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Royal visit 1961
Queen Elizabeth II paid a royal visit to Beaumont College in May 1961 as part of the Jesuit College's centenary celebrations.

Rebecca Somerset
Jun 14, 20222 min read


Helena Wintour and the Jesuits
A blog post exploring the Jesuits connected with Helena Wintour and her embroidered vestments featured in new exhibition Hot, Holy Ladies.

Rebecca Somerset
Apr 4, 20229 min read


Women in the Jesuit Rare Book Collection
The Jesuit collection of sixteenth and seventeenth century books is not an obvious place to look for women, but in a recent blog post I...

Lucy Vinten
Feb 7, 20227 min read


Anniversary: 130 years of Wimbledon College
On 18 January 1892 Wimbledon College, a Catholic boys' school run by the Society of Jesus in South London, opened its doors to its first...

Mary Allen
Jan 18, 20222 min read


New Year Hopes
At this time of year, we often take time to reflect on the year just gone and set goals for the year ahead. Each of the Archives team...

Rebecca Somerset
Jan 6, 20224 min read


Festive Highlights
Some festive favourites from the British Jesuit Archives. Br Thomas Moore's Christmas pudding recipe (ref. SJ/29/6) In the 1930s, Novices...

Mary Allen
Dec 17, 20213 min read
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