to compete in the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race (WEHoRR) as a member of the […]

Dan Bavister reviews the St John’s Politics, Policy and Peacebuilding Formal. We will never forget the image. It has already burned itself into the national consciousness: elderly women – Anglican vicars, no less – being ushered into police vans, treated in the language of officialdom as potential “terrorists”. The photographs possessed a strange, almost theatrical quality. Yet the implications […]