Velis id quod possis Non facere ipse queo Tetrasticha; disticha possum, Accipe quod possum, quod nequeo, sileat. Jeremy Bentham, May 1759 Cut your coat according to your cloth A quatrain isn’t something I can do; But here’s a couplet: Take what’s offered you. Translation by Nicholas Stone, 2015 Last school year Jeremy Bentham (OW 1755-1760) was celebrated as…
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Vivat! Westminster Scholars’ role in the coronation
Article by Elizabeth Wells, Archivist, first published in College Newsletter, 2013 2013 marks the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in Westminster Abbey. This would seem to perfect occasion to take a look at the role played by Scholars in coronation services. The privilege of being the first commoners to acclaim each new sovereign at their coronation in Westminster…
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Ashburnham Garden by Alexandre Guilloteau
Nestled between the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, School and Ashburnham House lies a little treasure. In perhaps the most valuable square in the country, watched over by the looming presence of perhaps the finest and most important church in the country and the property of perhaps (certainly, really…) the greatest academic institution not to be a university, is a small…
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Ashburnham Garden by Ben Goodrick-Green and William Mirza
Today, behind Ashburnham House, stands a small, arcane and beautiful garden. Yet at one time this was the site of a grand monastic frater or refectory. All that remains in the present day is its North, East and West walls, the West only a ruin. The exact date of the first foundations is unclear, but it is known that one…
