A great turn-out; there will be nearly 70 of us at the this year's Summer School.

All the arrangements have now been made and I look forward to meeting you there.

As indicated earlier, car parking and Cambridge don't mix; if you do decide to travel by car please let us know now. If you just arrive and hope to find a parking space, it may not work out.

See you there.

Rob Soames
July 2007
Gill Fyffe was to direct this Summer School but had to drop out last month, so I have just taken over. Unfortunately this has meant we have had a short hiatus with the arrangements but I have now been to Cambridge and checked things out. Gill's first-class preparatory work means that we have an excellent venue and programme, and my job now is to tie up the loose ends, ensure all the Speakers and Option Groups can run as planned, and make sure as many as possible know what a good Summer school it will be; so when 22nd July comes, all those attending will have an enjoyable, stimulating, and educationally profitable time.

Please check out the details and if you haven't applied yet, get your application in to Pauline Cox-Smith post haste.

See you there.

Rob Soames
May 2007

Introduction

The Summer School in 2007 will be held between 22-25 July in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. This beautiful college, licensed by Edward III in 1352, is centred on the thatched Old Court, which is one of the oldest college buildings in either Oxford or Cambridge. It numbers Christopher Marlowe and John Fletcher among its alumni.

There is a state-of-the-art and air-conditioned theatre for plenary sessions, an elegant dining hall and comfortable study-bedrooms. En suite bedrooms may be available at an extra charge.

The college is in the centre of Cambridge, close to shops and restaurants, a few hundred yards from King's College Chapel and within five minutes' walk of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

The schedule will include a guided tour of the Graeco-Roman and Egyptian antiquities in the Fitzwilliam, the possibility of attending Evensong in King's Chapel, and an expedition by punt along 'the backs' of the college gardens.

Further details of the Summer School will appear here. You may wish to bookmark this page. To contact the Course Secretary please email pcoxsmith(at)btinternet.com

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This email was received by the webmaster on 4th August 2006:

I can fully endorse your recommendation about the Summer School - I too have just been on the one in Durham and found it incredibly useful, as well as great fun. I certainly hope to be in Cambridge next year.

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Details of the previous (2006) Summer School are here.

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